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Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington have been in the news recently after the two UFC welterweights had an altercation. Kamaru Usman, a mutual opponent of both, has spoken out on the recent situation.
Kamaru Usman took to his Instagram LIVE session to give his take on the situation. The UFC welterweight champion knows exactly what Jorge Masvidal went through when he faced Colby Covington.
“One, it’s unfortunate because it’s taken itself, it’s growing legs now out of just sports to actuality and reality,” UFC champion Usman said (h/t MMAJunkie). “That’s what’s the danger about what you say trying to build a fight or leading up to a fight. You have to watch your mouth. You can’t just run off at the mouth and say what you want or do what you want and expect the opponent to still keep it sport-related.
“Of course some people, i.e like myself, I am just wise enough to understand that you could say whatever you want to say. At the end of the day, I will do my talking with my hands inside once we step in there because that is what I’m there for, is to compete. So you can say and do whatever you want to try and throw me off my competitive edge, which is my mind, but at the end of the day, you can’t. I will go in there and I will still handle business. But in this case, you said a lot of things that crossed the line and some people are not wise enough to not risk it all outside.”
Kamaru Usman saw both men as losers in the altercation. The UFC champion doesn't believe that's an appropriate way to handle the situation for either man.
“Now (Masvidal is) facing counts, and now you could potentially go away,” Usman added. “So that’s the unfortunate nature of the situation. I don’t like it. Both guys, I believe, are in the wrong. You can’t just do what you want and say what you want just because you want to sell something, and I feel that’s wrong – very wrong.
“But also, you can’t go as an athlete – as an elite athlete, you’re one of the best athletes in the world – you can’t just go attacking somebody in the street. Yeah, I understand it’s another athlete, but you can’t just do that when it’s outside of competition. So both guys took a big ‘L’ on that one. (I) pray for both, though. (I) hope they’re OK.”
