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Colby Covington training with bigger wrestlers, vows to make Khamzat Chimaev ‘quit’ in Abu Dhabi

DUBAI: Colby Covington is training with bigger wrestlers to prepare for Khamzat Chimaev’s size advantage and has vowed to “make him quit” when he defends his RAF cruiserweight crossover championship in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 14. The headline clash will take place at Etihad Arena, Yas Island, as RAF stages its first event in the Middle East. Both enter the contest undefeated in RAF, with Chimaev set to compete in front of a home crowd having represented the UAE since 2023. Covington, a two-time NCAA A