UFC star Colby Covington links up with Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving party
UFC welterweight fighter Colby Covington, a staunch Republican supporter, meets Elon Musk at Donald Trump's Thanksgiving party.
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Colby Covington meets Donald Trump's close associate Elon Musk (Image via X)
Over the years, newly elected US President Donald Trump has developed relationships with several prominent individuals in the MMA community. One notable example is his connection with former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington. This relationship has also paved the way for other intriguing associations, such as the recently buzzed link-up between Covington and Elon Musk.
A few weeks ago, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump was re-elected as the US President for a second term. In Trump’s quest for the second election term, many played an important role in it. Former UFC champion Colby Covington and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are two of such individuals on the list. However, given their mutual connection with Trump, both Covington and Musk recently met each other.
The two individuals met each other last night at the newly elected President’s Thanksgiving party. Later, Covington shared images of him with Musk. The UFC fighter is a pro-republican who has stood strongly with Trump in the latter’s political aspirations.
Happy Thanksgiving from Mar-a-Lago ????? @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/Pd5cxvRixp
— Colby Covington (@ColbyCovMMA) November 29, 2024
Over the years, along with several other UFC fighters, Covington has endorsed Trump. Due to this, as time passed by, the camaraderie between the two has significantly grown. Interestingly, similar to Covington’s strong support for Trump, the newly elected US President shares similar views about the UFC fighter.
Trump has frequently attended UFC events to watch Covington fight. Notably, he was present during Covington’s match against Leon Edwards at UFC 296. However, this raises the question of whether Trump will attend Covington’s upcoming fight, a question that Covington has addressed.
Colby Covington reveals Donald Trump will come to see his next fight
Colby Covington is a veteran in the UFC and has had an impressive career within the promotion. However, his current trajectory raises concerns, as he is struggling to gain positive momentum. Despite this, the former UFC welterweight champion is scheduled to headline the UFC Tampa fight card on December 14th.
Covington is preparing to fight one of the promising talents in the UFC welterweight division, Joaquin Buckley, who is currently on an impressive five-fight win streak. Ahead of the fight, Covington has commented on the notable guests expected to attend the event, including the newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump.
We exchanged a couple of words, you know. He’s excited. He’s always asking, ‘Colby, when is your next fight? Man, I want to come to your next fight.’ And, you know, so he’s going to be there at the next fight.
Colby Covington via Submission Radio
Recently, Trump attended the UFC 309 fight card, which was headlined by Jon Jones, and appeared to enjoy the event. If the newly elected President makes an appearance at the UFC Tampa fight card headlined by Covington, it will mark his second consecutive month visiting a UFC event.
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