{"id":538065,"date":"2026-03-13T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538065\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:57:07","slug":"nickal-vs-covington-at-white-house-i-havent-signed-a-contract-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/538065\/","title":{"rendered":"Nickal vs. Covington at White House? ‘I haven\u2019t signed a contract yet’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bo Nickal<\/a> is giving Colby Covington a final shot to compete at UFC Freedom 250.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with MMA Junkie<\/a>, Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) vented his frustration at the UFC for being snubbed out of the White House event June 14. A longtime advocate and supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, Covington expected to be a shoe-in for the event.<\/p>\n

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Nickal (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) claimed that Covington turned him down<\/a> for the White House event, which Covington denied. Nickal is booked to face Kyle Daukaus (17-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) instead, but revealed<\/a> that he’s yet to sign a bout agreement.<\/p>\n

“@ColbyCovMMA Colby, I haven\u2019t signed a contract yet. We can still make this happen. In all honesty I do think you deserve to be on the White House card. If you want to fight we can both call Hunter together and make it happen.”<\/p>\n

The former interim welterweight champion said the only offer he got was the winner of Mike Malott vs. Gilbert Burns at UFC Winnipeg on April 18. Covington prefers fighting at welterweight, but said he would have been willing to take a short-notice middleweight bout for UFC Freedom 250.<\/p>\n

“Colby and I weigh the same by the way.”<\/p>\n

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