How does Jorge Masvidal earn another title shot? Daniel Cormier has the answer

Jorge Masvidal has a little bit of an issue.

“Gamebred” is without doubt one of the sport’s greatest stars, and UFC has confirmed up to now that its prepared to leapfrog contenders as essential to create huge enterprise. Given Masvidal’s dangerous blood with present Welterweight king Leon Edwards, that combat may transfer an entire lot of pay-per-view (PPV) buys. “Rocky” is open to the match up, however a easy drawback stays: Masvidal hasn’t gained a combat since November 2019.

In the intervening time, there stays an opportunity Masvidal may be part of the title combine earlier than the deliberate Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman rubber match goes down. Nonetheless, UFC colour commentator and Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier — who lately traded some nasty words with Masvidal on this very matter — has some recommendation for making that occur.

“You bought to combat Gilbert Burns proper now,” Cormier mentioned on his YouTube channel (through MMA Junkie). “You bought to simply accept that combat. I don’t know when you’ve been supplied the combat. I don’t know if the authorized points are retaining you from taking the combat, however Gilbert Burns is on the market saying the combat’s been supplied. He’s on the market saying, publicly, that it’s simply on you now.

“I do know Jorge Masvidal is a road dude from Miami, and doesn’t run from a combat, however if you need that title combat, you bought to combat ‘Durinho’ proper now. And also you gotta win.”

There’s one extra caveat from Cormier. Masvidal doesn’t simply should defeat “Durinho,” he has to do it rapidly, earlier than Usman is totally recovered and the trilogy bout is booked.

“You additionally gotta do yet another factor,” Cormier continued. “You bought to combat him earlier than the Usman/Edwards rematch is introduced, the trilogy. You bought to be getting in the proper course by the point that combat will get introduced, in order that if given the chance, you may capitalize on the possibility, similar to you probably did within the first title combat.”

Even when Masvidal does handle to rapidly take out Burns, Khamzat Chimaev may have something to say about “Gamebred” leaping the road.