{"id":240562,"date":"2023-11-06T16:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240562"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:55:28","slug":"jorge-masvidal-pleads-no-contest-in-covington-battery-case-no-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/celebrities\/jorge-masvidal-pleads-no-contest-in-covington-battery-case-no-jail-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal Pleads No Contest In Covington Battery Case, No Jail Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/49\/4by3\/2023\/11\/06\/4988d3542d24498a9e186e170593b7bf_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"\"        ><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jorge Masvidal<\/strong> struck a sweet deal with the district attorney prosecuting the <strong>Colby Covington<\/strong> case &#8230; the retired UFC superstar pled no contest to misdemeanor battery, and will not serve a minute behind bars, or on probation, <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> has learned.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the plea agreement, the two felonies Jorge faced were dropped, aggravated assault and criminal mischief, according to Masvidal&#8217;s attorney, <strong>Bradford Cohen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also told there is NOT a stay-away order in the plea.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal had been facing over a decade behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/05\/16by9\/2022\/03\/22\/0558c5c3c4274e42852e353951abe666_md.jpg\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the incident happened in March 2022 outside of Papi Steak in Miami Beach &#8230; where Colby was having dinner with the Nelk Boys. When CC left, Masvidal was outside waiting, and <strong>the attack<\/strong> was on.<\/p>\n<p>Covington told police Masvidal punched him twice, breaking his tooth, and even causing an alleged brain injury.<\/p>\n<p>The fight outside the steakhouse came just weeks after Colby beat Jorge by unanimous decision at UFC 272 &#8230; pitting the former best friends-turned-enemies against one another.<\/p>\n<p>Colby hasn&#8217;t fought since UFC 272 &#8230; meanwhile, Jorge retired in April 2023 after fighting <strong>Gilbert Burns<\/strong>. Masvidal then launched his own fight promotion, <strong>Gamebred<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/11\/06\/jorge-masvidal-pleads-no-contest-colby-covington-battery-case-papi-steak-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal struck a sweet deal with the district attorney prosecuting the Colby Covington case &#8230; the retired UFC superstar pled no contest to misdemeanor battery, and will not serve&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jorge Masvidal Pleads No Contest In Covington Battery Case, No Jail Time - lovemainstream.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/celebrities\/jorge-masvidal-pleads-no-contest-in-covington-battery-case-no-jail-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal Pleads No Contest In Covington Battery Case, No Jail Time - lovemainstream.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal struck a sweet deal with the district attorney prosecuting the Colby Covington case &#8230; 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