UFC: Jorge Masvidal glad to see ‘cancer’ Colby Covington gone from American Top Team gym

Jorge Masvidal has taken aim after Colby Covington’s departure from the American Top Team gym in Florida was confirmed on Wednesday night.

Former UFC interim welterweight champ Covington (15-2) said he had split with ATT because he “felt bad” for gym founder Dan Lambert after relentlessly trash talking teammates like Masvidal, Dustin Poirier, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Amanda Nunes in public.

“I’ll let you ask Dan Lambert,” Masvidal said in an interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. “But that dude was never a part of this team. He was just a cancer for the last three or four years. But at the end of the day he didn’t feel safe in here. I wonder why.

“This is a temple for me. It’s somewhat of a religious experience, being in here,” Masvidal said of the ATT facility. “Being in here since a kid. My good days, my bad days, my birthdays. All the days I’ve spent in this gym sharpening my tools. I truly love this place. So I don’t like to see that animosity. Even if he never said a word about me … what sport are we in that you can insult a woman? He insulted Joanna, he insulted [UFC two-weight women’s champion] Amanda. He insulted Dustin.

“These people are not in your weight class. I get it, you’re trying to do this shtick that you’re some type of heel. What does that have to do with a woman? A 115-pound woman, a 135-pound woman. Are you gonna compete against them? Are you gonna sell more pay-per-views because you’re talking about Joanna and Amanda?

“Is that what’s gonna happen? People are gonna be like, ‘Oh, he’s talking smack about chicks, I’m gonna go buy the pay-per-view’.”