{"id":302344,"date":"2023-12-13T22:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302344"},"modified":"2023-12-13T22:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T22:25:32","slug":"colby-reveals-why-trump-is-not-allowed-to-walk-out-with-him-at-ufc-296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/mma\/colby-reveals-why-trump-is-not-allowed-to-walk-out-with-him-at-ufc-296\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby reveals why Trump is NOT allowed to walk out with him at UFC 296"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Colby Covington reveals why Donald Trump is NOT allowed to walk out with him at UFC 296, brands Lebron James a &#8216;spineless coward&#8217; and dismisses Leon Edwards as &#8216;a mumbling idiot&#8217; ahead of Las Vegas headliner<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Colby Covington challenges Leon Edwards for the welterweight title on Saturday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He was in colourful and controversial form in pre-fight press conference<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paddy &#8216;The Baddy&#8217; Pimblett MUST seize his moment in the UFC 296 limelight after seeing his career stutter &#8211; The Hook<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colby Covington has confirmed that Donald Trump will put the belt on him if he dethrones Leon Edwards at UFC 296 but will not walk him out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Chaos&#8217; has inextricably linked his personal brand with that of the former president and even planned on being walked out by him at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dana White had to put a block on the proposed move. Covington, dressed in a white suit with Trump&#8217;s face on the back and signed by the ex-president, said: &#8216;Dana didn&#8217;t let me walk out with Trump, logistically it is too tough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He said there would be 100 secret service with him and just too much chaos. He&#8217;ll be sitting by the cage and I&#8217;ll give him a hug before I go in the Octagon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Covington, who feels he was unfairly denied the belt in losing against Kamaru Usman twice, compared his career to Trump&#8217;s after the 77-year-old&#8217;s insistence he was robbed of the last election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/21\/78932233-12861029-image-a-1_1702501778909.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington showed off his Donald Trump-inspired suit at the UFC Apex facility<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931401-12861029-image-a-2_1702500805716.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colby Covington took aim at Leon Edwards ahead of their UFC 296 showdown<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by colbycovington (@colbycovmma)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/55232813-12861029-Masvidal_lost_against_his_bitter_rival_Colby_Covington_at_UFC_27-a-1_1702500713193.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Covington was last in action against Jorge Masvidal back in March last year\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He went on: &#8216;It is the same path as Trump. We&#8217;ve been cheated out of titles. We can be delayed but not denied.\u00a0Saturday will determine the best in the world. Donald Trump will wrap the belt around me if I win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ll make the welterweight division great again. If Trump doesn&#8217;t get re-elected, this country is done.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Covington was completely dismissive of Edwards&#8217; credentials and continued to push the bizarre narrative that the champion has not been active enough, despite &#8216;Rocky&#8217; fighting twice since Covington was last in action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Saturday night you&#8217;ll see a different version of myself. I&#8217;ll bring out the dog in me and the quit in Leon,&#8217; he went on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I plan on being everything Leon isn&#8217;t. A champion for the fans. I care about this company, those guys have made a broke kid from Oregon a millionaire. Edwards had the sniffles and turned down Woodley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He just wants to sit on the placeholder belt. Daddy Covington is coming.\u00a0I&#8217;m Chaos, unpredictable. If you play with the bull, you&#8217;ll get the horns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leon is at the bottom end of who I&#8217;ve fought. He&#8217;s had an easy path, who has he beaten? What is his resume? He never fights younger guys. I&#8217;ll expose him as a coward and low IQ idiot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931917-12861029-image-a-23_1702501137263.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump will be at the T-Mobile Arena watching Covington on Saturday night\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78734965-12861029-Leon_Edwards_echoes_Team_Renegade_s_official_statement_as_to_why-a-3_1702500867742.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leon Edwards echoes Team Renegade&#8217;s official statement as to why Garry was kicked out<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m in my prime physically and mentally. I feel I&#8217;m well rounded while guys are turning me down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I never say no. No guy has said yes more than me. Leon said there&#8217;s no way Colby would fight for the title&#8230; he clearly doesn&#8217;t call the shots.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Edwards was sensational against Usman in defending his title in London earlier this year, but Covington believes he can expose a mental fragility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0&#8216;I saw Leon has quit in him in that first fight with Usman. He is a mumbling idiot. Leon has no redeeming qualities. This fight is personal and Colby gets what he wants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He knows deep down what will happen, I&#8217;m a lifetime fighter and the best is yet to come. I want to solidify myself as an all-time great. I have work to do and anyone who wants a superfight needs to come to welterweight. I think I could make 155 and 185 so maybe the first triple champ. I&#8217;ll clear out this division first.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/20\/78931403-12861029-image-a-5_1702500895615.jpg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After Covington had finished his tirade and walked out of the media hall in UFC&#8217;s Apex HQ in Las Vegas, he returned a couple of minutes later, forgetting to send a message to NBA legend LeBron James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He blasted: &#8216;F***k Lebron James, if you hate this country so much, leave! Go to China or something. You&#8217;re a spineless coward and a b***h.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>James has clashed with politicians on the right in the past but this was a seemingly unprovoked and strange final salvo from the fighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Covington can perform in the octagon on Saturday with as much venom and precision as he does on the mic, Edwards could indeed be in trouble, but that remains a big &#8216;if&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.636.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12861029\/Colby-Covington-reveals-Donald-Trump-NOT-allowed-walk-UFC-296-brands-Lebron-James-spineless-coward-dismisses-Leon-Edwards-mumbling-idiot-ahead-Las-Vegas-headliner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington reveals why Donald Trump is NOT allowed to walk out with him at UFC 296, brands Lebron James <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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