Covington Faces Rosas Jr. At Hype Italy Grappling Event

Colby Covington will face Raul Rosas Jr. in a 10-minute submission-only grappling match at Hype Italy on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at PalaPellicone in Rome.

Rosas Jr. stepped in on three days notice after Dillon Danis pulled out of the scheduled bout with Covington, according to MMA Mania. The main event headlines a card that mixes grappling with bare knuckle boxing and dirty boxing matches, streamed live on YouTube starting at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Full Hype Italy Fight Card And Prelims

The main card features Francesco Morandi against Ali Heibati in bare knuckle boxing, Toka Gaz versus Joilton Lutterbach in dirty boxing, and two more bare knuckle bouts — Baki facing Theo Saget and Boyka taking on Antonio Oprea.

Five preliminary bare knuckle boxing matches round out the Rome card: Waheed Arabsada vs. Nimako Joshua, Issam Khaoui vs. Cody Pepper, Said-Khusein Akhyadov vs. Richard Haubert, Harun Uzun vs. Constantin Vasilachi, and Michael Reali vs. Moris Ouaoua.

The event marks Covington's latest venture outside traditional MMA competition. Rosas Jr., the youngest fighter ever signed to the UFC at 17, now gets his shot at the former welterweight title challenger in a pure grappling format on short notice.

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• MMA Mania — Hype Italy fight card, start time, date and location | Covington vs. Rosas Jr.