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UFC president Dana White said he wasn’t
happy to hear about Jorge Masvidal allegedly attacking Colby Covington
outside a Miami restaurant last month.
“Obviously, I don’t condone guys
getting into fights in the street, and I hate everything about it,”
White told TMZ Sports in an interview released Saturday.
Masvidal was charged with two felony
counts, aggravated battery with a mask and criminal mischief, per TMZ. While White condemned any alleged confrontation between the pair outside the Octagon, he said Covington shouldn’t have talked about Masvidal’s family.
“But again, this is a business
where I’m gonna fight you and there’s a certain level of what I
believe is man code where you don’t talk about people’s families, you
don’t talk bout the kids and you don’t talk bout their wives,”
he said.
Covington defeated Masvidal at UFC 272
in early March, and the feud got pretty heated beforehand, including
the comments he made about his former friend’s family.
“He’s out there, cheating on his
wife, cheating on his kids,” Covington told reporters. “So,
Saturday night, this is for Maritza and all the people he
backstabbed.”
A police report revealed Covington told responding officers Masvidal
approached him outside the restaurant and punched him twice in the
face before saying, “you shouldn’t have been talking about my
kids,” according to TMZ.
Covington suffered a fractured tooth.
Masvidal pleaded not guilty to the
charges in his first court appearance. While White didn’t condone any
physical altercations outside the Octagon, he said it’s important not
to cross a line with trash talk.
“Especially with a guy like
Jorge Masvidal,” White told TMZ. “If you do that to Jorge
Masvidal, you better watch yourself when you’re coming out of
restaurants.”
Khamzat Chimaev, who’s been linked to a
potential fight with Covington, referenced the situation in a press
conference on Wednesday:
MMAFighting.com @MMAFighting
“I don’t think he wants to fight me. He’s gonna go to the cops. Dana White will be in jail if they make that fight.”<a href=”https://twitter.com/KChimaev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@KChimaev</a> says Colby Covington isn’t “gangster” and UFC has to “kick him out” because “he’s a b*tch” ???? <br><br>Full <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC273?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#UFC273</a> media day scrum ▶️ <a href=”https://t.co/GuBjE0pBx9″>https://t.co/GuBjE0pBx9</a> <a href=”https://t.co/6nUz7o3OaH”>pic.twitter.com/6nUz7o3OaH</a>
Meanwhile, Masvidal’s next court
appearance is scheduled for April 21.
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