If Tuesday night’s first US presidential debate birthed or exacerbated an annoyance with the 2020 election season, things are only going to get more irritating, especially if you’re an MMA fan.
In a sight both surreal yet unsurprising, the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio, featured a mostly quiet cameo from the sport’s most ardent Trump acolyte, former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington, who was comfortably seated in the Trump’s side of the gallery alongside the rest of the president’s family, his face peeking through between the shoulders of Melania, Lara and Tiffany Trump in photographs and screengrabs.