Overview
- Covington said this week he will step back from campaigning after President Trump’s current term, calling politics “a dirty game” where “loyalty is never rewarded.”
- Left off UFC Freedom 250 on June 14 at the White House, he said Wednesday he was asked to corner a fighter and may attend in that role.
- He denied on Wednesday that UFC matchmaker Hunter Campbell ever offered him a Bo Nickal bout on the White House card, while Nickal posted that “text message receipts” show the offer.
- Covington said Campbell told him the card had limited slots, then said he regretted lashing out and plans to meet UFC executives as he seeks “meaningful” fights.
- He faces Dillon Danis at RAF 07 in Tampa on Saturday, March 28, and now casts his long pro‑Trump persona — from a 2018 Oval Office belt visit to years of campaigning — as harmful to his career.