Chael Sonnen recently talked about Jorge Masvidal taking on Colby Covington at UFC 270. He noted that the fight was very risky for Jorge Masvidal and very likely his last stand.

Jorge Masvidal recently appeared on The MMA Hour and addressed the comments Chael Sonnen made. The UFC welterweight wasn't exactly thrilled about it.

“I personally like Chael — a little bothered by that comment, but it’s kind of like it just sets up the fucking mountain to be a lot higher,” he said. “When I climb it, and Chael’s like, ‘I can’t believe you climbed that mountain,’ I’m going to be like, ‘I told you, bitch.’

“I get it, man. Two white boys from Oregon, they both have that sleazeball style, like, cutting edge at the time. I thought Chael did it in a more classy way, but he still said things that didn’t need to be said, like bringing up Anderson Silva’s wife. So those types of guys gotta stick together.

“But I like him, though, because Chael is the type of guy that will go back and apologize. So when I fucking murder Colby, he has to be like, ‘Holy shit, this guy deserves a title fight,’ and blah, blah, blah.”

Jorge Masvidal made sure to finish up by firing some extra shots at both Chael Sonnen and Colby Covington. It's fair to say the build-up to UFC 270 is going to be very exciting.

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“Chael had to be shit-talking because he didn’t have an exciting style for a long time; he was just wrestling guys to death. So he had to do that extra talking and get himself over like that. That influenced guys like Colby — that’s all he does.

“[Covington] has to talk about people’s wives. Like, how fucking low of a society have we gotten, that’s even acceptable? You’re talking about people’s wives for no reason? Talking about Amanda Nunes’ team?

“In doing that, he inspires the future generations. So some 12-year-old may be looking at him, thinking, ‘Oh, this is the way to go, to insult a whole nation to get yourself over,’ because you weren’t selling pay-per-views, because you can’t fight, so you have to insult a whole country now.”