Twenty-five minutes together in the octagon was clearly not enough for Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington to settle their differences.
Late Monday night South Florida Fox Sports 640 radio host Andy Slater tweeted that Masvidal and Covington “got into a fight” at a Papi Steak restaurant in Miami Beach, adding that the police had been called to the scene.
Within an hour of Slater’s report, Masvidal tweeted a video in which he appeared to enjoy what allegedly happened between him and Covington.
“Do you know what this is called the ‘show your face’ challenge?” Masvidal said. “Um, what happened? I’m from Dade County. You’re talking shit, you gotta confirm it. That’s how my city rolls, man.
Masvidal’s managers, Malky and Abe Kawa of First Round Management, also intervened.
“I heard someone outside of Miami who says he’s the king of this is missing a tooth” Malki tweeted. “Can anyone confirm this? I need a video as soon as possible.”
“You have to be from DADE to understand” Abe tweeted.
Following the initial report and tweets from Masvidal and managers, a video obtained by TMZ early Tuesday morning showed Covington surrounded by Miami cops outside a restaurant around 11:30 p.m. ET where the alleged physical altercation took place.
In the video, Covington can be heard saying, “He’s swinging around here, trying to attack me, and I ran out the back of the room.” Moments later, Covington expresses shock to social media star and podcast host Bob Menery when he asks, “How does he even know I’m here?”
TMZ, citing sources, said that Covington had dinner with the Nelk Boys at the restaurant, but Masvidal did not. According to TMZ, Masvidal allegedly attacked Covington outside a restaurant.
menery tweet about the situation, “Never had a problem with @GamebredFighter. Extremely disappointed with how he chose to handle his current ‘shit’ which has already been resolved on a regulated platform.”
The incident comes 16 days after Covington dominated Masvidal for five rounds en route to a unanimous decision victory in the UFC 272 headliner. enemies as both rose to the status of contenders for the welterweight title.
After that, Covington, who now trains at the MMA Masters, declared himself “King of Miami”, to which Masvidal objected. Both men said they would fight outside the octagon again if they faced each other in public.