UFC star hopes to get on White House fight card after campaigning with Trump to 'save America'

"Everybody knows I was on the campaign trail with Donald Trump. You know I was out there, you know, trying to save America. You know? I was in New York. I was here, I was there. And then UFC calls me on one week's notice to take that fight," Covington said. "So, that wasn't indicative of the fighter that I am.

"I'm excited that Real American Freestyle gave me a full training camp. I've had 12 weeks to refine my skills in the freestyle wrestling art. And I'm gonna put on the best performance of my career Saturday night only on Fox Nation."

Covington will face Luke Rockhold, who was the UFC middleweight champion from December 2015 to the following June. It's Rockhold's first MMA fight since Aug. 20, 2022.

Covington won the UFC welterweight title in 2018 but lost it roughly a year and a half later. In two other championship fights, he was unable to win it back.