It was the shock of UFC 272: the battle between the 2 previous associates Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal, at welterweight. A extremely powerful reunion, which ended with a victory for the primary, and a brand new spherical of insults. As the opposite mentioned: “Not sure that they spend their holidays together”...
“I hope the ref, by taking me off him, slips on a banana peel, and then I can give him a few more punches and change his life and the structure of his face.”
In an interview given to MMA Junkie earlier than the battle, Jorge Masvidal had been very clear: he hates Colby Covington, to the purpose of wishing he may harm him, very badly. Fortunately, the octagon was clear, on the night time of Saturday March 5 to Sunday March 6, 2022, and subscribers RMC Sports had been in a position to see the battle not being interrupted by banana peels, as in a vulgar part of Mario Kart. But there was nonetheless a present, with a victory by determination of Covington, #1 within the welterweight, towards Masvidal, quantity 6. Moreover, the present even continued after the battle…
Friends, then enemies. Here's how to define the Covington / Masvidal relationship, which is ultimately reminiscent of the one that perfectly set the tone for the start of 2022 in the UFC: Ngannou / Gane. Because just like the Cameroonian and the French, the 2 Americans had been a part of the identical steady, skilled collectively, and so they had been even roommates! But as time handed, Masvidal drifted away from Covington, though the latter continued to name him his “best friend” within the press. An ideal state of affairs for Dana White and the UFC, which essentially introduced a tense battle. And he was, at the least as a lot because the earlier interviews, throughout which Covington and Masvidal threw hen names at one another with much more verve than an ornithologist.
UFC 272: Masvidal humiliated by Covington
The battle was due to this fact settled within the octagon, and if anybody nonetheless had doubts, the primary jiffy had been sufficient to persuade that their friendship was much more damaged than the vase of Soissons. First, Covington thought he was a CP, and began by sticking his tongue out at Masvidal:
Well, protruding your tongue is neither fairly nor well mannered, however why not, we see it fairly repeatedly. On the opposite hand, the shot after, it was instantly much less fairly to see. We hope that Masvidal had not forgotten to put on his safety:
Finally, regardless of the clear and clear superiority of Covington, the battle will final the 5 rounds, and can finish with a choice of the jury, with out shock in favor of the one who can have dominated, due to his significantly efficient floor battle:
Coming quickly Covington VS. Pear tree?
But after all, the story did not finish there. Defeated in November 2021 by undisputed welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, Covington has named the following opponent he needs to face: Dustin Poirier, a two-time Conor McGregor in 2021. And Covington made it identified with a surprising new assertion within the interview following his victory:
“I just took care of Miami street trash, now it's time to take care of Louisiana swamp trash.”
Do we have to specify that Jorge Masvidal is from Miami, and Dustin Poirier from Louisiana? Clearly, Colby Covington actually did not come to the UFC to make associates…