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Colby Covington’s time in the octagon has been scarce.
Saturday night on Real American Freestyle on Fox Nation will mark Covington’s fourth fight in nearly as many years. After defeating Jorge Masvidal on March 5, 2022, he lost consecutive fights on December 16, 2023 and December 14, 2024.
He had his most recent fight against Joaquin Buckley on a week’s notice after Ian Machado Garry was pulled to fight at UFC 310 against another opponent. At the time, Covington attributed the loss to his campaign for President Donald Trump, a sentiment he repeated to Brian Kilmeade on Friday.
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Colby Covington celebrates his victory over Robbie Lawler in their welterweight bout during a UFC Fight Night event at the Prudential Center on August 3, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“Everyone knows I was on the campaign trail with Donald Trump. You know I was there, you know, trying to save America. You know, I was in New York. I was here, I was there. And then the UFC calls me a week in advance to take that fight,” Covington said. “So, that’s not indicative of the fighter I am.
“I’m excited that Real American Freestyle has given me a full training camp. I’ve had 12 weeks to hone my skills in the art of wrestling. And I’ll be putting on the best performance of my career Saturday night only on Fox Nation.”
Colby Covington on stage during the UFC 296 press conference at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 14, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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Covington visited the White House shortly after a 2018 victory during Trump’s first presidency. Now he hopes to return there on June 14 for the UFC event.
“Yeah, that’s the plan, you know, is to use these tag matches on Real American Freestyle as my training ground and then hopefully get on the White House card and fight on the South Lawn in June for Donald Trump,” Covington said.
Covington will face Luke Rockhold, who was the UFC middleweight champion from December 2015 until the following June. It is Rockhold’s first MMA fight since August 20, 2022.
Colby Covington attends UFC 286 at the O2 Arena on March 18, 2023 in London, England. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Covington won the UFC welterweight title in 2018, but lost it about a year and a half later. In two other championship fights, he was unable to win it back.
