Covington (photo), in addition to winning the interim welterweight belt, surprised the UFC president. (Photo: ColbyCovMMA Twitter Reproduction)
In a press conference after UFC 225 on Saturday (09), UFC president Dana White admitted to journalists that he underestimated the ability to Colby covington beat the Brazilian, Rafael dos Anjos. He recognized that the fight was better than he expected and approved the North American as the new holder of the interim welterweight title.
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“That was a much better fight than I thought it would be. In fact, I didn't give the Colby covington enough credit. I thought he was very one-dimensional and that he would have a lot of difficulty with the Rafael dos Anjos. Rafael is such a complete fighter, but Colby covington It looked great tonight. I had the fight tied, 2-2, going into the last round and I gave the last round to Colby,” White explained.
Before the fight, Covington promised he would win and then showed his belt to his favorite world leader, Donald Trump. In response, Dana promised to take the interim welterweight champion to the White House to visit the US president.
“Of course I can make that happen. If he wants to, it will be great,” he said. Now enough Colby covington accept the invitation to meet the president, Trump.
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