UFC fans can’t wait for the epic grudge match between Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal and Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington to go down this weekend. With just a couple of days remaining for UFC 272, the promotion is firing on all cylinders to promote this welterweight bout.
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The UFC conducted the highly anticipated pre-fight presser between the duo, but sadly, according to many fans, it failed to deliver. The MMA community expected fireworks, but what they got was just childish unintelligible banter from both fighters.
The art of trash-talking has only been mastered by a few but tried by many. Despite trying it, it seemed like both Covington & Masvidal weren’t able to pull it off as they constantly berated one another without ever giving each other a chance to speak. This definitely made things dull for the fans who took to Twitter to address their issues with the event.
Disappointed fans took to Twitter to vent out their frustrations with UFC 272 presser
Prominent MMA journalist, Luke Thomas, called the presser between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal, “quite poor.”
If you think of MMA press conferences as episodic entertainment, the reviews of the latest presser for UFC 272 are quite poor from what I can gather.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) March 4, 2022
Nick Baldwin said he “lost many brain cells.”
That was the worst UFC press conference of all time.
I lost many brain cells.
— Nick Baldwin (@NickBaldwinMMA) March 4, 2022
UFC has become a premier organization for mixed martial arts and certainly, press conferences like these hurt the sport instead of helping its growth. It will only leave a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth, including newer fans. One fan seemingly conveyed this message in his tweet.
It’s press conferences like that which will guarantee UFC is always a fringe sport. Makes me sad bc I love watching mma but you never see NBA or NFLers carry on like that to the press. Hockey, I don’t know. Never seen a hockey game? Match?… dance? Idk
— aj martinez (@ajcomic) March 4, 2022
Bellator fighter and unbeaten mixed martial artist, Dillon Danis, chimed in as well, calling Jorge Masvidal “lame.”
jorge masvidal is so lame at this press conference just mumbling and repeating the same word and lines my god
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) March 4, 2022
Where was I during the UFC 272 press conference? pic.twitter.com/95yg5spyCi
— The Filthy Casual (@MMAfilthycasual) March 4, 2022
Lots of cursing and childish behaviors huh? Haven't seen it but that's probably what it was
— Unifiedrulespodcast (@Unifiedrulespo1) March 4, 2022
I enjoyed it for the fact it was so cringe, but man Colby is trying way too hard nowadays.
— Islam Makhachstan (@IMakhachstan) March 4, 2022
One fan expressed that the press conference saw two fighters bicker akin to pre-adolescent children.
It was like a 5th graders arguing.
— His Majesty Pony Juice (@SigmaBetting) March 4, 2022
This isn’t the first major rivalry of the promotion, and certainly, fans have seen better press conferences centered on a legitimate grudge.
That’s what happens when shit gets real
— derlin (@derlinwallz) March 4, 2022
Maybe this tip can help make things more coherent and make these conferences have a proper structure.
I hope after this display the ufc finally starts cutting the mic of the person not answering a question. Pleeeease
— royalT54 (@RoyalT54) March 4, 2022
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman also offered his thoughts.
Damn I feel like this is going one way #UFC272
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) March 4, 2022
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One fan responded to Usman and claimed that Masvidal would get the knockout win “violently for sure.”
Masvidal knocks his ass out violently for sure
— UNDERWATEr (@wanna_zzz) March 4, 2022
Colby wins 50-40. After watching usman interview I know deep down he knows so Colby is going to destroy Jorge but he can’t say that. If usman doesn’t exist Colby is the best on the planet
— tRoy Beltowski (@troy_belt) March 4, 2022
MMA has proved time and time again that you should never count a fighter out based on his win-loss record. However, this fan isn’t considering that as he backed Colby Covington.
I’ll take the guy who has 3 losses over the guy with 15.
— Shaun (@osha3264) March 4, 2022
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One fan felt ‘Chaos’ lived up to his persona, but Masvidal’s mumbling annoyed him. The account also criticized MMA reporters.
Colby did great, Jorge mumbling over him felt like something a 10 year old would do. Either way it was super entertaining, why do you shitty mma reporters have to bitch about everything? Shut the fuck up and go watch golf if you’re trying to gain brain cells you keyboard warrior.
— The kraken (@thekrakenmma69) March 4, 2022
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