The UFC on ESPN 5 fight between former training partners Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler came about because the promotion ran out of time to book a viable main event, according to Covington’s manager, Dan Lambert. “They just simply needed a main event,” Lambert told MMA Junkie on Tuesday. “Colby and Lawler were the two guys that were most available. So they pushed it hard and got what they wanted.” Until Monday night, Lambert said, he and Covington were operating on the assumption that a title fight with welterweight champion Kamaru Usman would take place at UFC 244 in November, which aligned with Usman’s return from injury, as Covington previously told MMA Junkie (watch the video above).
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