Colby Covington plans on diving into the entertainment business in the near future.
The former three-time UFC welterweight title challenger is already thinking of life after fighting, and hopes he can crossover to professional wrestling and compete for the WWE.
“I would say probably like two years,” Covington said on his YouTube channel. “I want to really start working on my in-ring wrestling and my crowd-pleasing ability in the next year or two.
“Maybe I’ll go up to Orlando and go to the WWE training center. But I want to really start perfecting my craft in the WWE and the wrestling moves, and hopefully I can make a transition in the next year or two.”
Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) lost his second-straight fight when he suffered a doctor stoppage TKO loss to Joaquin Buckley this past December at UFC on ESPN 63. The 36-year-old is aiming to return in the first half of the year.
“Hopefully I’ll be back in there in the next three months,” Covington said. “I want a 12-week training camp. Coming off the last fight, I didn’t get a training camp. I didn’t train at all. Just showed up because I’m a company man, love this company more than anything. So now, I just really want to make sure that I get a full training camp – so I’m at my best, so people can see the real Colby, and we’ll beat anybody in the world when we get a full training camp.
“Whenever the UFC can find a good opponent, a big name that makes the company business, then we’ll get into a 12-week training camp. Bring them all.”
In the meantime, Covington will join Chael Sonnen’s coaching staff for Season 33 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” which is currently being filmed.
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This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC’s Colby Covington eyes WWE transition ‘in the next year or two’
