UFC fighter attacks opponent in the street after defeat: “You have to shut up about my children” | Martial arts

The cage fighters met at a restaurant in Miami. Masvidal knocked Covington to the ground out of nowhere. The reason the Latin American MMA fighter shouted after him: “You must shut up about my children.”

Ever since their coaches got into a fight years ago, the friendship had cooled. The former best friends verbally abused each other in the media, but it never came to a fight. Until the beginning of this month.

At the press conferences before the fight, the insults were already widespread. “He doesn’t even talk to his own children,” Covington accused his divorced rival since 2019. It should be clear that that allegation completely misfired Masvidal.

In the fight, Masvidal didn’t get a chance to unleash his anger on his opponent. Covington dominated most of the fight. Covington won every round convincingly and was declared the winner by the judges.

The win in the fight was a reason for Covington to throw some extra fuel on the fire. The California cage fighter crowned himself “King of Miami”, the city where Masvidal was born and raised.

Yesterday it came to a confrontation outside the cage. Masvidal visited Covington in a Miami restaurant yesterday and punched Covington twice in the face. “You must shut up about my children,” Masvidal snapped at the stunned Covington.

Of course, the incident did not go unnoticed. Covington, who suffered a broken tooth and a scrape to his hand from the encounter, has since charged Masvidal with assault. Masvidal has been arrested by the police.