Conor McGregor vs. Jorge Masvidal, regardless of its profitable potential, is unlikely to occur, in response to the latter.
“He’s by no means talked about my identify,” Masvidal advised MMA Junkie Radio on Monday. “He’s by no means addressed me, solely to say like silly issues or one thing, however he’s by no means addressed a struggle with me or one thing as a result of he’s scared sh*tless.
“If we will’t get him to get into the cage with a man he’s satisfied he can beat, what the f*ck will make him get within the cage with me?”
McGregor was scheduled to return on June 29 in opposition to Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in Las Vegas. Nevertheless, he withdrew from the struggle because of a damaged toe. McGregor is anticipated to struggle later this 12 months.
Masvidal thinks the potential for a struggle in opposition to McGregor is slim to none. ‘Gamebred’, who returns to motion on July 6 in a boxing match in opposition to Nate Diaz, thinks the McGregor sees him as a nightmare stylistic matchup.
“He is aware of that I’m not going to take him down. I’m not going to smother him or search for a submission,” Masvidal stated. “I’m going to beat the f*ck out of him. From when that bell rings till it ends, I’m going to beat the crap out of him standing. He is aware of with Nate Diaz, he obtained his ass whooped within the first one and in the second (I believed) he misplaced as effectively. I can’t actually stand a lot Nate Diaz, however you possibly can’t take it from him. He beat Conor’s ass rounds two-and-a-half and up, Spherical 3, 4, 5. He beat the crap out of Conor and this man couldn’t do nothing to me. Even when (Nate) landed a punch on me, it was like a f*cking mosquito chew for me. I walked proper via that factor and gave him some warmth and put him down.
“I feel Conor analyzes these issues and thinks, ‘Man, this dude is as imply as he appears and athletic. I need no a part of this man. He’s going to take me out of the sport the best way I don’t wish to be taken out.”
Regardless of pondering the struggle won’t ever come to fruition, Masvidal nonetheless thinks a struggle with McGregor could be a blockbuster if it have been to occur.
“The UFC has tried to make this struggle occur and Conor doesn’t need it,” Masvidal stated. “He doesn’t need the rattling struggle. He by no means mentions my identify, however we’re the largest struggle potential. You suppose Michael Chandler sells greater than me vs. Conor? No person of their proper thoughts thinks that. … I’m one of many greatest pay-per-view attracts of the UFC within the final 5 six years. In fact we’d break file, however this man gained’t do it. … In my future, I don’t see this struggle occurring until I run into him at a car parking zone.”
Masvidal returns July 6 to battle Nate Diaz in a boxing match at Honda Heart in Anaheim, Calif. The bout will stream on Fanmio pay-per-view. The
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