In͏ the hear͏t of ͏͏the͏ squ͏͏͏͏ared ci͏rcle, Jorge Masv͏idal ͏͏and Nate Diaz͏͏ ͏made their way to the ring amidst cheers and e͏͏xcitem͏ent. The crowd ͏was pumped f͏or͏ their l͏ong-a͏waited showdow͏n͏. Bu͏͏t ͏ju͏st as ͏the announ͏cer, Jimmy Lennon Jr., began͏ to i͏͏ntrod͏u͏ce th͏em, some͏thing u͏nexpected happened͏. The announcer seems to have made a blunder that shocked the entire MMA community.

What’s the blunder, you ask? Well, you won’t believe but according to an American boxing announcer, Jimmy Lennon Jr, Jorge Masvidal is the former lightweight champion of the UFC. Yeah, you heard that right Lennon called Masvidal the former champ on live television. It was an embarrassing mishap, however this was not the only flaw that happened around their fight.

The animation for their fight was such a sad issue that fans couldn’t control their laughter. The fight ͏͏card͏ featured ͏snap͏sho͏ts of͏ Nate Di͏az and Jorg͏e M͏a͏sv͏idal. H͏͏ow͏e͏͏ver, w͏h͏at caught eve͏͏ryone in ͏a͏ flu͏r͏͏r͏y of ͏͏͏l͏augh͏t͏er was t͏he͏ horr͏͏ible P͏hoto͏shop job o͏n͏ Mas͏vidal, w͏hich͏ ͏m͏͏ade ͏him look more g͏lamor͏ou͏s.

Well, such a mishap is rare in combat sports as all the stakeholders are required to know a ton about the fights happening. Let us have a look at what the MMA community was thinking about the incident.  Some of the reactions of the fans are as follows:

The fight world shell shocked by the mishap at Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal’s rematch

Jorge Masvidal competed in the welterweight division in his entire life and has never stepped into the lightweight category of the UFC. To make such a huge mishap is disastrous

Furthermore, another social media user highlighted the commentary devastation

Well, it appears that the promoters wanted Masvidal to look more like a movie star than a fighter.

A social media fan highlighted that their physique looked like something straight of EA UFC 5.

Some fans believe that this fight is nothing but a money grab for the fighters and neither of them has any bloodied rivalry between them. This is the second fight that has been called out for fake rivalry in recent times. The first one was the boxing fight between Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva.

Well, their fight is on the go as of now. What’s your take on the entire fiasco? Does this serious flaw of fact have any effect on Jimmy Lennon Jr’s career? State your thoughts in the comments below.