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Colby Covington adds broken foot claim to alleged anti-Trump judges as another reason for UFC 296 loss

Colby Covington UFC Donald Trump Leon Edwards Sal DAmato UFC 296 Derek Cleary Patrick BetDavid

Colby Covington has changed his tune on why he lost to Leon Edwards at UFC 296 five days ago. Or at the very least, he’s added something to the list of things he’s saying contributed to it.

Out of the chute, after his unanimous decision loss to the welterweight champion in Las Vegas, Covington said the judges were biased against him because of his vocal support of Donald Trump. Covington lost 49-46 on all three judges’ scorecards.

But now his narrative has shifted, and he says he broke his foot inside the first 30 seconds against Edwards, and that kept him off his game the rest of the way. That’s what he told pro-Trump podcaster Patrick Bet-David – though there’s no indication that Covington will abandon the storyline that the fight was scored against him because the judges were biased against Trump.

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