UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal is turning up the heat in an attempt to bring Conor McGregor out of his year-long layoff from fighting. Masvidal told MMAFighting that he doesn’t really expect the Irish superstar to “get out of bed” for the potential record-breaking superfight, instead accusing “Notorious” of only getting out of bed for cocaine.
“No, Conor doesn’t want the fight. If he did he’d post something, he’d say something. He’d probably just insult my mom or some relative of mine or my nation where I come from. He’ll say something like that but he won’t say anything about a fight or a fight date. So the Conor thing, he just wants it ‘I hope it goes away’ because he really doesn’t want to fight. He doesn’t mention [me] or say anything.
Masvidal on McGregor Matchup: “the only thing that makes him want to get out of bed is cocaine”
Obviously it’s maybe the biggest pay-per-view fight in history as far as the UFC goes. I think we’d shatter all numbers, all previous records. But for some reason this guy doesn’t want to entertain it.”
Money doesn’t entertain him no more, make him want to get out of his bed. I think the only thing that makes him want to get out of bed is cocaine. That’s OK, every man has a free will. You do whatever you want. But don’t say you’re a fighter and don’t take cheap shots at me, especially the things that he’s been saying, talking about my legal problems and this and that.”
Masvidal continued, branding McGregor a “f****** p****”. Chief among Masvidal’s arguments is that both he and Conor McGregor are heavy-handed strikers who have historically struggled to impose their wills on wrestlers. A loss to knockout-happy Masvidal, he claims, would irreparably damage McGregor’s brand.
“You’re a f****** p****. We could do it man to man in the cage and just once and for all and get paid a handsome reward while doing it. So if this individual doesn’t want to do it, [because] he knows what’s going to happen.”
I’m not going to take him down and hold him down. I’m going to get in his face, I’m going to break his jaw and that’s not going to look good for his brand. Conor got beat up on the feet. Conor got outstruck.
It doesn’t sit well with him or his team but if it did, you’d shortly hear him say something back to this. Because everybody’s going to be sending him this interview and what is he going to do?”
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