Home

UFC

Jorge Masvidal Aims For Money Fight With Conor McGregor Ahead of the Title Fight

Published 12/19/2019, 11:31 PM EST

Follow Us

The welterweight division is getting very intriguing right now. After Kamaru Usman beat Colby Covington after a tough fight a few worthy contenders are waiting for the Nigerian Nightmare on the other side. And the Gamebred, Jorge Masvidal is one of them. Masvidal is at the peak of his career. With three massive wins against Askren, Till, and Diaz, he has become a global superstar. And with that stardom, he has opened up a ton of possibilities for himself. He can either decide to fight for the UFC welterweight title or he can go after the money fights such as Conor McGregor who makes his welterweight return next year or a rematch with Nate Diaz. Well, it seems Masvidal is coming for the money fights ahead of the title fight.

Reason Behind Welterweight Move of Conor McGregor

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Conor McGregor makes his much-anticipated return on January 18th against Donald Cerrone at the welterweight division. There are a few narratives that can be done from Conor’s welterweight move. As Dana White as mentioned before Conor wants to replace either Tony Ferguson or Khabib Nurmagomedov if one of them gets injured before the title fight in April. So a welterweight bout makes sense since Conor won’t have to cut weight twice if he fights in April again. That apart there is a potential matchup with Jorge Masvidal at 170 for the BMF title. Well, that fight looks a lot feasible now as Masvidal welcomes Conor’s move to the division in a recent interview.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

In a recent interview, Masvidal stated that he wants to fight Conor McGregor next. 

Trending

Get instantly notified of the hottest UFC stories via Google! Click on Follow Us and Tap the Blue Star.

Follow Us

“The first guy to get his ass f*cking kicked and his teeth f*cking punched in is Conor. That’s the first guy that gonna get the floor wiped with. And then after that we’ll sit back and decide who’s next, you know?”

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Jorge Masvidal Wants Conor Fight Ahead of Kamaru Usman

Jorge Masvidal going for the fight with Conor McGregor is hardly surprising. Though the fight with Kamaru Usman will be a great fight financially it won’t produce good numbers. If Colby Covington had won the welterweight title then a title fight between him and Jorge Masvidal would have been more appealing for both the fans and Masvidal himself. There is bad blood between him and Covington and also the fight would have made huge numbers financially. Hence it does make sense that the Gamebred is going after the next best thing here which is a fight with Conor McGregor.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :

Written by:

Alok Nayak

766Articles

One take at a time