{"id":13,"date":"2026-04-02T20:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:57:15","slug":"the-never-ending-beef-covington-vs-masvidal-moves-to-the-courtroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"The Never-Ending Beef: Covington vs. Masvidal Moves to the Courtroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal are still at it. This time, the fight isn&#8217;t taking place inside a cage. It is happening in a Florida courtroom. Covington is currently suing Masvidal for over <strong>$100,000<\/strong> in damages.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit stems from their infamous 2022 run-in outside a Miami steakhouse. Covington claims Masvidal ambushed him and punched him twice in the face. He says he suffered a <strong>brain injury<\/strong> and a chipped tooth during the scuffle. He is also suing for &#8220;mental anguish&#8221; and the cost of a damaged Rolex watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Arrest of Jorge Masvidal\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_WcLMUSsXhg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masvidal already took a plea deal to wrap up the criminal charges. However, this civil case is a completely different animal. Covington is looking for a pay-out, and neither side seems ready to back down. Settlement talks have happened behind the scenes, but nothing is final yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like this rivalry will drag on for a few more rounds. This is a classic case of a personal grudge turning into a long-term legal headache. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We will keep you updated as more details emerge from the legal filings.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u270d\ufe0f @robbie<br>Follow for more:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">@robbietalksmma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remember we are always watching the fights live over on YouTube : https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@watchingfights<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal are still at it. This time, the fight isn&#8217;t taking place inside a cage. It is happening in a Florida courtroom. Covington is currently suing Masvidal for over $100,000 in damages. The lawsuit stems from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,5,4,3],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-robbietalksmma","tag-ufc","tag-watchingfights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchingfights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}