No looking back: How Colby Covington's persona has given him all he's ever wanted

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A private helicopter descends on Trump International Golf Course and Colby Covington calmly emerges in a lilac polo, khaki shorts and white sunglasses. He has been reserved all morning in the helicopter, nodding politely through small talk on a 20-minute flight from Miami, but as he walks off the helipad and toward the clubhouse, a transformation begins. He breaks into a wide, animated grin and sticks his tongue out at the camera, almost instinctively.

This transformation is for the sake of a camera crew that is here to discuss his upcoming fight. Every detail about the shoot -- from the scenery, to the aircraft, to a brief…