It’s safe to say that Jorge Masvidal was not happy after he lost to Colby Covington at UFC 272. If his assault on Covington outside a Miami steakhouse wasn’t evidence enough, Masvidal recently appeared on the Impaulsive podcast to reveal exactly how he felt after losing to Colby Covington, his arch-nemesis, by decision.
“I was f****** irate,” Masvidal said. “I was upset, and I just like to be in isolation when I get like that. It’s better for me.
“F***ing Irate” Masvidal Breaks Silence on Covington Loss
Take a couple days to figure it out and if I have a problem and I can’t figure it out, f***, then it’s a real problem. I could fail at something, but if I could find a way to fix it, then I can go back and address it again, then I can sleep with peace at night.
So that’s what I did — five, six days in that nowhere land, like, ‘F***,’ and then I came up with a plan, and now I’m gonna execute that plan.”
Masvidal’s plan, after Colby dragged him around the Octagon with relentless high-pressure wrestling for twenty-five minutes, is to get better at wrestling.
“I’ve had a problem with wrestlers. It’s a couple times that I’ve had the problems. Not just a guy who was decent, the more standout wrestlers, I’ve had a problem.
With wrestlers, when they take me out of my element, and they’re able to keep pressing that hugging game, even when I do bring it to a neutral, I’m like, ‘F***, I spent a lot of extra power doing that.’
So knowing these things, I have a slight different plan and formula going forward to address these problems that I’ve had most of my career with the f****** wrestlers.” Masvidal even knows where he’s going: Pennsylvania.
“The best program in the country currently, for the last 10 years, is Penn State. I’ve got some good friends over there, so I’m gonna go spend some time in Pennsylvania, wrestle in the morning, wrestle at night, wrestle in the morning, wrestle at night, and stay doing that, because I don’t feel like I have to work on my boxing — not to be cocky — or my kicking.
It’s there any time. I’ve just got to sharpen it up before fights. So one of my main plans right now is: go wrestle day and night and see what comes out of it.”
Will a dedicated wrestling program be enough to revive Masvidal from his three-fight losing streak? Let us know in the comments.
