UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington claims that Jorge Masvidal obtained’t save the UFC’s contract to fight him attributable to a “inappropriate vogue matchup.”
Covington and Masvidal were dilapidated teammates and guests at American Top Group, but they’re heated opponents in this reduce-off date. With both males gunning for a title shot against UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, they’re going to seemingly own to buckle down and do one one more in reveal in confidence to get one more crack at Usman and his belt. There own been whispers that the UFC would opt to compare up Covington and Masvidal for early 2021 and seemingly own them back as coaches on “The Final Fighter,” but up to now, the fight has no longer been booked.
Talking to Submission Radio, Covington confirmed that he needs to fight Masvidal, but he alleges that “Gamebred” obtained’t fight him attributable to a unhappy stylistic matchup.
“You’re within the UFC struggling with the finest opponents within the field, you claim to are making an strive to be the finest within the field, and you don’t like a mode match-up? Like, what’s this, The Real Divas of Atlanta?”
Colby on Jorge Masvidal no longer looking out out for to fight him attributable to no longer liking the vogue match-up pic.twitter.com/8bgg1bPlLm
— Submission Radio (@SubmissionRadio) December 23, 2020
“Closing time I talked to him and Dana, they correct acknowledged they gotta get Jorge on board they in most cases gotta get him to avoid wasting. They acknowledged it became gonna be a grand task on memoir of he doesn’t are making an strive to fight me, ghastly and easy. He reasonably powerful told them ghastly and easy that he doesn’t just like the vogue matchup. You’re within the UFC struggling with the finest opponents within the field, you claim to be the finest fighter within the field, and you don’t just like the vogue matchup? Like, what’s this, the Real Divas of Atlanta? Like, what are we doing? I belief we were within the Final Combating Championship, no longer the final emotions championship. That’s why he’s on no account been the final struggling with champion. He’s been nothing but a broken, mediocre struggling with champion,” Covington acknowledged.
Covington is, for certain, a wrestler, whereas Masvidal is largely a striker, though he indubitably has grappling talents himself. This is also enchanting to hear if “Gamebred” has a response to these accusations from “Chaos” about why the fight hasn’t been booked as of yet.
Create you contemplate the UFC will gain a formula to get Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal booked?
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