Masvidal doubts ‘little boy’ McGregor will face him at 170 pounds

The way forward for Jorge Masvidal feels a bit up within the air given he’s at the moment dealing with a felony battery cost for attacking Colby Covington on the street that would land in him jail. However in a brand new interview with ESPN Desportes, Masvidal mentioned he undoubtedly plans to battle once more in 2022.

“This 12 months, assured return,” he mentioned in Spanish. “I don’t know the date but. I feel that with two fights I might be in competition for the title or in a title contender battle.”

Given how critically Kamaru Usman flatlined him of their second battle, Masvidal might not handle to get himself one other shot on the welterweight title except Usman not holds the belt.

Within the meantime, there are different potential opponents. The at all times entertaining Michel Pereira known as out Jorge Masvidal not too long ago, stoking controversy by claiming “Gamebred” slid into his wife’s DMs. After which there’s Conor McGregor, who appears hellbent on transferring as much as 170 for his personal run on the welterweight title.

“I’d like to battle him at 170 kilos, however I don’t look ahead to anybody,” Masvidal mentioned when requested about McGregor. “If he desires to do it, I’ll break his face, if he doesn’t need to do it, let him come subsequent.”

In the long run, Masvidal simply doesn’t consider McGregor would really face him within the cage.

“He’s false, he is aware of that I’m a person who hits exhausting and that I come to kill, I don’t come to play hug within the cage, I’m going to offer every thing inside me to kill him, and I’ve a bit of measurement, though now he’s injecting steroids and every kind of issues. However he’s nonetheless a bit of boy.”

One other potential battle for Masvidal that may be nice is a showdown against Gilbert Burns. Burns not too long ago known as out Masvidal, who responded positively to the thought. Now all “Gamebred” must do is beat the rap on this felony battery cost. His trial date for allegedly assaulting Colby Covington is set for August 29th.