Exclusive @GamebredFighter
headed to jail on an aggravated battery charge after his alleged
attack on @ColbyCovMMA
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March 24, 2022
Jorge
Masvidal has been arrested and is currently in custody for his
alleged attack on UFC rival Colby
Covington outside a Miami restaurant on Monday night.
The UFC welterweight was booked into Turner Guilford Knight
Correctional Center in Miami on Wednesday at approximately 10:27
p.m. local time on charges of aggravated battery causing great
bodily harm and criminal mischief. Bail has been set at
$15,000.
News of Masvidal’s arrest was first reported by
WPLG Local 10 News, which posted video of the fighter entering
the facility in handcuffs. Masvidal ran inside without responding
to any questions.
Masvidal
appeared virtually for a Nevada State Athletic Commission
meeting earlier Wednesday to discuss licensing for his Gamebred
Promotions to hold events in the state. The hearing was delayed due
to the uncertainty regarding Masvidal’s case. At the time,
“Gamebred” told commission members that he had not been charged or
arrested.
Masvidal allegedly attacked Covington while he was walking outside
the Miami restaurant Papi Steak. Covington’s name was redacted in
the police report, but
MMAFighting.com confirmed that he was the victim in the
incident.
Covington told police that Masvidal ran up on his left and sucker
punched him two times – once in his mouth and once in his left eye
— which resulted in a fractured left tooth. Covington also
suffered an abrasion on his left wrist. After the alleged attack,
Covington claims he heard Masvidal say, “You shouldn’t have been
talking about my kids.” Masvidal made a similar statement on his
Twitter account on Tuesday.
Covington also revealed that he saw “three or four other unknown
males” coming toward him in an “aggressive manner,” so he went back
into the restaurant and contacted the police. Covington was able to
identify Masvidal by his voice and his hair, which was allegedly
sticking out of the fighter’s hoodie. Masvidal was allegedly
wearing a blue surgical face mask with his hood pulled up over his
head.
Covington and Masvidal were former training partners at American
Top Team, but their relationship soured over time, resulting in a
rivalry that built into a main event clash at UFC 272 on March 5 at
the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. That bout ended in a lopsided
unanimous decision triumph for Covington. After the defeat,
Masvidal indicated that he would settle his feud with Covington
outside of the cage because “Chaos” referenced Masvidal’s kids
during the lead-up to their fight.
“He’s still somebody that if I see him out in the streets, I’m
going to give him everything I’ve got to break his f—ing jaw,”
Masvidal said at the UFC 272 post-fight press conference. “It
doesn’t matter if I lost wrestling scrambles tonight, I still think
he’s a f—-ing p—y.”