Header Ban

Masvidal accuses Covington for cheating, Colby responds

There was a moment during the fight between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington at UFC 272 when an accidental eye poke really hurt Masvidal. The referee warned Colby anout it and then he followed up with a hit straight to Jorge's crotch. It was a classic Colby move as the UFC villain he's become. Ref Dean warned him again but Covington wasn't punished for his two evident violations. It's hard to say this didn't affect Jorge Masvidal for the rest of the fight, especially the eye poke. In the end, Masvidal ended up losing to Covington with a dominant performance from Colby. At the end of the fight, both of them were ready to keep the fight going.

Masvidal complained right after the fight.

During the post-fight press conference, Jorge Masvidal did mention that the eye poke was something he felt that hindered his performance: "The eye poke was pretty bad man, the only thing that's hurting on me right now is the f***ing eye poke, my eye is still throbbing right now. I've had a couple mishaps with Herb Dean, I just don't get it why he didn't fix the action. He threw a punch, missed, then immediately just jabbed me in the f***ing eyeball. I'm not going to take nothing away from him winning the fight because that was just one sequence, but it would have been cool if he would have stopped it there because he poked the s*** out of my eye."

But even days after the fight, Masvidal showed evidence of Colby's damage with a picture he uploaded to his social media. Colby responded in the most Covington way possible by uploading a laughing emoji and Justin Timberlake's famous hit song, 'Cry Me a River'. It's pretty clear these two are probably setting up a fight in the future and maybe even a trilogy down the line. Every single combat sports bout that has bad blood is what usually sells. The people love this rivalry between these two former best friends and they obviously want more. Here's what Masvidal said.

Almost took [my] eyes out but all good you cheating f*** see you soon.

Jorge Masvidal to Colby Covington

Adblock test (Why?)

No comments

Powered by Blogger.