Watch Covington-Lawler on UFC Fight Night online on Aug 3 if you’ve cut the cord

August 05, 2019
Technology

UFC is changing things up just a bit for the latest Fight Night event. This UFC Fight Night will be in the afternoon, with a Noon start to the Prelims action. Also, instead of the streaming-only ESPN+ service, this UFC Fight Night will be on ESPN. There are still options for CordCutters to stream Covington vs. Lawler in UFC Fight Night without cable.

UFC Fight Night Covington vs. Lawler is broadcasting live from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Saturday, Aug 3. This Fight Night is airing exclusively on ESPN, with the Prelims starting at Noon Eastern time and then the Main Card taking over at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Colby Covington (14-1) is a fast rising star, and briefly held the Interim Welterweight title last year. Covington has been a ground control fighter, and has a background as a champion amateur wrestler. Covington was the Interim Welterweight champion for about one month in 2018, but an injury prevented him from facing Tyron Woodley. He may have been stripped of that title, but he hopes a win over a legend could propel him to face Kamaru Usman for the proper championship.

Robbie “Ruthless” Lawler (28-13) is a longtime star of MMA, and a former UFC Welterweight title holder. He won the belt in a against Johny Hendricks, in a rematch of their bout for the vacant title. After losing the title to Tyron Woodley in July of 2016, Lawler has gone 1-2 and dropped to 11th in the rankings. Lawler mostly lets his kickboxing skills do the talking for him. Covington has tried to draw Lawler into a war of words ahead of this matchup, but so far Lawler has ignored the bait.

Stream Covington vs. Lawler in UFC Fight Night

With this UFC Fight Night on the main ESPN channel, the only legal way to stream Covington vs. Lawler will be using a Live Streaming service. Here is the tale of the tape on your options. Sling TV offers the lowest regular price, but the other services offer a variety of free trials.