In an interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, the former interim UFC welterweight champion took personal jibes at both ‘Bones’ and Masvidal. Covington alluded to Jones’ domestic violence incident that took place last year, which witnessed him get arrested after an alleged physical altercation with his fiancee Jessie Moses.
Hinting at the aforesaid incident, Covington suggested that Jones beat his partner. Furthermore, having previously accused Masvidal of cheating on his wife, Covington has once again made the same allegation against ‘Gamebred'.
Intriguingly, Covington used to be roommates with Jones during their amateur wrestling days. ‘Chaos’ later lived with Masvidal as his roommate, in addition to also training with ‘Gamebred’ for many years. In response to being asked why he doesn’t get along with his longtime acquaintances, Jones and Masvidal, Covington stated:
Tyron Woodley explains why he believes Jorge Masvidal will defeat Colby Covington
Colby Covington is set to fight friend-turned-foe Jorge Masvidal in a five-round welterweight bout that’ll headline the UFC 272 fight card on March 5th. Ahead of this much-awaited grudge match, former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley has chimed in with his take.
Woodley is well-versed with both Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington’s fighting abilities. The former UFC welterweight champion worked alongside the rivals back when the trio trained together at ATT (American Top Team).
Tyron Woodley even faced Colby Covington inside the octagon back in September 2020. Covington emerged victorious in that fight via fifth-round TKO. With that said, speaking to MMA Junkie, ‘T-Wood’ picked Masvidal to beat ‘Chaos’. Woodley said:
Watch Woodley discuss the Masvidal-Covington fight and more in the video below:
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