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UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington is eyeing a political career when his fighting days are over.
Covington most recently lost to fellow UFC champion Leon Edwards at UFC 296 in front of his political hero, Donald Trump.
But speaking on the PBD Podcast, Covington revealed that he could see himself pursuing a political career like Trump when he retires from mixed-martial arts.
“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.
Covington said he would most likely run for Congress in Oregon.
“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.”
