Jorge Masvidal, the UFC’s newly-crowned ‘BMF’, has vowed to “f*ck Conor McGregor up” if their paths ever cross within the octagon.
Masvidal beat Nate Diaz in the primary occasion at UFC 244 at Madison Sq. Backyard on Saturday evening, with medical doctors stopping Diaz from going out for the fourth spherical resulting from a extreme lower above his proper eye.
The choice drew an anticlimactic finish to one of the crucial anticipated MMA showdowns in latest reminiscence, however got here after Masvidal had dominated his fellow veteran brawler all through the primary three stanzas.
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Masvidal signaled instantly afterwards that he would comply with requires the pair to run it again, but in addition had a warning for former two-weight champ McGregor – who himself had focused the winner of the struggle as a part of his comeback plans for subsequent yr.
“You understand what the f*ck I’ll do to that little dude, I’ll f*ck that little man up. He is a f*cking midget!” the 5ft 11in Masvidal stated of the 5ft 8in McGregor on the post-fighter presser in New York.
Jorge Masvidal says Conor McGregor punches previous dudes within the face as a result of these are fights he can win. @GamebredFighter #UFC244 pic.twitter.com/2bwPIgTOPq
— Helen Yee (@HelenYeeSports) November three, 2019
“Dana White, president of this motherf*cking firm, stated that I am an excessive amount of of a person for him. I get it why individuals need to see him harm for the stunts he’s been pulling.
“However he don’t desire this sh*t, he is simply speaking so he can get his identify on the market.
“You see he punches previous individuals within the face as a result of these are fights he might win.”
Masvidal, 34, was referring to the latest cost McGregor confronted for hanging a person in a Dublin pub earlier this yr.
McGregor was convicted of assault in a court docket within the Irish capital on Friday and ordered to pay a €1,000 high-quality (roughly $ 1,100).
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McGregor, 31, used a latest promotional tour to Moscow to stipulate his octagon comeback plans, stating he would return on January 18 in Las Vegas towards an as but unnamed opponent, earlier than concentrating on the winner of the Diaz-Masvidal bout after which a rematch with Russian light-weight ruler Khabib Nurmagomedov later in 2020.
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Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone is broadly seen as being the person to first face McGregor in 2020, though his intentions of going through both Diaz or Masvidal could now have taken a success amid the requires the pair to throw down once more.
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Nonetheless, ought to Masvidal and Diaz meet once more early subsequent yr, it might nonetheless enable the winner to then meet McGregor in the summertime – assuming both of them had been .
McGregor had been largely derisory of the BMF title bout throughout the run-up to it, claiming that the concept got here to fruition due to him, and firing out social media barbs when the belt was unveiled.
Inform them I would like that spit shined. https://t.co/6Yci9w9Wcf
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 1, 2019
McGregor has spent most of his time at featherweight or light-weight – holding concurrent UFC titles at each weights – however stepped as much as welterweight to face Diaz of their double-header in 2016, which means a bout between ‘The Infamous’ and ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal at 170lbs wouldn’t be out of the query.
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