MMA fighter Colby Covington has been outspoken in his support of former President Donald J. Trump, but his chance to put on a good show for the 2024 GOP frontrunner live and in person didn't end well.
The 35-year-old fighter who called Trump his “role model” faced his opponent Leon Edwards in the UFC 296 Octagon at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, where he would try to regain the title that lose. to Kamaru Usman two years ago.
Before getting down to business, Covington stopped to greet the former president who was ringside, Trump's fourth appearance at a UFC event this year.
Covington. trump UFC 296. pic.twitter.com/0f3EEyiOAS
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Guaranteed a win on the “Full Send Podcast” despite being an underdog in the match, Covington wanted Trump to do the honors of presenting him with the championship belt instead of UFC president Dana White.
“I asked Dana, respectfully, if she could step aside and let Donald Trump wear it,” he said. seconds on Fox News. “That would mean everything to me, man. I'm his biggest fan, he's my role model. What better way to put the belt around me? … Who better than the most famous person on planet Earth, Donald Trump , to give me the belt?”
“I'm going to get the belt back, he's going to go back to the White House and we're going to make America and the UFC great again,” he said.
Unfortunately, Trump would not get the chance as Covington would come out on the losing end, blaming the referees for the loss after the fight.
Colby Covington believes he won Rounds 3, 4 and 5 against Leon Edwards, but the judges “hate me because I support Trump.” #UFC296 pic.twitter.com/IWcv2MmzCF
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“Looking at your expression when the decision was read, you looked a little surprised. At that point did you think you had done enough? Covington was asked by a reporter.
“I knew it,” he replied. “I thought the third, fourth and fifth rounds were mine. The fifth was easily mine. The fourth I thought it was mine too and you know I thought I did enough in the third you know it didn't hurt me, he got a couple of low kicks but then I started checking them at the end.”
“So I thought I had the win, I thought I'd done enough, but you know, the judges never favor me, they hate me because I support Trump and you know everybody hates Trump in this building so you know, it is what it is, life. it goes on,” Covington said.
Asked if he had spoken to Trump after the fight, the defeated fighter said: “No, I haven't had a chance to speak to him yet. I'll probably be able to speak to him afterwards and thank him very much for come and make a spectacle out of it.”
And what a show it was with the crowd going completely wild when Trump made his entrance along with White and Kid Rock.
The Boss Man Donald Trump making an entrance with Dana White and Kid Rock at UFC 296 in Las Vegas!
This is my president!! TRUMP2024 pic.twitter.com/xSqwclOY4v
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“You can delay us but you can't deny us. He's going to make America great again. We need those borders secure, we need inflation down, and we need America First again. Donald Trump is the only one who will make it again: Trump 2024!” Covington called out to the crowd after the game as boos rang out.
At the end of last night's UFC fight, Colby Covington gave a shout out to first responders, veterans and President Trump.
“We need America First again and Donald Trump is the only one who will make it happen.”
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“He gives me American Dragon energy every time I talk to him,” Covington said. “It lifts me up and makes me want to be bigger, so I really appreciate Donald Trump because you know how to believe in a little kid from Springfield, Oregon, a nobody.”
“You know I come from a blue collar family and now I have a lot going on and now I have the most famous person in the world on speed dial that I can call anytime and get advice,” he added.
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