Robbie Lawler and Colby Covington are going to fight right around the corner, and the UFC has released the official poster for the bout/card.
The welterweight contenders are going to battle in the headliner of UFC Newark, which will go down on August 3rd. As you can see by viewing the tweet below, the bout is referred to as one between “teammates turned rivals”. Recently Covington has been blasting Lawler for leaving American Top Team.
Teammates turned rivals.
Tickets ➡️ https://t.co/oObRY1hdu2 #UFCNewark pic.twitter.com/0AWfl4SF7H
— UFC (@ufc) July 16, 2019
Thoughts on the poster? Here is the complete line-up for UFC Newark (via MMA Junkie).
Colby Covington vs. Robbie Lawler
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Ilir Latifi
Jim Miller vs. Clay Guida
Joaquim Silva vs. Nasrat Haqparast
Mickey Gall vs. Salim Touahri
Jordan Espinosa vs. Matt Schnell
Lauren Murphy vs. Mara Romero Borella
Antonina Shevchenko vs. Lucie Pudilova
Trevin Giles vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Darko Stosic vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
Ramazan Emeev vs. Claudio Silva
Scott Holtzman vs. Dong Hyun Ma