Does Colby Covington regret relationship with President Trump? ‘It was career suicide’

It looks like Colby Covington has serious regrets about stumping for friend Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election.

Covington’s rise as a main event star in the UFC was unexpected. The American didn’t have highlight reel knockout power or nasty submission skills. Instead, his success was built around a suffocating wrestling game matched by a high-output striking style. This is no way to fight back and promote the company.

However, he catapulted his name into notoriety with a bold and questionable style of fight promotion. He then further raised his profile in the sport when he worked hard to become President Trump’s favorite UFC fighter during his first term in office. The effort was successful, and the relationship with Trump helped make him a star in mixed martial arts.

Due to the friendship that developed through Covington’s efforts, when Trump ran for a second term as President, the one-time interim welterweight champion campaigned to endorse the Republican nominee. However, it seems like “Chaos” regrets using his limited time as an elite athlete to campaign and then fight in 2024.

Colby Covington claims he spent a year campaigning for President Trump

“I gave up a year of my career. I was on the campaign trail in a different state almost every week, and I wasn’t training. This is why I should never have done it [Joaquim] Buckley’s Battle, because I hadn’t been to the gym in six months. I was trying to win elections for America in all these swing states,” he told Bloody Elbow this week.

“My focus wasn’t on the UFC. It was on America… I had given up at that time, and I wasn’t training, and going to fight at that time was honestly career suicide for me, but I [thought] He was very useless and couldn’t do anything with me even without any training camp,” he said, adding, “It’s sad that I wasn’t rewarded. I thought loyalty would be rewarded. The UFC didn’t care.”

Although it doesn’t seem like he regrets being a supporter or friend of President Trump, he clearly wishes he hadn’t put so much effort into helping him win the 2024 presidential election. If he has wasted a year walking the path, it is a year wasted at a time when he is now far from his prime.

Covington was also surprisingly left out of the June card of the UFC event to be held on the White House lawn. Something that surprised many people because it seemed like he was the President’s favorite fighter. He is 2-4 in his last six and has been far more active in Real American Freestyle Wrestling than he has been in the UFC over the past year.

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科尔比·卡温顿 (Colby Covington) 抱怨被 UFC“冷落”,并透露了公司退出的时间表

科尔比·卡温顿继续公开反对 UFC。本月早些时候,尽管经过数月的公开宣传,卡温顿在 UFC 白宫卡上的席位被错过,但他公开表示,这次晋升对他来说“就像狗屎一样”。

在最近出现在热门流媒体 N3on 中时,他详细阐述了他所认为的对 UFC 选手的虐待模式。卡温顿描述了 UFC 内部的权力动态,使得拳手几乎没有影响力。

“你没有发言权,”他说。 “亨特·坎贝尔,就像UFC的律师,他只是告诉你他们要走哪个方向,你要么接受它,要么离开它。所以,你实际上没有选择你想做的事情。他们只是离开你。他们冰冷你。他们不会给你打架。他们只会让你坐在那里。他们会说,’嘿,你拒绝了这场比赛,现在你不会再打了一年。

“你不会赚钱的。”他们会把你冻死的。即使这不是一个好的举动,并且你没有得到你认为应得的报酬,也没关系。他们说,‘你要么接受它,成为公司的一员,要么我们就冷落你,你就不会为了赚钱而奋斗了,’他补充道。

卡温顿本月早些时候表示,这种动态正是他自己的情况所发生的,这有助于解释为什么他已经 15 个月没有参加比赛了。 38 岁了,长期裁员会带来真正的后果。对于处于职业生涯阶段的拳手来说,时间并不是一种可以轻易吸收的资源。

科尔比·卡温顿 (Colby Covington) 将于 2027 年离开 UFC?

