Jorge Masvidal: I’d Love To Fight Nate Diaz
Jorge Masvidal has a huge fight coming up next month at UFC 239, when he will take on Ben Askren. It’s a big fight for a couple of reasons. Not only will the winner be on the verge of getting a title shot, the two can’t stand each other.
In his own words, Masivdal said he’s going to ‘break Askren’s face’. But despite the magnitude of this welterweight clash, Masvidal has one eye on facing Nate Diaz. As he told BJPENN.com Radio.
“Oh I definitely would love to, man, Nate’s a warrior, he’s going to get in there and fight, you know, there’s no question about it, he’s going to just fight. I haven’t done my homework, is [Nate] a 170-pounder or is he doing this because Pettis is just a ’55er and … and they both just agreed to fight at ’70 and not cut the weight so they could give it all in the fight night and both of them just go in there and give it what they got in the fight instead of cutting weight? I don’t know if Nate is a long time ‘70-pounder now or what’s happening. But if he is, if he’s staying at ‘70 and that fight gets offered me, I’d love to fight Nate.”
‘Gamebred’ added that he’s up for fighting anyone who wants to put on a show with him. If they’re in the top ten that is. The 34 year old isn’t impressed with fighters who aren’t highly ranked, calling him out.
“I’d love to fight anybody that’s worth fighting man, that wants to fight, that wants to put on a great show and that’s a great competitor. Not just somebody just calls my name out and they’re like, ‘I can beat Masvidal’ and the guy is not even in the f***ing top-10. Get the f*** out of here, go put your f***ing dues in man. Before you starting naming off people.
“We see it so much in the division. I don’t want to mention the other guys that do it, but they talk about these super fights. Motherf***er you haven’t even won in your division a big fight and you’re just calling out people. Legends in the sport. What the f*** is wrong with you man? You know, go put in your f***ing work, put your hard hat on, put your mouthpiece on, get to work, you know, stand out from your division and call me out.”
UFC 239 goes down on July 6th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Nate also has a fight booked. The younger Diaz brother faces Anthony Pettis in the co-main event at UFC 241, on August 17th. It’ll be his first time stepping back inside the Octagon since his rematch with Conor McGregor, three years ago.
Perhaps we will see this fight down the road. Would you like to see Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz?
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