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Jorge Masvidal: Colby Covington Is In ‘Witness Protection Program’

Jorge Masvidal revealed he hasn’t seen much of Colby Covington at American Top Team (ATT) lately. Over the last few months, tensions started to rise between Covington and Masvidal as they trash talked each other, especially with the former roommates and friends both training at ATT. To make matters worse for the former, he also […]

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Jorge Masvidal revealed he hasn’t seen much of Colby Covington at American Top Team (ATT) lately.

Over the last few months, tensions started to rise between Covington and Masvidal as they trash talked each other, especially with the former roommates and friends both training at ATT.

To make matters worse for the former, he also had beef with Dustin Poirier — also training at ATT — who claimed things would be on sight if they saw each other in the gym following comments Covington made about him.

Since then, Covington would lose his welterweight title fight with Kamaru Usman at UFC 245 last month following a fifth-round TKO. “Chaos” notably broke his jaw during the fight much to the delight of everyone he has ticked off over the past few years.

And when asked by Ariel Helwani on Monday if he has seen Covington at ATT lately, Masvidal responded by revealing some locker room talk with Poirier:

“[Poirier asks] ‘Yo man, where’s Colby?’ I go ‘Bro, don’t even worry about it. He’s on witness protection program. When you see this dude, you can’t even touch him.’ … ‘I don’t know if Trump has hired them or something but he [Covington] has secret service with him.’ So it’s nuts. You can’t even look at the guy’s direction. He’s got too many people on his side.

“DP was thinking he could get to at least talk to him man to man. But nah, that dude [Covington] don’t go to the gym man. He’s a punk and he got [broken jaw] what he deserved.”

What do you make of Masvidal’s comments?

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Conor McGregor Chasing Welterweight Gold, Eyes Usman & Covington Matchups

Conor McGregor is still going after the UFC lightweight title, as he still has unfinished business with current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. However, that isn’t the only division McGregor is focused on at the moment. Speaking to The Mac Life, McGregor said he also has his eyes on the UFC’s welterweight division at the moment, in […]

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Conor McGregor is still going after the UFC lightweight title, as he still has unfinished business with current champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

However, that isn’t the only division McGregor is focused on at the moment. Speaking to The Mac Life, McGregor said he also has his eyes on the UFC’s welterweight division at the moment, in addition to the 155-pound class. In particular, he likes the sound of potential matchups with the likes of current champion Kamaru Usman and top contender Colby Covington. (H/T The Score MMA)

“I like the look of Kamaru Usman, I like the look of Colby (Covington),” McGregor said. “I’m open to it all at 170. … I want the gold. I’m after the gold – 155, 170, they’re the belts I am chasing now.”

Of course, McGregor still has unfinished business with Nurmagomedov. He’ll face Donald Cerrone on January 18 in a welterweight bout. However, if he wins, UFC president Dana White has suggested McGregor will fight for the lightweight title next. White described the matchup as a lightweight bout in which neither man is cutting weight.

“Everyone wants it. The boss wants it, Dana wants it, we all want it,” McGregor said. “He can run, but he cannot hide. So I look forward to it.”

What do you think about McGregor’s title aspirations at 170 pounds?

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Colby Covington Attends Miami Heat Game Alongside Lil Pump (Video)

Colby Covington appears to be in good spirits. Covington suffered his first defeat since 2015 when he was TKO’d by Kamaru Usman in the fifth round of their back-and-forth welterweight title fight at UFC 245 earlier this month. “Chaos” has not been active on social media much since but in a recent Instagram story, he […]

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Colby Covington appears to be in good spirits.

Covington suffered his first defeat since 2015 when he was TKO’d by Kamaru Usman in the fifth round of their back-and-forth welterweight title fight at UFC 245 earlier this month.

“Chaos” has not been active on social media much since but in a recent Instagram story, he was seen courtside at Miami Heat game along with rapper Lil Pump.

You can see the video below:

Covington was in good spirits and looked healthy overall other than a stitch below his right eye. If you recall, Covington notably suffered a broken jaw during his fight with Usman.

But that doesn’t appear to be a problem anymore based on the Instagram story, at least.

When it coms to returning to the Octagon, Covington is itching to compete again according to his manager and American Top Team owner Dan Lambert:

“He is a 10 out of 10 as far as what I would hope his mindset would be after a fight like that,” Lambert said. “He wants to get right back in. He wants to get right back into training. He wants to get back into training as soon as he’s ready health wise. He wants to get back and prove that he’s the best.”

What do you think of Covington appearing alongside Lil Pump?

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MMA News 2019 Year-End Awards

Another year is coming to a close, which means it’s time for the 2019 MMA News Awards. Fight fans weren’t short on witnessing memorable moments in 2019. From the emergence of a familiar face in Jorge Masvidal to a new star being born in Isr…

Another year is coming to a close, which means it’s time for the 2019 MMA News Awards. Fight fans weren’t short on witnessing memorable moments in 2019. From the emergence of a familiar face in Jorge Masvidal to a new star being born in Israel Adesanya, MMA in 2019 won’t soon be forgotten. The MMA […]

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Matt Serra Believes Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington Stoppage Was ‘Pretty Bad’

Matt Serra was not a fan of Marc Goddard’s stoppage in the UFC 245 main event between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington. The fight was a back-and-forth affair where the fifth and final round was set to decide the winner. There, Usman dropped Covin…

Matt Serra was not a fan of Marc Goddard’s stoppage in the UFC 245 main event between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington. The fight was a back-and-forth affair where the fifth and final round was set to decide the winner. There, Usman dropped Covington twice and TKO’d him via ground and pound. Yet, “Chaos” jumped […]

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Quote: Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington Stoppage Was ‘Pretty Bad’

Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra believes the stoppage that saw Kamaru Usman defeat Colby Covington was a bad one. Usman defeated Covington via fifth-round TKO after a back-and-forth war in their welterweight title fight at UFC 245 earlier this month. There was some controversy, however, as some felt referee Marc Goddard stopped the action […]

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Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra believes the stoppage that saw Kamaru Usman defeat Colby Covington was a bad one.

Usman defeated Covington via fifth-round TKO after a back-and-forth war in their welterweight title fight at UFC 245 earlier this month. There was some controversy, however, as some felt referee Marc Goddard stopped the action too soon as Usman was attempting to finish Covington on the ground with less than a minute remaining.

Serra is one of them as he felt it was a “premature” stoppage given how Covington was trying to defend himself:

“I felt that was definitely a little premature,” Serra said on the UFC Unfiltered podcast (via BJ Penn). “F*ck, the guy’s fighting almost 10 minutes with a broken jaw. He went down, he’s moving his head, he’s covering up. Why? He gets up, first thing he says is, ‘what are you doing?’ And listen, I really feel weird being the guy to go to bat for Colby cause I don’t like the guy.”

Serra believes Usman would have won the decision anyway given that he knocked Covington down twice in the final round. So it would only have been fair for the rest of the fight to play out:

“I feel that Usman would’ve got the decision,” Serra added. “So let him get the decision or see what else happens. I can’t just look at that stoppage and say, ‘yeah that was good.’ There might have been worse ones but it was pretty bad. It was pretty bad for what was at stake there.”

Do you agree with Sera?

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