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After the high of receiving a phone call from President Donald Trump, Colby Covington was brought down to earth by UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman after a dominant win over Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 11. “Wait until the next time I see you,” Covington said. “You’re not going to get a chance to call fake nut shots. You’re not going to get a chance to call fake eyepokes and gets 10 minutes of timeout and get a fake stoppage. You’re on borrowed time, motherf*cker. I’m getting my belt back.” “First go wipe your mouth, you’ve got a little something on it from the president,” Usman said. And then, they were off to the races, re-litigating the TKO

A majority draw at UFC Vegas 11 wasn’t enough to convince UFC President Dana White that Donald Cerrone should continue his career. White said retirement was on the line when Cerrone met Niko Price in the co-headliner of Saturday’s event. Now, he plans to talk to “Cowboy” about hanging up the gloves. “For him tonight, the win for him tonight, he was on his way out in the first 30 seconds of the first round,” White said at the post-fight press conference at UFC APEX. “He fought back, he’s tough, he’s durable. I love ‘Cowboy,’ and I know this is going to f*cking crush him and break his heart, but it’s time to have a conversation with him.”

For fans of Tyron Woodley, the outcome of Saturday’s main event was a bitter pill to swallow; for UFC President Dana White, it may have been a sign that the welterweight star should retire. Woodley, 38, was en route to a lopsided decision loss in the headlining bout of UFC Vegas 11 against hated rival Colby Covington before suffering a rib injury early in the fifth round that caused him to cry out in pain. Referee Dan Miragliotta was quick to recognize Woodley’s plight and he stepped in to stop the fight. It was a discouraging end to a lackluster performance for Woodley, one that had White admitting at the post-event press conference that the former UFC champion