Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Say this about UFC 245, which will be held Saturday night in Las Vegas: it will give new zest to the phrase “red corner” and “blue corner.” The main event pitting the welterweight champion Kamaru Usman against challenger Colby Covington is the country’s culture wars playing out in a steel cage. Clad in a MAGA hat and—as he does when fighting—pulling no punches, Covington sat down with Sports Illustrated last summer and this week. Now it’s Usman’s turn.
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