Sean Strickland once got kicked out of a gym for being "disrespectful to teammates." Now his current training partners and coaches detail what it’s like to have the controversial UFC middleweight champion in the gym.
Dana White Provides Update On Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal Fight
We may still get to see Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal next year.
Almost everyone in the combat sports world agrees that the welterweight grudge match between the pair of former best friends is the fight to make.
However, it is yet to be announced with Covington claiming Masvidal is doing everything in his power to avoid the matchup particularly because it doesn’t favor him stylistically.
“There’s a reason he doesn’t want to fight me, because he’s experienced this fight before, he knows how this fight plays out, and he doesn’t want to get embarrassed in front of the whole world. So, he’s in hiding right now,” Covington said recently. “They (UFC) said it was gonna be a tough task because he doesn’t want to fight you. They pretty much told me that he plain and simple told them that he doesn’t like the style match-up.
Dec 24, 2020
Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal seems to be the logical next fight to make in the Welterweight division, however according Covington’s comments the fight isn’t close to being done and he blames Masvidal for it.
Speaking to Submission Radio Covington said “I’m good to go on my end, I’m ready to go. I gave them my verbal (agreement), and I’m a man of my word. I’m gonna show up and do what I do best, that’s win and fight hard, (and) put on a show for the fans around the world.”
“Getting Jorge ‘Street Judas’ Masvidal on board is a whole other story, the guy, I mean, he’s got no options, and he thinks he’s gonna fight Conor (McGregor), he wants the easy fight with the ‘soy boy’ Nate Diaz.” Covington stated. “The guy is desperate right now. You don’t want to fight the No. 1 guy in the world? I’m the No. 1 guy in the world.”