UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal preview - Which friend turned foe emerges on top?

Let’s go back all the way to early June 2016. Colby Covington is prepping for a fight against Alex Garcia, hoping to avoid consecutive losses after being submitted by Warlley Alves 86 seconds into their fight the previous December. His teammate and close friend, Jorge Masvidal is hot off another contentious decision loss, this time to Lorenz Larkin. It marks the third split decision loss for Masvidal in his last four fights, the previous losses to Benson Henderson and Al Iaquinta. Though Masvidal fought for the Strikeforce lightweight title shortly before Strikeforce was fully integrated into the UFC, it looks like he’s doomed to be someone who hovers on the border of the official UFC rankings and nothing more.