Colby Covington besegrade Tyron Woodley efter att dennes revbensskada i den femte ronden gav Covington segern via TKO över den långvarige rivalen. Medan han blev intervjuad vid UFC:s post-fight show ringdes Covington upp av USA:s president Donald Trump som gratulerade honom till segern.

Konversationen fångades på kamera där en glad Covington hade på sig sin Trumpkeps:

Trump sade följande till Covington enligt MMA Fighting:

You are a great fighter. You make it look so easy. I don’t know how you do it. Congratulations, I wanted to watch that fight tonight. You were great.

That was easy work, relatively easy work. I’m proud of you. I just made a big speech, I had 35,000 people, I said I want to get home now to watch Colby. That was fast work.

I’m proud of you. I’m a big fan and I’m proud of you. You’re tough. You are something. I appreciated the shout out tonight, too. I’m your fan, you’re my fan. Two of a kind.