{"id":280657,"date":"2018-07-13T10:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T17:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280657"},"modified":"2018-10-10T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T03:55:16","slug":"exclusive-colby-covington-updates-on-whitehouse-visit-meeting-with-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-colby-covington-updates-on-whitehouse-visit-meeting-with-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Colby Covington updates on Whitehouse visit, meeting with Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 88 \/\/ Colby Covington\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j45GVg5d11c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Colby Covington captured the UFC interim welterweight title with a UFC 225 decision defeat of Rafael dos Anjos, he announced his plans to visit President Donald Trump at the Whitehouse.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, those plans haven&#8217;t changed. In fact, Covington fully expects to meet Trump and leave his UFC belt with him before the year is out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m very optimistic that it&#8217;s gonna happen,&#8221; Colby Covington said on the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-88-colby-covington\/\">BJPENN.COM Radio<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s just a matter of time. We have to get our schedules right. I&#8217;ve been traveling. Trump&#8217;s a busy man. He&#8217;s doing all his political rallies, so it&#8217;s definitely gonna happen, and I can guarantee you, I&#8217;m going to be leaving my belt at the White House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mark my words,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You heard it here first on BJ Penn Radio, I will go to the White House before the end of the year. I will drop my gold belt in the Oval Office, shaking hands with Donald Trump, the greatest living American to date. The leader of the free nation, Donald J. Trump. A great American citizen. He&#8217;s addicted to winning. Everybody, the liberal scum that want to say stuff about him, you cannot mistake the fact that he loves his country, and he&#8217;s doing everything he can to make this country great again. So, I will drop my belt to Donald J. Trump, and leave it at the Oval Office. You mark my words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Colby Covington&#8217;s mission to deliver his UFC interim welterweight belt to Donald Trump might sound like a pretty tall order, it&#8217;s worth reminding that UFC President Dana White is quite close with the President. 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