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UFC: Colby Covington says he’s Jorge Masvidal’s ‘daddy’ and threatens gym showdown

  • Covington says claims by Masvidal he left American Top Team gym are ‘fake news’
  • ‘He’s never won one second of one round … he knows who owns who’

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Colby Covington poses during the ceremonial weigh-in event ahead of his fight against Kamaru Usman at UFC 245. Photo: AP
Nicolas Atkin

If you thought Colby Covington might have been humbled by his defeat to UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, think again.

“Chaos” finally broke his silence following December’s UFC 245 main event, claiming earlier this week that he did not in fact break his jaw in the fight.

He demanded a rematch with Usman and also took aim at referee Marc Goddard – and, bizarrely, American rapper 50 Cent.
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If that wasn’t enough, Covington has now also denied he has left the American Top Team [ATT] gym, after a high-profile falling out with former training partner and friend Jorge Masvidal.

“That’s fake news. You know that. You can’t believe anything that guy [Masvidal] says. He’s a traitor. That’s why he got the nickname ‘Street Judas’, because he’s the Judas,” Covington told BJPenn.com.

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