Jorge Masvidal refuses to bury rivalry with Colby Covington even after resounding UFC 272 loss

• Jorge Masvidal refuses to end his rivalry with Colby Covington despite defeat Saturday.
• The veteran slugger said he'd break Covington's jaw if he saw him in the streets.

LAS VEGAS — Jorge Masvidal refused to bury his rivalry with Colby Covington even after suffering a resounding defeat Saturday at the UFC 272 event that took place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Covington succeeded with six of his 15 takedown attempts over 25 minutes, and connected with 218 of his 338 strikes for a 65% accuracy rate.

It was a one-sided beatdown that showed the levels that exist between Covington, who remains at the top of the welterweight division, and Masvidal, who appears to be sliding down it.

But if you thought Masvidal would cool after his former friend turned rival humbled him in the Octagon, you'd be wrong.

Masvidal wants to do it all again — in the cage, or outside of it.

"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 loss is a painful one for Masvidal to take, he said, as Covington continually made things personal by talking about his family, his children, and called him a communist even though he knows the Cuban proclaims to loathe Fidel Castro.

"It just sucks," Masvidal said.

"To lose to a bitch like that, I mean all he does is talk about people's kids, religions, nations — obviously nobody wants to lose to a coward like that."

It is unclear what is next for Masvidal, however, he remains a clear attraction at the gate — the T-Mobile Arena was sold out last night, generating more than $6 million in ticket sales — and at the box office.

UFC insider and analyst Jon Anik even told Insider in 2020 that Masvidal against Conor McGregor would be a mega-fight.

Considering McGregor is currently on a losing skid, too, it could become a "win or go home" type of event involving two of the UFC's best-known stars.

But Masvidal is only thinking about returning to the gym and fine-tuning what he needs to fine-tune, rather than get consumed with who he could fight next.

"I think the only thing that makes sense is for me to get in the gym, me to get into track and field and just get after it," he said.

"Get in great shape, see where my headspace is at and then three or four months from now, make that decision who's next.

"For right now, I want to clear the cobwebs up. It's not that I'm hurt or nothing, but to lose to a punk like that, it sucks."