UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal grudge main event

On March 5, 2022, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal met in a five-round headlining welterweight bout billed as a grudge fight; the official UFC event page records the matchup and date [2]. Judges scored the fight for Covington by unanimous decision with scorecards reading 49-46, 50-44 and 50-45, reflecting Covington's control across rounds as reported in fight coverage [2][3]. In the post-fight inside-octagon interview, Covington amplified promotional rhetoric when he told Joe Rogan, "I just took care of Miami street trash, now it's time to take care of Louisiana swamp trash," a continuation of his provocative style reported in multiple outlets [3]. The fight itself featured measured grappling control and pressure from Covington; play-by-play and round summaries in MMA reporting characterized the result as a dominant performance by Covington [3]. During the promotional build, Covington had also told ESPN, "He better f---ing show up," signaling both men’s willingness to settle the dispute in the cage and adding publicity to the matchup [1]. Immediate reactions from media framed the bout as a sporting resolution to a long-simmering personal feud, but the post-fight rhetoric indicated the rivalry remained combustible beyond the Octagon [1][3].

UFC 272 served as the sporting culmination of years of interpersonal conflict rooted in their ATT history. The unanimous-decision result settled the competitive question inside the cage on March 5, 2022, but Covington’s post-fight taunts demonstrated that public provocation and reputational stakes persisted—linking the sporting contest directly to the larger personal and media-driven rivalry [2][3][1].

Although Covington won decisively on March 5, 2022, the rivalry continued after the fight. Media attention on post-fight remarks and promotional exchanges contributed to a charged atmosphere in the fighters’ home region weeks later; three weeks after UFC 272, a separate off-site incident in Miami Beach was reported that led to criminal charges, as covered by law-enforcement sources and local outlets [4][7][8].