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Things almost got violent between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington back when they were both still training at American Top Team. It all started at a UFC event and Dana White got involved.
“I go back to my seat and I see him waving down Dana White,” Masvidal recalled to ESPN ahead of UFC 272. “And I go, ‘Nah, there’s no way.’ You could ask Dana White this. He waves down Dana White and he tells Dana White that I’m trying to fight him, right there on sight. But this guy is talking all this sh*t on the internet that he’s a thug.
“Dana White calls me over and goes, ‘Man, are you trying to hand out three pieces and a soda, Masvidal? No, but seriously, don’t fucking fight here at the event.’ I’m like, ‘Bro, all I wanted to do was talk to the guy outside, bro.’ Now he’s made it a problem by fucking tell you, my coworker, that I’m trying to do all this. You’re snitching on me.”
It all got worse as they met later on at American Top Team. Jorge Masvidal came into the gym and he spotted Colby Covington for the first time after that UFC event.
Article Continues Below“I come into the gym, random practice, and I see him there — and he kind of tries to ignore me,” Masvidal said. “And I was like, ‘Hey bro, after practice, we’ll talk.’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, yeah, for sure, bro. Cool, cool. We’re talking.’ It’s pretty amicable, it’s not that bad. He’s like, ‘What do you want to talk about?’ I’m like, ‘I want to talk about you being a bitch and bringing up my name in interviews when Dan [Lambert] has said not to.’
“I still haven’t gone public with him [at the time], I’m just trying to address him man-to-man. Like, let’s not go that route, bro. And if we are, first let’s just put the gloves on, beat the shit each out of each other, and then get it out of the system, you know?”
It all seemed like Jorge Masvidal handled the situation. The UFC welterweight tried to turn to leave when Colby Covington escalated the situation with help from his friends.
“As soon as I turn my back and a couple people come with him, the show starts,” Masvidal said. “[Covington yells back,] ‘I’ll fucking kill you, bro! Don’t ever talk to me like that!’ Literally, I said my peace, turned around, started walking this way. This guy is f*cking shouting out at the mouth while we’re like 10 feet away. I turn around, I come to confront him — it’s too late. The whole gym’s involved because he made such a show, right?
“So I tell him, there’s this place, this sushi place where we used to go to right here, and I tell him, ‘I’m going to go to the sushi place, bro. Dinner’s on me. Let’s go. I’ll be waiting for you.’ So I get in my car, go to the place — he’s not showing up. I get on Instagram, ‘Hey bro, if you want to collect your dinner, I’m over here.’ Blah, blah, blah.
“He never showed up,” Masvidal continued. “So I’ve always known, deep down inside, he’s a coward, man. And I just can’t wait for March 5 to expose it.”
It was probably a good thing that the two UFC fighters didn't meet at the Sushi place. Jorge Masvidal had a violent plan if he saw Colby Covington.
“I was probably going to break a bottle on his face,” Masvidal said.
