Confident after knocking out Tyron Woodley, Colby Covington provokes Jorge Masvidal: 'I'm his father'

C. Covington taunts J. Masvidal. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

More than rivals, enemies. This is the ideal term to define Colby covington e Jorge masvidal. The interesting thing is that, in the past, they were very close, but, as time passed and they became successful in MMA, everything changed. The top welterweights (77,6kg) usually exchange barbs on social media, in press conferences and, this time, it was Colby covington who attacked.

After knocking out Tyron woodley, UFC Las Vegas 11, 'Chaos' stated that the former champion of the category, even in a bad phase, offers more danger than Masvidal and, again, said that, when they trained together at American Top Team, he used to do so well that the other athletes in the academy felt sorry.

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“Woodley is definitely more competitive. You can watch videos of my training with Masvidal. In one of them, we train for two hours straight and I play with him. When I trained with Masvidal, at the gym, everyone asked me to take it easy. They did this because they wanted to build Masvidal and not see him defeated. He knows who his real father is! I was upset with Masvidal because, last Father's Day, he didn't look for me. Where's Masvidal? He needs to face me, for everything he said. We have to find out if he can do what he says. I speak and I do! I want to fight Masvidal. He’s been talking a lot for a long time,” Covington said at the post-war press conference.UFC Las Vegas 11.

After losing the welterweight title fight to the champion, Kamaru Usman, Colby covington recovered by dominating Tyron woodley and currently occupies first position in the category ranking. Before that, the former interim UFC champion had won seven fights in a row, including the likes of Demian Maia, Rafael dos Anjos e Robbie Lawler.