Colby Covington Finally Meets with U.S. President Donald Trump
UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington got his wish on Wednesday as he finally met with President Donald Trump.
The meeting and photo session was arranged by UFC president Dana White, who has been a long standing friend and supporter of President Trump for many years. According to sources, Covington was afforded a 30 minute meeting with the president.
Covington had stated numerous times before and after winning the interim UFC welterweight title in June that he wanted to take the belt to the White House and present it to President Trump.
“I did everything I said I was going to do,” Covington said after UFC 225. “I told everybody I was going to make the welterweight division great again, and now I’m going to celebrate how a real American should celebrate winning a world a title, and that’s going to the White House to see Mr. Donald Trump and put this on his desk, unlike the Filth-a-delphia Eagles disrespecting our flag and kneeling for the national anthem.”
The meeting happened on Wednesday in the White House where Covington presented a UFC title to President Trump alongside White, American Top Team owner Dan Lambert and UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes.
White had promised to make the meeting happen but it appeared that plan was derailed after the UFC planned to trip Covington of the title after he was unable to face welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in September.
There’s no word if that plan has changed but Covington is still holding onto his interim title for now and he finally got the opportunity to got to the White House on Wednesday.
Covington now becomes the first fighter in UFC history to meet with a sitting U.S. President in the White House.
