JORGE MASVIDAL has no intention of ever forgiving Colby Covington for his below-the-belt insults.
The former interim UFC welterweight champion turned on Masvidal after a pay dispute with his coach Paulino Hernandez.
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Masvidal and Covington's once heart-warming bromance has descended into verbal insults, threats and social media jibes.
Covington, 34, has made some questionable allegations about his former room-mate, so much so there won't be any handshake after they trade blows.
During the UFC 272 media day, Masvidal said: "I can't respect him in any way, shape or form.
"Kind of like Ben Askren. I don't care for Ben Askren.
"If Ben Askren were in a place and he said something to me then s**t, we can even fight or not. If he's cool, I'll be cool or we can fight.
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"But with Colby, it always - for as long as we live - be a problem.
"Just because he talked about my religion and he mentioned my kids."
Masvidal, 37 is champing at the bit to put a beating on his former American Top Team team-mate.
But he won't hold an emphatic victory over the controversial figure in high regard.
He told SunSport: "As far as having beaten great fighters and stuff, I won't even talk to my grandkids about this guy.
It'll just be some personal stuff. Yeah, 'I beat this guy up - some dude that I never really liked.' And that's it.
"But as far as accomplishments go, he won't rank on there as far as accomplishments.
"I don't rank his style and how he fights.
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"I think I'm gonna make it look very easy come Saturday night and people are not even going to give me credit.
"They're gonna be like, 'Yeah, I guess Masvidal was right. Colby is overrated, overanked a f***ing piece of s**t individual."
Gamebred cooked up a special plan for hisgrudge match with Ben Askren in July 2019.
And he has a similar plan in mind for Covington, saying: "It starts violent and it ends even more violent."
