{"id":372397,"date":"2020-12-31T11:49:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=372397"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T19:49:01","slug":"jorge-masvidal-vs-colby-covington-the-fight-we-want-says-dana-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-vs-colby-covington-the-fight-we-want-says-dana-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal vs. Colby Covington &#8220;the fight we want,&#8221; says Dana White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White says the UFC is still keen to book a welterweight fight between top-5 contenders Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Covington and Masvidal, the No. 1 and 4-ranked welterweight contenders respectively, have been linked to a potential fight for months, but as of yet, the matchup has not come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>According to UFC President Dana White, however, the promotion is still working on the matchup, contrary to Covington&#8217;s recently claim that Masvidal turned down the fight because it didn&#8217;t favor him stylistically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think Masvidal said I don\u2019t like that fight stylistically,\u201d White said. \u201cWe\u2019re working on that fight. It\u2019s the fight we want, too, and hopefully we\u2019ll get that done this year, too. We got nothing but big fights all this year so hopefully we can get a couple of these key ones buttoned up and done and start looking forward to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whenever Masvidal and Covington do end up colliding, it will undoubtedly be one of the biggest fights of the year. In addition to being two of the best welterweights on earth, the pair share arguably the best rivalry in MMA at present.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, they were close friends and training partners at American Top Team. Gradually, however, the friendship began to fray to the point of downright animosity.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, both men seem eager for the chance to settle their differences in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope it\u2019s happening,\u201d\u00a0Covington told Chael Sonnen in the latest edition of his podcast,\u00a0<em>You\u2019re Welcome\u00a0<\/em>(via<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/12\/colby-covington-blames-jorge-masvidal-for-delaying-grudge-match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cLast I heard from Dana and the UFC, they said they were going to make it happen. I\u2019ve been on it since Day 1, since I fought Tyron Woodley and ended his career and left him out on a stretcher. I agreed to fight Masvidal in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it\u2019s clear who wants to fight,\u201d Covington continued. \u201cIt\u2019s clear who doesn\u2019t want to fight.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-claims-jorge-masvidal-wont-sign-ufc-contract-due-to-bad-style-matchup\/\">There\u2019s probably a reason<\/a> he doesn\u2019t want to fight me. He\u2019s experienced this before. This is the easiest paycheck of my life. This is free money. He\u2019s not even as good as Tyron Woodley.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win a potential fight between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White says the UFC is still keen to book a welterweight fight between top-5 contenders Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington in 2021. 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