Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington full fight Video highlights UFC 296 – 2023

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Fight rated with 2 stars: match not so good/excitingReview by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-12-16, mma bout not so exciting: Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
Covington vs Edwards is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 16th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 5-round welterweight (170 lbs, 77 kg) bout; it is the main event of UFC 296 and it is valid for the UFC welterweight championship (Edwards’ second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!

 

 

Leon Edwards record

The black belt in Bjj and current Ufc Ww champ Leon Edwards entered this fight with a professional mma record of 21-3-0 (48% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 welterweight in the world.
He suffered his last defeat when he faced Kamaru Usman the first time in 2015, since then he has collected one no-contest and 12 victories, beating Nate Diaz (Leon Edwards vs Nate Diaz) and twice Usman in his last three (Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards 2 and Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman 3).

Edwards’ next fight: Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad 2

 

Colby Covington record

His opponent, the black belt in Bjj, former interim Ufc Ww and 2013 FILA 77 kg No-Gi grappling world champion Colby Covington, has an official record of 17-3-0 (47% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year.
In his last three fights he has beat Tyron Woodley (Colby Covington vs Tyron Woodley) and Jorge Masvidal (Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal) but between these two he lost the rematch with Kamaru Usman (Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington II).

 

Fight card

Here is the UFC 296 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN ppv)
Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington
Alexandre Pantoja vs Brandon Royval 2
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson
Paddy Pimblett vs Tony Ferguson
Josh Emmett vs Bryce Mitchell

PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Dustin Jacoby vs Alonzo Menifield
Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa
Cody Garbrandt vs Brian Kelleher
Casey O’Neill vs Ariane Lipski

EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Cody Durden
Andre Fili vs Lucas Almeida
Shamil Gaziev vs Martin Buday

 

Countdown – Video preview

Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 296 countdown Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.

 

Embedded: Vlog Series

Watch all the episodes of UFC 296 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).

 

Pre-fight press conference

Watch for free the UFC 296 pre-fight press conference, featuring Colby Covington and Leon Edwards!

 

Weigh-in

Watch the videos of UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyrVxL79nQI

 

 
 

Full fight video / highlights

Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
 

Official video – Portuguese

Official highlights – Spanish

 

Result

 
Who won Edwards vs Covington fight?

Leon Edwards defeated Colby Covington via unanimous decision. Scores were 49–46, 49–46, 49–46.

 

Post-fight interview

Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 296 post-fight octagon interview of Leon Edwards and Colby Covington.

 

Post-fight press conference

Watch and listen the official UFC 296 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Colby Covington and Leon Edwards (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).

 

Bonus awards

UFC 296 Fight of the Night: Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa
UFC 296 Performance of the Night: Josh Emmett, Ariane Lipski, Shamil Gaziev

 

 

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