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Former interim UFC welterweight champion, Colby Covington certainly isn’t hedging his bets on a future grudge match with two-time title challenger, Jorge Masvidal — claiming that the Floridian’s side is holding up negotiations and thus hampering any potential future pairing.
Covington, who most recently featured at the beginning of this month, headlined UFC 268 against common-foe, Kamaru Usman at Madison Square Garden — dropping his second undisputed title challenger in the form of a unanimous decision loss.
The defeat came as Covington’s second against the defending welterweight champion, following a fifth round knockout defeat back in December of 2019 — in his first challenge at undisputed welterweight spoils.
For Masvidal, the veteran American Top Team staple and former training partner of Covington has been out of action since his second career loss to Usman — dropping a massive second round knockout loss to the Auchi native at UFC 261 back in April.
The Miami native was slated to make his second Octagon walk of the year on December 11. in a potential title-eliminator against the #3 ranked, Leon Edwards, however, earlier this month, reports…
