Jorge Masvidal is about to face Nate Diaz at the moment and forward of the combat the previous BMF champion appeared in a number of interviews. He was launched by UFC after being defeated by Gilburt Burns in 2023, however the sassy star of UFC is again to combat in boxing and he isn’t quiet about something, it appears! He even took a jibe at Conor McGregor, who withdrew from a bout in opposition to Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on the final second due to a toe damage.
He just lately spoke about Conor McGregor and labeled him as a “diva” and a “coward”! Is he riling ‘The Notorious’ up for the hopes of a bout with him?
Jorge Masvidal criticizes Conor McGregor
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Masvidal and McGregor have been as soon as rumored to be gearing up for a extremely anticipated PPV match in UFC, however as per the 39-year-old, the ‘Mystic Mac’ didn’t settle for the problem. He additionally stated that if the problem got here now, McGregor would once more reject it. Throughout an interview with The Solar Sport, Jorge Masvidal made massive claims about how a combat in opposition to McGregor can break all of the data however the possibilities of it taking place are slim.
“This fight has the potential to break all types of pay-per-view records and be massive. But Conor would not accept this fight before he got extra ** mode and extra diva mode as he had always told the UFC won’t fight me to know when I had the BMF belt,” claimed Masvidal. He additionally said that McGregor was afraid to face him and since he has pulled out of fights so typically, particularly the Chandler one, he is not going to combat Masvidal.
The Olympic wrestler identified, “This is not the first time this fight falls apart you know. I think it’s the second or third time so that’s a guy he is convinced that he could beat. You can’t get him in the ring for a guy like me that he has legitimate fear deep down inside for me.” He talked about how, when he broke the file, his physique was big and that McGregor couldn’t compete with him. The Miami born argued that the combat between him and McGregor would promote greater than Chandler vs McGregor.
Masvidal is scheduled to have a boxing match with Nate Diaz and he has turn into more and more private with this combat. He even commented on Diaz and stated that his opponent’s punch of their earlier bout was like a mosquito chew for him. Then again, Diaz was additionally not sitting silently and threw fingers on Masvidal’s workforce.
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Nate Diaz’s workforce attacked Jorge Masvidal’s workforce
The complete brawl began when Masvidal and Diaz have been in Anaheim for the press convention earlier than their combat. ‘Gamebred’ had already began making feedback about ‘The Stockton Slugger’ for not selling their combat correctly. Diaz was in a foul temper in regards to the promotional occasion and wished to go away the press convention as quickly as attainable.
When he was about to go away the occasion, the administration stopped him to return for a face-off. He did conform to the face-off and bought up on stage, however left the venue earlier than assembly Masvidal. Then the duo began exchanging some verbal jibes at one another and quickly sufficient each of their groups began a brawl and it was fairly intense, so a lot so that one in all Masvidal’s teammates was injured. Jorge Capetillo, Masvidal’s coach, had thrown a bunch of his personal in the direction of Diaz’s workforce. After the combat had settled down, it was revealed that the coach was injured.
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The 39-year-old appeared unimpressed by the happenings and thus issued a warning to his opponent. “They went after the most mature dude. He’s like a father, like an uncle. They went after him. They ain’t go after a young buck. My coach is in his mid-40s and isn’t a professional fighter, getting attacked by a professional fighter and one other guy and being on the ground and getting kicked and punched, to me, you guys are cowards. It’s f—ing coward shit,” Masvidal stated in an interplay with CBS.
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