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Colby Covington: Usman vs. Masvidal won’t happen because Masvidal wants ‘Conor money’

Colby Covington doesn’t think Jorge Masvidal is ever going fight Kamaru Usman.

The fight was expected to be announced in the aftermath of UFC 245, where Usman beat Covington to retain his welterweight title, but we’re still no closer to a date.

Covington claims negotiations have stalled because Masvidal has overpriced himself and is demanding Conor McGregor money, per a recent interview with MMA Fighting’s Peter Carroll.

“I said that journeyman Jorge Masvidal, AKA ‘The Street Judas’ is going to overprice himself out of the fight, he don’t want to fight Marty Fakenewsman [Usman].