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Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington, the former ‘best friends’, had a fallout after both of them started to climb the UFC welterweight rankings. Since then, both of them have been at each other’s throats and rarely miss a chance to fire a shot at one another. This time, it was Jorge Masvidal’s turn.

The BMF champion ripped into Colby Covington on live television. In the buildup to their grudge match at UFC 272, ‘Gamebred‘ went on a spit monologue against his opponent.

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“It’s so amazing that I am going to get to punch this guy in the face and I really don’t like this guy, and I’m going to get paid for it–a big amount of money. And I can’t wait just to expose him once again to the world. He’s a charlatan.”

“If you don’t believe me, just ask him any–what’s his favorite law that Trump passed while Trump was in the presidency or anything like that? Ask that idiot anything politically related. You’ll see he’s just a fraud, man,” Masvidal said on Fox News.

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“He’s just holding up books to get triggers and things like that, but he doesn’t know anything about what he talks about. And about fighting, he’s very limited. I’m going to show it, March, how limited he is.” 

Jorge Masvidal released a video exposé of Colby Covington

This is not the first time that Masvidal has taken a shot at Covington during the buildup to their massive PPV fight. He promised to release a series of videos that will ‘expose’ who the real ‘Street Judas’ is.

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He released the first of many episodes to come to his video series on February 3. The first edition was titled-Judas Covington – The Real Street Judas.

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Both welterweight elites are coming off losses against welterweight king Kamaru Usman. While Masvidal got knocked out by the champ, ‘Chaos’ suffered a decision loss against ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ at UFC 268.

Who do you think will win the fight amongst these former roommates? What did you make of Masvidal’s statements? Let us know in the comments below.