Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington are set to meet in the main event of UFC 272 in March. The bout sees the two former friends make things personal as they continue to go after each other. Chael Sonnen recently spoke out on their friendship heading into the fight.

Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal both used to work together when they trained at American Top Team. The two UFC welterweights are expected to know each other quite well, something Chael Sonnen disagrees with.

“Those guys do not know each other whether they think they do or not,” Sonnen said via his YouTube channel, as noted by BJPenn.com.

“Teammates, workout partners, cornering each other, roommates, has nothing to do with it for two reasons: They were different weight classes. Whatever you think you know about a guy’s strength or his speed or the positions you’re able to give his problems in, it doesn’t matter when they change weight classes.”

Chael Sonnen believes that both men are very different from when they used to train together. Both were on their way up in the UFC and trying to climb up the division.

“Secondly, neither one of them was main-event quality when they were training. They were both up-and-comers. Masvidal wasn’t Masvidal until three years ago. Masvidal wasn’t Masvidal until he hit a flying knee which parlayed him right into Madison Square Garden and a championship.. Colby Covington was in an even worse spot when they trained together. He was an up-and-comer with a lot of promise, but he was nowhere (close to) closing out the night.”