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Covington-Woodley official for UFC main event on Sept. 19

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Colby Covington will meet Tyron Woodley in the welterweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Sept. 19, the promotion announced Saturday.

A location for the card hasn't been announced.

Covington hasn't stepped into the Octagon since a fifth-round TKO loss to 170-pound champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 245 last December. That defeat snapped the former interim titleholder's seven-fight win streak, which included decisions over former UFC champions Rafael dos Anjos and Robbie Lawler.

Woodley, a former welterweight champion, has lost two straight bouts. Most recently, "The Chosen One" fell short to Gilbert Burns via a lopsided decision in the promotion's main event on May 30. Woodley lost the belt to Usman in March 2019 and hasn't picked up a victory since submitting Darren Till in his fourth title defense in September 2018.

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