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UFC: Colby Covington says Jorge Masvidal is the reason their fight isn’t booked

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Arguably the most anticipated UFC matchup of 2021 is the potential welterweight matchup between Colby Covington (16-2) and Jorge Masvidal (35-14). The former close friends who now have become bitter enemies.

Originally, the UFC was working on the Nate Diaz rematch for Jorge Masvidal a couple of months ago. However, the promotion switched gears after Colby Covington completely dominated Tyron Woodley.

Dana White came out and said that the UFC was working on Covington – Masvidal. Yet, here we are a couple of months later and no fight has been booked yet. It’s the logical fight to make, but nothing is even close to getting done.

Covington appeared on Submission Radio this week and said that he was approached with the fight two months ago. He said that he accepted, but they’ve heard radio silence from the Masvidal camp for two months.

As a result, he hasn’t heard any updates from the UFC since he originally accepted the fight. Covington made it very clear that he wants this fight and he believes that Masvidal is dodging him to avoid taking another loss.

“I’ve wanted this fight from day one. I’ve been on board since I finished Tyron Woodley. Street Judas Masvidal is ducking me. He had a lot to say before. Where is he now? He’s no where to be found. He’s the so called, ‘BMF’, I don’t even know what that means. That just means Broke and Mediocre Fighter,” Covington said.

UFC’s Grudge Match

From everything that’s been gathered, the UFC was trying to book the matchup for the first quarter of 2021. The likely month would have been February, but given Covington’s comments, it’s appearing unlikely.

There have been rumors of the two potential coaching The Ultimate Fighter. Covington said in the interview that he would be very interested in that opportunity if that is what the UFC wanted to do.

It’s worth noting that Masvidal just signed a new contract before his title fight with Kamaru Usman so you can’t imagine it’s a money thing. We don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes, but we do know that the fight hasn’t been booked yet.

I think this situation is going to get resolved sooner than later. It’s a massive fight for the UFC to put together and it’s the perfect title eliminator for the welterweight division.

UFC: Could Masvidal and Diaz be the next coaches on The Ultimate Fighter?

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The UFC‘s reality show, The Ultimate Fighter, is coming back. Filming on the promotion’s show is set to begin in late October. Dana White said that the show starts filming as soon as he gets back from Fight Island.

That being said, there has been a lot wondering on who would be the next coaches. Since the show is making it’s ESPN debut, you would think that the UFC would want to put their best foot forward in terms of star power.

Earlier this year, it was rumored that Paulo Costa and Israel Adesanya were the front runners to coach. Of course, that would have been a very solid coaching tandem, but that never materialized. Recently Calvin Kattar said he wanted to coach opposite Max Holloway.

While those are solid options, I think I have an idea that’s just a little better. Why not have two of the biggest stars in the sport coach before their UFC rematch? One of them just happens to be a former winner of The Ultimate Fighter.

TUF and the UFC’s BMF

Recently, it was reported that the UFC is close to finalizing the BMF rematch with Jorge Masvidal (35-14) and Nate Diaz (20-12). The two fought back at UFC 244, but the end result left a lot to be desired in the eyes of the fans.

A doctor’s stoppage took away a definitive finish to the fight. Masvidal won the fight and the right to call himself the UFC‘s BMF. Masvidal has always wanted to give Diaz another shot because the fight didn’t end the way he wanted it to.

The rumored fight is supposed to take place in early 2021. With that timeline, it makes it very possible that the UFC makes Masvidal and Diaz the coaches if they are willing to do it. Diaz competed on season five of TUF and won the show.

Masvidal also has some reality TV experience himself. This might be a tough sell to Diaz, but if the UFC could make it happen, it would be the biggest coaching tandem they could put together for their ESPN debut. I don’t know if it will happen, but don’t be shocked to hear those names being discussed.