Colby Covington needs to battle twice in 2026, together with a spot on the UFC’s coveted White Home card.
Simply when it seemed like Covington could be executed with MMA for good, “Chaos” just lately went on hiatus and revealed in an interview with Helen Yee that he plans to compete at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue subsequent 12 months, however want to have a preliminary battle earlier than that.
“I am hoping to return again in early 2026, in all probability in January or February, and have a tune-up match earlier than the massive occasion on the White Home in June,” Covington stated. “I need to battle there, greater than something. I have been working laborious to carry politics into MMA, and it might be a dream come true if that occurred.”
As soon as upon a time, Covington was simply one other fighter on the roster who used his grapple-heavy type to earn choice wins. Then every thing modified in 2017 when he debuted the derogatory “MAGA” gimmick and started aligning himself with US President Donald Trump.
Covington rapidly turned one of many high names within the UFC, however that did not translate into wins contained in the Octagon.
Over the previous six years, ‘Chaos’ has gone 2-4, together with his solely wins coming towards Tyron Woodley and Jorge Macival. After lacking out on a 3rd welterweight title shot towards Leon Edwards in 2023, Covington tried to bounce again late final 12 months towards Joaquin Buckley. As a substitute, Covington acquired a extreme beating, forcing cageside medical doctors to intervene and finish the bout within the third spherical.
Not too long ago, blended martial arts journalist James Lynch instructed that Covington could have quietly retired from competitors after nearly disappearing from interviews and berating fighters he knew would by no means have an opportunity to battle.
With a spot on the White Home card, Covington seems to be gearing up for a giant return.
