This is what champions are remembered for.”. • A Masvidal win would send him into a lucrative payday against the likes of Nate Diaz or Conor McGregor. Nurmagomedov defeated McGregor via fourth-round submission at UFC 229 in October 2018 in the best-selling UFC pay-per-view event in history. It was my decision [to accept the Masvidal fight]. Instead, the two dangerous welterweights will have to settle for each other in what would still be considered one of the best fights that could happen in 2020 in the welterweight division. “Yeah, that was always the plan, and then whatever happened with them a few days ago, yeah,” White said. Masvidal has to drop 22 pounds by Friday morning to make the welterweight division’s 170-pound title fight limit, and though he’s been in the gym helping teammates, including Dustin Poirier, prepare for their bouts, it’s different than actually going through one’s own fight camp. “If you want to call yourself a champion, you have to be ready to defend that belt against whoever and whenever. Kamaru Usman took the fight not only because he dislikes Jorge Masvidal and wants to silence him, but for an even more meaningful reason. He stated that this fight will take place in Las Vegas on International Fight Week. Usman vs Masvidal. I’m the champion of the world. But for those who believe Usman is scared, think again. Usman and Masvidal could have been remembered for a brawl in a Las Vegas hotel lobby if each of them had been looking in slightly the opposite direction. However, fans will have to wait a little longer to see the showdown between McGregor and Masvidal. White said: The yet-to-be numbered UFC card featuring Usman vs. Masvidal is likely to be held at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, July 11. Usman, though, said he’s not interested in brawling in a hotel lobby. Recently in Miami during the Super Bowl media day, Jorge Masvidal and Kamaru Usman came face to face, which resulted in a heated verbal altercation. “We hadn’t announced it yet, but now this has forced me to announce it.”. The next time they see each other, things won’t be so simple. Besides, McGregor’s 40-second drubbing of Cerrone was only the Irishman’s third fight at welterweight ever. On Sunday, Masvidal had arrived in Las Vegas to undergo his COVID-19 test and other medical tests needed to compete. That’s [what I’m doing].”, Jackson apologizes for ‘using wrong words’ to defend DJax, Haynes sources: Kawhi won’t travel to Orlando with Clippers, Wetzel: Stanford cutting 11 sports will reverberate far and wide. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images). White said: “We’re going to bring him to Vegas. I was saying something, I think to Herb, and I’m greeting someone, and I turned, and it was that quick: Boom. Follow the Heavy on UFC Facebook page for the latest breaking news, rumors and content! In fact, the 35-year-old from Miami has become one of the biggest stars in the sport since scoring stoppage wins in succession over Darren Till, Ben Askren and Nate Diaz. I could have said no. It would be intriguing to see what happens when these two welterweights step into the octagon to fight for that UFC glory, another baptism for Jorge Masvidal or another dominant performance from the Nigerian Nightmare, Kamaru Usman. White also gave a timeline for the title fight between Masvidal and Usman. • If he loses to a guy who did not have a legitimate training camp, he’ll look less than the dominant fighter who blew out Tyron Woodley and who rallied to stop Colby Covington in the final round of his first title defense. UFC president Dana White announced on the “Jim Rome Show” Friday in Miami that UFC “BMF” champion Jorge Masvidal would get the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in July during International Fight Week in Las Vegas. I had had my coaches behind me and my brother, and [referee] Herb Dean was getting on. Masvidal is getting a lot of mileage out of coming up with clever ways of saying the same thing and talking an extraordinary amount of trash. When asked by Rome to confirm if Masvidal vs. Usman was the next contest for both fighters, White admitted the company hadn’t announced the fight officially yet but that he was essentially announcing it officially to Rome right there during the interview.

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