The BMF Champ Jorge Masvidal: ‘Everyboody’s going to feel sorry’ for Conor McGregor if we fight
Fighter of the year candidate, Jorge Masvidal, is coming off a 3-fight win streak this year and thinks Conor McGregor is next.
Jorge Masvidal believes a fight with Conor McGregor would benefit them both. Masvidal is arguably the biggest star in the UFC, excluding McGregor, right now. For Conor, Masvidal sees the fight as a chance for him to rehabilitate his public image.
Recently, McGregor has been involved in several incidents outside the octagon that have threatened to overshadow his historic accomplishments inside the octagon. His public image is not the same as it was just a few years when Conor became the first fighter in UFC history to hold two simultaneous world titles in two distinct weight classes. He was the first “champ-champ”, as Conor would refer.
Even though Conor has not won a fight since November of 2016, he still holds the accomplishment of being the first fighter to hold two UFC belts, broke pay-per-view records, and is still the UFC’s biggest draw.
Jorge has spoken about the possibility of facing Conor given that McGregor is returning to the 170-pound weight division to fight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 on Jan. 18. Jorge thinks that if he beats Conor, fans will see the former champion in a different light.
“He gets melted,” Masvidal said during an appearance on The Jim Rome Show. “What the world is looking for him is for him to suffer and get chastised for some of the things that he’s done in public.
“Everybody’s going to feel sorry for him after the fight, I can tell you that much. They’ll forgive him all after the fight I can promise you that. This baptism’s gonna be a little extra for Mr. Conor.”
Masdival finds himself in a very unique position with more leverage than he’s ever had before. He’s ready to cash in on the money fight with Conor.
“My journey has been going on 16 years and I want to be handsomely rewarded for it because for a big part of that 16 years there was a lot of instability and money wasn’t coming in, pay checks weren’t coming in,” Masvidal said. “I wouldn’t mind setting up that future for my grandkids. So the fights that you get the biggest zeroes attached to it, that’s the one that we’re going to take.
“Obviously, Conor fight is out there, the Mayweather fight is out there, they’re saying they’re bringing him on over to Zuffa Boxing. The Usman fight is out there. I’m the golden ticket at combat sports, especially at at 170 pounds. You can’t move in that weight class without mentioning me or having to ask permission to the mighty Gamebred. And it’s just the truth. I might come off ignorant and arrogant, but I’ve been working my whole life for this, to get to this position where now I can be involved in the biggest fights possible and I can rewrite the history books. Because whoever has the belt when I’m done with Conor, that’s whose head’s getting chopped off.
“And of course, I’d like to fight Conor. Not just because he brings in a lot of cash and eyeballs to the sport, but he’s a two-time champion. He’s one of the few to do it and he did it in outstanding fashion. Both guys that he defeated for the belt, he did it with no pressure, no resistance, nothing. So it would be an honor to fight with him.”
