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Nicolas Atkin

If Colby Covington beats welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 245, most fans would agree Jorge Masvidal should be next in line.
It appears Covington knows it makes all the sense in the world, too – not just in terms of rankings.
The two men were former training partners and friends at American Top Team, but fell out after Masvidal claimed “Chaos” did not pay their coach.
“As the people’s champion, I’d like to ask the people who they’d like to see me fight next,” Covington said at an athlete panel in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening. “Should it be journeyman Jorge Masvidal? Should it be GSP? Should it be ‘Kabob’ [Khabib Nurmagomedov]?


“Should it be that Irish leprechaun [Conor McGregor] that couldn’t even knock a drunk dude, old dude off a stool in the bar?”
Covington paused, before adding: “Who should it be? Who? Masvidal? Looks like it’s going to be ‘Street Judas’; ‘Journeyman Jorge’.”
UFC: Covington says ‘afraid’ Dana White ‘always making up lies’
It remains to be seen whether “BMF” champion Masvidal – who has been nicknamed “Street Jesus” for his street-fighting past and flowing locks of hair – will even go for welterweight title, with plenty of big money fights out there for him in 2020.
The 35-year-old has said he is the “ticket” at 170 pounds now and wants to fight Conor McGregor in April, and then box Floyd Mayweather in November.


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UFC 245

UFC 245: Colby Covington wants ‘Street Judas’ Jorge Masvidal for first title defence

Colby Covington poses with Donald Trump Jnr. Photo: Instagram

UFC: Jorge Masvidal tells Floyd Mayweather to ‘go beat up little guys in Japan’ if he wants easy money

Jorge Masvidal is awarded the ‘BMF’ belt by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson after his victory by TKO on a medical stoppage against Nate Diaz at UFC 244. Photo: AFP

Jorge Masvidal, right, punches Nate Diaz during the second round of a welterweight mixed martial arts bout at UFC 244 early Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in New York. Masvidal won in the fourth round. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

UFC: Joe Rogan says it would be ‘real shame’ if Jorge Masvidal’s next fight isn’t for the title

UFC: Dana White says Conor McGregor told him he ‘definitely’ wants Jorge Masvidal fight

Conor McGregor returns to the UFC on January 18. Photo: AFP

UFC: Georges St-Pierre could ‘kill anybody’ and step in if Covington or Usman injured, thinks coach

Georges St-Pierre celebrates his victory over Michael Bisping at UFC 217. Photo: AFP

UFC: Jorge Masvidal ‘not impressed at all’ by Kamaru Usman – ‘he just stalls’

Kamaru Usman hits Tyron Woodley on his way to winning the UFC welterweight title at UFC 235. Photo: AP

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Covington says he could fight Georges St-Pierre or Khabib Nurmagomedov if he beats welterweight champion Kamaru Usman
‘It looks like it’s going to be Journeyman Jorge,’ he says, after gauging fan reaction



Colby Covington says he will take on ‘Journeyman Jorge’ Masvidal if he beats welterweight champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 245, after gauging fan reaction.


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