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Jorge Masvidal pleads not guilty, gets court date for alleged assault on UFC rival Colby Covington

The bad blood between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington seems to have gotten worse since their five round fight in the main event of UFC 272 a few weeks ago. Covington won that bout by unanimous decision after weeks of farcical promotion from both men.

Masvidal and Covington’s fight-selling hype might have crossed over into real world animosity recently, with accusations that Masvidal attacked Covington at a Miami restaurant on March 22.

A police report stated that the unnamed victim of the suspected attack—who is being widely reported as Covington—stated that Masvidal approached him wearing a hoodie and blue surgical mask outside the Papi Steak restaurant and blindsided him with two punches to the face, resulting in a fractured tooth.