Michael Bisping and Jorge Masvidal had to be separated on Wednesday following a heated altercation at a hotel ahead of UFC 217 this weekend in New York.
In a video posted by Masvidal’s manager Abraham Kawa, the two fighters started trading insults after running into each other near an elevator.
Masvidal has taken numerous shots at Bisping in interviews over the past year with the middleweight champion returning fire but this week the two fighters came face to face.
“You’re trash,” Bisping shouted at Masvidal as coaches and UFC officials kept them separated. “You are trash just like your other steroid taking motherf–ker Yoel Romero.”
Masvidal kept jawing away at Bisping in a clip that lasts nearly a minute with several people looking on as the fighters kept hurling expletives back and forth.
Finally as the elevator arrived, Bisping got inside with Masvidal still shouting at him. Just before the video ends, Masvidal also drops a homophobic slur amidst his insults being hurled at Bisping.
The two fighters will end up in the same area again throughout the week as Bisping prepares for his main event showdown against Georges St-Pierre while Masvidal meets Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson on the UFC 217 main card on Saturday night.
