Jorge Masvidal is turning up the heat on Conor McGregor. In an interview on The MMA Hour, Masvidal claimed that “The Notorious” is ducking him and avoiding a potential welterweight matchup. The fact that Conor has had a broken leg for the past year may be a contributing factor, but Masvidal insists that McGregor knows that “Gamebred” is simply too dangerous for him.
“That guy doesn’t answer the UFC’s phone calls when my name gets dropped in his mail box. I don’t want to drop executives in the UFC’s names, but if you ask certain members of the UFC’s staff, they’ll be like, ‘Conor’s not fighting any more, under no circumstance.’
Masvidal Promises to Maul McGregor: “It’s not going to be good for the Conor brand”
When they offer him the contract, he says stupid f****** things that can’t happen. He wants me to go down to 155. For starters, I’m not going to go down for 155 for this c*********. You’ve fought at 170 [pounds] — why am I going to go down to 155? I haven’t been in that weight class for over five, six years. I can’t physically make it any more.
So he wants to put things that are just not real, and he wants to talk s***. And yeah, I’ll entertain his s*** talking from time to time when I get bored, but we both know he’s not fighting anybody.
Dana White called it a long-ass time ago: I’m too much man for him, too much size, as Dana says, and it stuck with him. But at the same time, he can’t do nothing about it, because he knows when we get in there, we’re both striking it up, and I’m going to crack his a**.”
Masvidal insists that he’s too big, too strong, and too powerful for Conor McGregor to handle. “UFC’s offered him this fight. As me and you both know, this could be the biggest fight in UFC history. Why wouldn’t he want to cash in on that paycheck?
Because he knows I’m going to beat the f*** out of him, and I’m not a wrestler, so if I beat him, it really looks bad for his brand, because I’m going to beat him only one way, f****** in his face, standing up, punching him, knocking his a** out.
It’s not going to be good for the Conor brand or his cheap-a** whiskey. So the little b**** has to do what he has to do and take to Twitter and talk s***.” Do you think Masvidal beats McGregor if the pair fight? Let us know in the comments.
