Covington has named a date for his return to the octagon

Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington said he plans to fight his next fight at UFC 303, scheduled for June 29 in Las Vegas, USA.

"I'll be fighting this summer, and right now they're trying to figure out which of the big names we can do the best business with for the promotion. They expect to have me back at International Fight Week and they are deciding now who will be my opponent.

I have to fight whoever gets me back to a championship fight. There's a guy who has been challenging me, Ian Harry, but he's a blank slate. I told him that if he wants to fight me, he has to show me he's serious about the business. He didn't show up to the press conference for his last fight and that tells me that I shouldn't expect him to be serious," MMA Mania quoted the American as saying.