UFC star who calls Donald Trump his ‘hero’ speaks – Sports News
Colby Covington lashed out on the UFC for leaving him off the upcoming White House card.
The UFC White House occasion is hotly anticipated and has been talked about since Donald Trump introduced the potential staging of a one-off card final yr. Covington seems to have a close relationship with Trump and has been pushing to be included on the UFC’s White House card.
Last weekend, the UFC introduced the White House card — and Covington was disregarded. He is set to overlook out on the possibility to combat earlier than Trump, leaving the 38-year-old confused.
“I said I’d fight anybody on God’s green Earth on the White House card just to get the opportunity to fight in front of my hero, Donald Trump,” Covington informed Submission Radio. “They’re upsetting their hardcore fanbase… And they’ve just had me sitting around for the last 14 months doing nothing… What the f— am I supposed to do to earn money? I have a lot of bills to pay.”
Covington has a 17-5-0 file, and his final combat was back in December 2024, when he misplaced to Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN. He got here up short through third-round KO/TKO.
Despite his struggles for type, Covington is adamant that his burning patriotism ought to have seen him on the cardboard. During an interview with MMA Junkie, Covington trashed the White House lineup and insisted the occasion is harm by the shortage of “high-ranking American fighters.”
“It’s piss-poor at best,” Covington stated. “I think the fans have said it. I think the fans have spoken. The fans said they hate it. It’s a terrible card. They promised six or seven title fights. They have one title fight and an interim title fight that they just put together at the last minute. The thing was just so disorganized. They put it together at the last minute. There wasn’t any high-ranking American fighters.”
Covington then conveniently forgot about headliner Gaethje when making his patriotic level, including: “I think they have two (American) guys on there. Michael Chandler, who is Iike 40 years old. And then Sean O’Malley, who is a great fighter.
“Love Sean, but besides that, who’s the guys representing America on the 250th birthday of America? It doesn’t seem like there’s that guy there. It just seems like they just don’t care anymore. They made all that money with Paramount and they’re just happy. It is what’s it is. The fans have spoken. It’s unfortunate.”
Bo Nickal is at the moment scheduled to combat Kyle Daukus on the White House card, however he appeared prepared to back out of the combat to be able to tackle Covington. He wrote on social media: “Colby, I haven’t signed a contract yet. We can still make this happen. In all honesty I do think you deserve to be on the White House card. If you want to fight we can both call Hunter together and make it happen.”
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