Colby Covington – “I definitely would like to run for Congress in a few years”
Former UFC welterweight title contender Colby Covington is plotting is future after he leaves the sport of professional mixed martial arts competition.
Covington, who is a huge fan of former U.S. President Donald Trump, told the PBD Podcast that pursue a career in politics.
“I do believe I’m the Donald Trump of the UFC,” Covington said. “He’s my biggest role model, he’s my mentor, and he’s someone that I really look up to, so I try and model my career after a lot of things that he’s done.
“I definitely would like to run for Congress in a few years, I think I’d be the perfect fighter. I’m not a guy that’s going to sell out to the establishment. I’m a self-made man from nothing. I came from a blue-collar family in Oregon who had absolutely nothing, who lived in the trailer parks, now I’m a multi-million-dollar athlete, so I think that I can do great things for this Republican and Conservative movement because they don’t have the funds and means to do it. I appreciate everything Donald Trump’s done for me, I’m a true believer, I’ll die fighting for that man.”
Covington (17-4) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to current champion Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 296 on December 16.
