As Colby Covington‘s chapter in the UFC gradually draws to a close, he’s not planning to quietly step out of the spotlight.
What’s more, as revealed in a recent conversation on the PBD Podcast, Covington expressed his ambition to emulate former US president Donald Trump – by venturing into the realm of politics!
I do believe I’m the Donald Trump of the UFC.
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.I definitely would like to run for Congress in a few years, I think I’d be the perfect fighter.
Covington continued to explain why he’d be the perfect choice for Congress:
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.
He reiterated the appreciation he feels for Trump’s mentorship:
I appreciate everything Donald Trump’s done for me, I’m a true believer, I’ll die fighting for that man.
