‘He Said He Was Gonna Baptize Me’- Colby Covington Reveals Why Jorge Masvidal Fight Did Not Happen

Former teammates Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal have had a heated beef for a considerable amount of time now. The former best friends and roommates sit on the top of the welterweight division. Hence, with their recent back and forth, it only seemed fitting that they settled their differences inside the Octagon.

UFC President Dana White also indicated that he would like to see ‘Chaos’ and ‘Gamebred’ eventually share the Octagon in a grudge match. But, that didn’t materialize. Now, with welterweight champion Kamaru Usman calling out Masvidal, it seems the possibilities of the aforementioned fight happening are slim to none.

Speaking to Submission Radio recently, Covington opened up on why the fight didn’t eventuate.

“In my words, which is the truth, you know, and Dana White and everybody over at the UFC can attest that he’s just scared to me. I mean, he’s afraid, you know, he’s embarrassed. He doesn’t want to get embarrassed in front of the whole world,” said Covington.

Covington believes there’s only one way his fight against Masvidal goes, and that’s him dominating ‘Gamebred’ all the way through. It’s true Covington’s pressure and chain wrestling added with his cardio is a problem for anybody in the welterweight division. But, Masvidal also knows what he needs to do, having trained with ‘Chaos’ for years.

“The only reason I wanted to fight you know, Jorge Street judas Masvidal, you know, we got a vendetta you know, and it needs to be settled… It’s an easy payday for me and I was willing to go back, but it’s because of the way he was running his mouth. You know, he was saying I was fragile he said he was gonna knock me out. He said he was gonna baptize me to like close people to me,” he further added.

Who is next for Colby Covington?

With Kamaru Usman calling out Jorge Masvidal and the duo possibly coaching TUF, Covington is the one who is with nothing for the next few months. However, given his close bout against ‘The Nigerian Nightmare‘ and a dominant next outing against former kingpin Tyron Woodley, ‘Chaos‘ deserves to be in the conversation to fight for the gold next.

A clash against British counterpart Leon Edwards looks enticing from a fan’s perspective. However, the former interim champion has ruled out that fight. No matter who the polarizing star fights next, everyone will scrutinize him with great interest.

Who should Covington fight next? Should Jorge Masvidal have fought him?