A welterweight clash between former UFC title challenger Colby Covington and former Ultimate Fighter (TUF) winner Michael Chiesa could be in the works later this year. That’s if Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen ultimately get their wish.
In case you missed it, TUF is returning for a 33rd season as Cormier and Sonnen have been selected to be opposing head coaches. Being that both fighters have been retied from fighting for a fairly long time they will not be settling their beef inside of the cage at the end of the season like most rival TUF coaches do.
Instead, Cormier and Sonnen are hoping that two active UFC welterweights will do their bidding for them. With Covington helping Sonnen coach his team and Chiesa helping Cormier coach his team, the two UFC legends feel like it’s only right that “Chaos” and “Maverick” square off at the end of the season to represent both squads.
“We aren’t fighting, I don’t want to fight anybody…but Chael and I came up with an idea,” Cormier explained during the TUF 33 pre-season press conference earlier this week. “So Chael and I are talking. I have Michael Chiesa on my coaching staff, Chael has Colby Covington on his coaching staff. Why don’t they just fight and Chael and I coach them? That’s about as close as we both would get to being in the Octagon.
“Why don’t those dudes just fight each other?”
Sonnen, who has coached TUF before, echoed the same sentiment. The outspoken combat veteran believes that a matchup between Covington and Chiesa is the only logical solution at this time. Do you agree?
“To back Daniel up, I can’t believe nobody is suggesting that, that’s the obvious fight,” he said. “I don’t think Colby and Chiesa are going to get through this process without finding one another.”