Colby Covington stood in the lobby of the White House, watching senator after senator walk by, when it hit him that the people passing through were there to conduct serious business. As for the UFC interim welterweight champion, he was there just to make good on a guarantee he made after winning the belt in June, that he would take it to the Oval Office and place it on President Donald Trump’s desk. Dressed in a sit and wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap, that’s precisely what Covington did last week with a little help from Trump friend Dana White, making for “an out-of-body experience.” “When they walked me in to go see Trump, I’d seen him and was like, ‘Whoa, man. Is this really happening?’ I got the butterflies like I’ve never had before a fight,” Trump told MMAjunkie’s John Morgan. “But when I saw Trump, I was so nervous, man.
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Colby Covington, Donald Trump and the chaos since winning UFC gold – MMA Junkie