Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington are about to meet in the main event of UFC 272. The grudge match will see them finally fight after their friendship came to a nasty end.

Jorge Masvidal has been firing shots at Colby Covington and recently revealed the truth about the way he used to take criticism from fans. The UFC welterweight apparently used to cry when reading internet comments.

“He used to fucking read comments and ball up and start to cry,” Masvidal said of Covington during a live stream on Rumble (h/t BJPenn.com). “In his interviews at first when he was nice and would just wrestle guys, and was like ‘I just want to win’. People would just shit on him left and right, like saying he’s boring and quit the sport. I had to mentor him, but you can’t get upset about what somebody that you don’t know says.”

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Colby Covington used to take a nice guy approach when it came to promoting fights but he quickly realized that it wasn't working well for him. His heel-turn in the UFC has been well documented and he has been going full force in the build-up to his fight against Jorge Masvidal.

Things are only going to get worse between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal as UFC 272 draws closer and the two continue to go off on each other. The loser of the fight is going to find themselves in a very tough spot in the welterweight division and will have to think about their future.