UFC star hopes to get on White House fight card after campaigning with Trump to 'save America'

Colby Covington’s clip successful the octagon has been scarce.

Saturday nighttime astatine Real American Freestyle connected Fox Nation volition people Covington’s 4th combat successful astir arsenic galore years. After defeating Jorge Masvidal March 5, 2022, helium mislaid back-to-back fights Dec. 16, 2023, and Dec. 14, 2024.

He had his astir caller combat against Joaquin Buckley connected a week's announcement aft Ian Machado Garry was pulled to combat astatine UFC 310 against different opponent. At the time, Covington blamed the nonaccomplishment connected his campaigning for President Donald Trump, a sentiment helium repeated to Brian Kilmeade Friday.

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Colby Covington celebrates his triumph implicit Robbie Lawler successful their welterweight bout during a UFC Fight Night lawsuit astatine the Prudential Center Aug. 3, 2019, successful Newark, N.J. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

"Everybody knows I was connected the run way with Donald Trump. You cognize I was retired there, you know, trying to prevention America. You know? I was successful New York. I was here, I was there. And past UFC calls maine connected 1 week’s announcement to instrumentality that fight," Covington said. "So, that wasn't indicative of the combatant that I am.

"I'm excited that Real American Freestyle gave maine a afloat grooming camp. I've had 12 weeks to refine my skills successful the freestyle wrestling art. And I'm gonna enactment connected the champion show of my vocation Saturday nighttime lone connected Fox Nation."

Colby Covington connected signifier during the UFC 296 property league astatine MGM Grand Garden Arena Dec. 14, 2023, successful Las Vegas.  (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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Covington visited the White House soon aft a 2018 triumph during Trump's archetypal presidency. Now, he's hoping to get backmost determination connected June 14 for the UFC event.

"Yeah, that's the plan, you know, is to usage these mates matches successful Real American Freestyle arsenic my grooming campy and then, and past hopefully getting connected the White House paper and warring connected the South Lawn successful June for Donald Trump," Covington said.

Covington volition look Luke Rockhold, who was the UFC middleweight champion from December 2015 to the pursuing June. It’s Rockhold’s archetypal MMA combat since Aug. 20, 2022.

Colby Covington attends UFC 286 astatine The O2 Arena March 18, 2023, successful London, England. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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Covington won the UFC welterweight rubric successful 2018 but mislaid it astir a twelvemonth and a fractional later. In 2 different title fights, helium was incapable to triumph it back.

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