Fight Business Podcast: Is Colby Covington Still Fighting Leon Edwards?

The Fight Business Podcast

Patrick Auger discuses why Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington is being planned over other contenders such as Shavkat Rakhmonov and Belal Muhammad.

Also touched on is Professional Fighters League's presence in Europe despite World Series of Fighting legally limiting them to three shows per year, yet another judging controversy at UFC San Antonio and finally, could Endeavor be planning on purchasing WWE by moving UFC to a different company?

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro
(02:09) Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington
(21:05) PFL Europe / World Series of Fighting
(31:26) Chito Vera vs. Cory Sandhagen | MMA Judging Controversy
(41:00) Endeavor could buy WWE by spinning of the UFC
(54:41) Outro

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