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#4. Colby Covington
Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington is the most politically-charged fighter in the UFC. At one point 'Chaos' was on the verge of being cut from the UFC due to possessing an uninteresting fighting style and lacking the personality to generate fan interest. The former All-American made the decision to exaggerate his real personality to cartoonish heights. However, Covington did not stop there.
Covington used his political support of controversial former US president Donald Trump to craft a persona based on his political beliefs. Covington donned a 'Make America Great Again' hat while claiming to be Trump's favorite fighter. He visited Trump in the White House upon capturing the interim title and also criticized the Black Lives Matter movement, claiming that it consisted of lifelong criminals before branding Tyron Woodley a Marxist and communist for supporting it before defeating the former champ in 2020.
#3. Sean Strickland
Like Colby Covington, much of what Sean Strickland says is rooted in the cartoonish persona he's adopted to generate fan interest in his bouts. Thus, it is difficult to discern what is fact from fiction when assessing Strickland's actual political beliefs, as is the case with Covington. Nevertheless, Strickland is on record commenting on a series of political topics.
In the past, he identified himself as a gun owner before verbally attacking the stricter gun laws of other countries. He further claimed that while those countries, specifically Germany and England, suffer from less mass shootings, they lack real men in his opinion. Strickland punctuated his rant by referring to both countries with a transphobic slur.
Additionally, the middleweight contender drew the ire of UFC fans after claiming that he held no allegiance to the American flag and would gladly be a Russian mercenary tasked with killing Americans if he were paid enough.
