Jorge Masvidal fractured UFC rival's teeth, faces possible felony in Miami street fight, police report says
- Jorge Masvidal reportedly attacked Colby Covington in a wild street fight Monday.
- The altercation apparently left Covington without a tooth.
A police report says Jorge Masvidal fractured UFC rival Colby Covington's teeth in a wild Miami street fight Monday and faces a possible felony charge, according to MMA Fighting.
Tuesday's police report states that Masvidal — who has a bitter rivalry with Covington, even after losing a five-round decision to him earlier this month — is named as the suspect.
Covington was not listed as the victim, but MMA Fighting claims its sources confirmed that he was on the receiving end of the apparent altercation.
The fight took place at the Papi Steak Restaurant in Miami Beach, Fla., where, incidentally, a curfew has been imposed as a reaction to several violent incidents over the last week. Covington reportedly told police that he was outside, and Masvidal "ran up to him" and "punched him with a closed fist" to the mouth, and also to the left eye.
Covington was allegedly left with a fracture of his front tooth, and an abrasion to the wrist. Masvidal did not operate alone, Covington claimed in the report, as there were "three or four other unknown males" with him.
Masvidal apparently told Covington: "You shouldn't have been talking about my kids."
During the build-up to UFC 272 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Covington trash-talked Masvidal in a personal way by implying he was an inadequate father. "He doesn't even talk to his kids," Covington said.
Speaking to Insider and other reporters after his defeat at the time, Masvidal said that losing to Covington was painful because he kept making things personal by talking about his family and his children. Covington also called Masvidal a communist even though he knows the Cuban proclaims to loathe Fidel Castro. "It just sucks," Masvidal said March 5.
"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 fucking jaw," he said at a post-fight event Insider attended.
The police report states that Masvidal faces a possible felony battery charge, MMA Fighting claims.
On March 22, Masvidal seemingly referenced the ordeal when he tweeted: "Good morning to everyone except those that think talking about someone's kids is cool."
No formal charge had been made at the time of publication.