Colby Covington has officially retired from active MMA competition, according to MMAFighting.com, which reported that Covington notified the promotion of his decision.
As a result, the 38-year-old was quietly removed from the UFC’s active roster and later flagged by UFC Roster Watch on X/Twitter, the automated account that tracks roster movement in real time.
As of this writing, Covington has not publicly addressed the retirement news on social media.