{"id":355986,"date":"2020-07-13T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=355986"},"modified":"2020-07-13T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T19:07:18","slug":"colby-covington-claims-he-kod-jorge-masvidal-in-their-final-training-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-claims-he-kod-jorge-masvidal-in-their-final-training-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Colby Covington claims he KO&#8217;d Jorge Masvidal in their final training session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington claims he knocked Jorge Masvidal out with a head kick in their final training session together at American Top Team.<\/p>\n<p>Covington and Masvidal, two of the top contenders in the UFC welterweight division, were close friends and training partners at ATT for many years. As they both closed in on welterweight title shots, however, their relationship turned sour. Today, they&#8217;re two of the most heated rivals in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Submission Radio shortly after Masvidal came up short to UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 251 last weekend, Covington shared his account of his final training session with Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington Reacts to UFC 251, ROASTS Kamaru Usman &amp; Jorge Masvidal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QA4FJmpOUk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has no chance to last five rounds with me, and he knows that deep down inside that I have a different level to my game than Marty Fakenewsman,&#8221; Covington said (via MMA News). &#8220;He knows that deep down inside. That\u2019s why he\u2019s not gonna step in the octagon with me. Last time we trained, he got knocked out unconscious with a high kick. I faked a takedown, came up. So, he knows who his Daddy is. I\u2019m Jorge Masvidal\u2019s father. That is my son. I\u2019m the King of Miami. I\u2019m Miami\u2019s King, and anybody can come get it. I ain\u2019t gonna pick and choose easy fights and try and say who I\u2019m gonna fight, I\u2019m gonna take anybody, cause I\u2019m the best in the world and that\u2019s what the best in the world does.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After losing to Usman, it&#8217;s not clear who Masvidal will fight next, but the idea of a grudge match with Covington is very appealing to many fans.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal, however, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-discusses-possible-fights-with-colby-covington-leon-edwards\/\">isn&#8217;t interested<\/a> in that fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4S0OwO\">\u201cThe fragile guy with the MAGA hat, definitely not him,\u201d Masvidal said of Covington at the UFC 251 post-fight press conference (via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/7\/13\/21321896\/jorge-masvidal-unsure-whats-next-but-it-wont-be-colby-covington-definitely-not-that-punk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cCause he got finished by this guy with a full training camp. He had like 12 weeks and he got finished by that guy. That guy\u2019s below me and this dude by a lot.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EN4NK7\">\u201cSix days\u2019 notice and I was nowhere near getting hurt or getting put out,\u201d Masvidal added. \u201cThe gas tank wasn\u2019t the best but I wasn\u2019t going nowhere as far as damage goes. Everybody could see that. So definitely not that punk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal settle their differences in the Octagon?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington claims he knocked Jorge Masvidal out with a head kick in their final training session together at American Top Team. Covington and Masvidal, two of the top contenders in the UFC welterweight division, were close friends and training partners at ATT for many years. As they both closed in on welterweight title shots, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":330508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,10515,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colby Covington claims he KO&#039;d Jorge Masvidal in their final training session | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Colby Covington claims he knocked Jorge Masvidal out with a head kick in their final training session together at American Top Team.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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