Colby Covington files civil lawsuit against Jorge Masvidal for incident in 2022

Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal’s feud is one of the crucial bitter within the history of combat sports.

Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal was once training partners and good friends at American Top Team before their relationship took a wild turn.

Their bitter feud led to them being booked to fight one another in a highly anticipated clash in 2022 at UFC 272, through which ‘Chaos’ Covington took home the bragging rights.

But that wasn’t the tip of their rivalry as just a number of weeks in a while March 21, Masvidal “ambushed” Covington as he was walking out of Papi Steak restaurant in Miami.

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Covington files lawsuit against Masvidal for 2022 attack

Now 4 years on from the incident, Covington has filed a lawsuit against Masvidal, looking for damages in excess of $50,000 after an attack outside the restaurant in Miami Beach.

In documentation filed with the courts, Covington’s attorneys detail how he fought and defeated Masvidal within the UFC, but following their fight, Masvidal said in his post-fight interview that “if I see him within the streets, I’m going to provide him the whole lot I got to interrupt his f—— jaw.”

The lawsuit states that Masvidal struck Covington “with a closed fist” to the face, and the attack was “sudden, intentional and calculated”, giving Covington no likelihood to defend himself.

Criminal charges were eventually filed against ‘Gamebred’ and he later reached a plea cope with prosecutors where he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery.

He was sentenced to time served and the court held him chargeable for paying all fees attached to the case, but he faced no additional jail time.

Because of this of the attack, the previous UFC interim welterweight champion claims he “suffered bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, physical impairment, mental anguish, lack of capability for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment.”

Covington’s attorney argues that his injuries “are either everlasting or continuing” and that he “will suffer the losses in the long run.”

Since his fight against Masvidal, Covington has fought twice more within the UFC Octagon, losing to each Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley, and he hasn’t fought in the game since December 2024.

No court date has been set yet after the lawsuit was filed in March.