Colby Covington/Jorge Masvidal involved in altercation at Miami restaurant

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

After this month's UFC 272 when Colby Covington defeated rival Jorge Masvidal, Masvidal said their issues weren't over.

He wasn't lying.

The two reportedly got into an altercation of some sort outside a Miami Beach, Florida, restaurant Monday night, but details are still sketchy as of this writing as to what exactly happened.

As of now, no arrests have been made and the only video was posted by TMZ of Covington outside the restaurant afterward, surrounded by police, talking to a social media personality who he was having dinner with. From what he is saying, it appears Masvidal initiated the conflict in some form.

Shortly after, Masvidal posted a video on Twitter tagging Covington where he said it was a "show your face challenge" and that "if you talk sh*t, you gotta back it up."



In tweets from Masvidal's manager, the issue stemmed from Covington allegedly talking about Masvidal's children in some form. Manager Malki Kawa also alluded to Covington missing a tooth from the altercation.

Masvidal also nodded at Covington talking about his children in a Tuesday morning tweet.



Covington has yet to comment about any of this.

The two were teammates at the Dan Lambert-led American Top Team before Covington left ATT after issues with Masvidal and others. Masvidal claimed Covington didn't pay a coach that helped him train for a fight which Covington denied.

 

[Darkavius]

This feels staged. I mean Covington's whole act is a gimmick but I think this is staged by Masvidal and Covington.

Masvidal because his drawing power took a hit by getting washed by Covington so handily. So he needs something to keep up appearances since he has zero avenues to a title at all.

Covington because he wants to keep his name out there without having to actually fight consistently. Using marketing to get to a title fight faster like McGregor.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Colby Covington's whole act is a sham that people keep gobbling up for whatever reason despite his "persona" not just being corny and lame, but also outright indicative of the societal problems we have. The fact a guy can portray a racist (putting aside the stories from other fighters about how much a cunt he actually is) doucher and get constant exposure for it is pretty sad.

Anything for the almighty dollar I guess.

 

[Chris]

Former UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington will press charges against Jorge Masvidal in connection with an alleged assault Monday outside a Miami Beach, Florida, restaurant.

Masvidal was arrested Wednesday night and charged with aggravated battery with a mask and criminal mischief. He was released on $15,000 bond.

A released police report detailed some of what allegedly happened, the details of which were unknown following Monday night.

According to Covington, the 37-year-old Masvidal allegedly punched him twice while wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a mask over his face, fracturing a tooth and causing an abrasion on his wrist in addition to $15,000 worth of damage to his $90,000 Rolex watch

Covington told police he identified Masvidal by his voice and hair sticking out from the hoodie. Masvidal and his agent tweeted on social media shortly after the alleged incident that indicated there was a conflict and that Covington had suffered some kind of injury to his teeth.

The impetus appears to be Covington saying something about Masvidal's children. Covington claimed Masvidal was saying that during the incident and in a Tuesday morning tweet, Masvidal alluded as such.

Masvidal could face up to 15 years in prison for the battery charge if convicted. Formal charges are expected to be filed soon, followed by a court date.

On Wednesday, Masvidal appeared before the Nevada Athletic Commission as he was applying for a promoter's license for his bare knuckle fighting organization. However, he asked for the application to be delayed and again alluded to the Covington incident.

“I had a mutual combatant with another athlete, and you know, I can’t say too much on this, but if we could table [the application] for later, that would be amazing,” Masvidal said.

Bruh