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“所以,对于UFC,我认为,可能在明年左右,我就会结束它,因为当你年纪较大时,你不想对头部进行太多射击,”卡温顿说。

“而且我的身体正在减慢;我的新陈代谢不能像以前那样恢复。所以,当我训练两到三次时,我并没有像20多岁时那样恢复,”他补充道。 “所以,我预计自己会在明年左右完成。但是摔跤,我知道我还可以再做六、七、八年,因为它的影响很小。”

卡温顿是前 NCAA 全美最佳球员,最近在一月份击败了卢克·洛克霍德,完成了真正的美国自由式首秀。他现在将在下周的 RAF 7 比赛中迎战狄龙·丹尼斯,这为他提供了一条不像 MMA 那样对体能要求较高的竞技途径。

尽管如此,卡温顿并没有完全关闭UFC的大门。他明确表示,如果合适的机会出现,他会感兴趣——但关键词是对的。 “我想要大牌,”他说。 “我想要一些能让我兴奋地起床的东西。他们谈论的是与无名小卒或无名之辈战斗,这对我没有任何帮助。我只是为了钱而战。我不想只是为了钱而战。我想为遗产而战。”

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科爾比·卡溫頓 (Colby Covington) 抱怨被 UFC“冷落”,並透露了公司退出的時間表

科爾比·卡溫頓繼續公開反對 UFC。本月早些時候,儘管經過數月的公開宣傳,卡溫頓在 UFC 白宮卡上的席位被錯過,但他公開表示,這次晉升對他來說「就像狗屎一樣」。

在最近出現在熱門串流媒體 N3on 中時,他詳細闡述了他所認為的對 UFC 選手的虐待模式。卡溫頓描述了 UFC 內部的權力動態,使得拳擊手幾乎沒有影響力。

「你沒有發言權,」他說。 「亨特坎貝爾,就像 UFC 的律師,他只是告訴你他們要走哪個方向,你要么接受它,要么離開它。所以,你真的沒有選擇你想做的事情。他們只是離開你。他們冰冷你。他們不會給你打架。他們只會讓你坐在那裡。他們會說,’嘿,你拒絕了這場比賽,現在你今年不會再打了。

「你不會賺錢的。」他們會把你凍死的。即使這不是一個好的舉動,而且你沒有得到你認為應得的報酬,也沒關係。他們說,『你要么接受它,成為公司的一員,要么我們就冷落你,你就不會為了賺錢而奮鬥了,』他補充道。

卡溫頓本月稍早表示,這種動態正是他自己的情況所發生的,這有助於解釋為什麼他已經 15 個月沒有參加比賽了。 38 歲了,長期裁員會帶來真正的後果。對於處於職業生涯階段的拳擊手來說,時間並不是一種可以輕易吸收的資源。

科爾比·卡溫頓 (Colby Covington) 將於 2027 年離開 UFC?

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「所以,對於UFC,我認為,可能在明年左右,我就會結束它,因為當你年紀較大時,你不想對頭部進行太多射擊,」卡溫頓說。

「而且我的身體正在減慢;我的新陳代謝不能像以前那樣恢復。所以,當我訓練兩到三次時,我並沒有像20多歲時那樣恢復,」他補充道。 “所以,我預計自己會在明年左右完成。但是摔跤,我知道我可以再做六、七、八年,因為它的影響很小。”

卡溫頓是前 NCAA 全美最佳球員,最近在一月份擊敗了盧克洛克霍德,完成了真正的美國自由式首秀。他現在將在下週的 RAF 7 比賽中迎戰狄龍·丹尼斯,這為他提供了一條不像 MMA 那樣對體能要求較高的競技途徑。

儘管如此,卡溫頓並沒有完全關閉UFC的大門。他明確表示,如果合適的機會出現,他會感興趣——但關鍵字是對的。 「我想要大牌,」他說。 「我想要一些能讓我興奮地起床的東西。他們談論的是與無名小卒或無名之輩戰鬥,這對我沒有任何幫助。我只是為了錢而戰。我不想只是為了錢而戰。我想為遺產而戰。”

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