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UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington detailed why he is no longer interested in fighting his former friend and rival Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n

Covington and Masvidal were former teammates at American Top Team, but for the last few years, they have been bitter rivals. For whatever reason, however, the fight between these two has not been booked yet. Even though it seemed like the perfect TUF coaches’ matchup<\/a>, the UFC chose to go in another direction. It seems as though not only is this fight not going to happen during the TUF format, but in general.<\/p>\n

Speaking to MMAjunkie.com<\/a>, Covington explained why he’s moved on from Masvidal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense. I\u2019m not gonna have people downplay my victory if I beat him. I\u2019ve already owned his soul for the last 10 years when we trained together at American Top Team. You can go look on the internet, I used to hold him down in our kitchen and just pat on his face, \u2018Get up Masvidal, get up, do something,\u2019 and he couldn\u2019t do anything. So he knows I\u2019m his daddy, I\u2019m his rightful owner, and there\u2019s a reason he ducked the fight for so long. He doesn\u2019t want to fight me,” Covington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows I own the keys to his soul, so I don\u2019t know. If the UFC really wants to do it, I\u2019m the people\u2019s champ, and I\u2019m America\u2019s champ for a reason. I\u2019ll do what the people want, what the UFC want. I want to put the biggest and best fights in the organization, but I don\u2019t feel like he\u2019s the biggest and best fight in the organization. The guy has almost 20 losses on his record, he\u2019s nothing more than a journeyman at this point, so his 10 seconds of fame are up, and there\u2019s nothing for me to gain anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think we will eventually see Colby Covington fight Jorge Masvidal in the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington detailed why he is no longer interested in fighting his former friend and rival Jorge Masvidal. Covington and Masvidal were former teammates at American Top Team, but for the last few years, they have been bitter rivals. 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