UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal has been arrested after allegedly assaulting rival Colby Covington and breaking one of his teeth outside a Miami Beach restaurant, authorities say.
Covington told authorities Masvidal ran up and struck him “without notice or warning” as he was leaving the restaurant, according to the affidavit. He was hit with a closed fist in his mouth and eye, leaving Covington with a fractured tooth, the document said.
“You shouldn’t have been talking about my kids," Masvidal allegedly said during the attack, according to the affidavit.posted Tuesday morning, he wrote:"Good morning to everyone except those that think talking about someone’s kids is cool." After the initial punch, Covington said he saw three to four other men walking toward him in an “aggressive manner,” prompting him to re-enter the restaurant to avoid further confrontation, according to the affidavit.
Covington also told investigators that his $90,000 Rolex was scratched and the wristband bent and broken, causing $15,000 worth of damage, the document said. Masvidal turned himself into Miami Beach Police on Wednesday night before he was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. The report also said that he had injuries to the right hand and knuckles where stitches had been put in prior to police contact.“Don’t believe everything you read,” he wrote Wednesday.Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed Masvidal's release Thursday morning in a statement to NBC News.
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