Henry Cejudo: Colby Covington should get back at Jorge Masvidal by rematching him – with pay-per-view points
Henry Cejudo thinks Colby Covington should get his revenge on Jorge Masvidal by rematching him, but under different stipulations.
Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) defeated Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC) at UFC 272 in March, but that didn’t put an end to the rivalry between the former friends, now bitter enemies.
This past week, after he had dinner with the Nelk Boys in Miami, Covington allegedly was attacked outside the restaurant by Masvidal, who allegedly punched him twice in the face. Covington pressed charges and took heavy criticism from many fellow UFC fighters – but not Cejudo.
Although Covington scored a lopsided decision over Masvidal when they fought, Cejudo thinks the pair should run it back, but this time, with Covington getting his share of pay-per-view points unlike their first fight.
“I think if I was in Colby’s situation – it’s hard for me to not say, especially if you sucker-punch and not press charges,” Cejudo said on “The Schmozone.” “Because if somebody sucker-punched me, I’m pressing charges, dude. You know what I’m saying? Like, I’m really pressing charges. I don’t care who you are, because that’s just not cool.
“But the Plan B, for me for Colby, would be: Fight him again. Fight him again and get pay-per-view points this time. Get your money back in that way. You set it up and be like, ‘Hey Dana (White), I will drop all the charges if you give me another fight with Jorge Masvidal because he sucker-punched me, but I want pay-per-view points for this fight.’”
Masvidal was taken into custody by Miami-Dade County police. The UFC welterweight faces one count of aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm and one count of criminal mischief. He was released on $15,000 bond.
If found guilty, Masvidal could face up to 15 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine for second-degree felony aggravated battery with additional penalties possible from the criminal mischief charge. But for the first-degree felony aggravated battery charge for allegedly concealing his identity by wearing a mask, the potential penalty is as much as 30 years.
