Jorge Masvidal recently reignited his feud with Conor McGregor, labeling the Irish fighter a “diva” and a “coward” while asserting that McGregor would be “playing with his life” if he accepted a bout against him.
The two fighters were once rumored to face off in what could have been a highly anticipated UFC pay-per-view event, but Masvidal claims McGregor has always avoided the fight.
Masvidal insists that McGregor would not take the fight in the past and believes he still won’t now. McGregor was initially set to return to the octagon in a 170-pound welterweight bout against Michael Chandler, 38, at UFC 303. This fight would have marked McGregor‘s first appearance since his 2021 match against Dustin Poirier, who is a training partner of Masvidal.
Masvidal challenges McGregor
However, McGregor had to withdraw from the fight for the first time in his UFC career due to a toe injury. Meanwhile, Masvidal is preparing to face Nate Diaz, 39, in a boxing rematch this Saturday, five years after their initial bout in the UFC, which Masvidal won by stoppage.
“This fight has the potential to break all types of pay-per-view records and be massive,” Masvidal told SunSport.
“But Conor wouldn’t accept this fight before he got extra bitch mode and extra diva mode.
“He’s pulled out how many times out of his fight?
“How many times has this fight been rescheduled for one reason or another?
“This is not the first time that this fight falls apart, I think it’s the second or third time.
“So that’s the guy that he’s convinced that he could beat. You can’t get him the ring.
“For a guy like me that he actually has legitimate fear deep down inside for, for my style, for the way that I fight, what I’ve done to Nate [Diaz], what I’ve done to opponents that he has fought as well but it didn’t go exactly his way.
“He knows that I’ve got something special and that’s that f**king power and he knows that I’m gonna beat the f**k out of him standing up.
“It’s gonna destroy his brand. I’m not gonna take him down and hold him down and he’s gonna be able to be like, ‘Oh if it would have been a stand up match….’
“No, no, no, I’m gonna come right, get right in your face, put the pressure on you and break you and make you quit, similar how DP did your ass and he doesn’t need that for his ass again and his brand.
“That’s why you’ll see he never mentions my name or anything like that though.
“We’re the biggest fight they could possibly made because he knows it’s just a bad day for him in the office.”