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Jorge Masvidal Claims He's Got Conor McGregor Worked Out Ahead Of Potential UFC Fight

Jorge Masvidal Claims He's Got Conor McGregor Worked Out Ahead Of Potential UFC Fight

Masvidal has his own thoughts on why McGregor doesn't want to fight him.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Jorge Masvidal claims to have worked out Conor McGregor ahead of a potential UFC super-fight.

Masvidal, 35, has been campaigning hard to fight McGregor who made a sensational return to the Octagon after stopping Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds at UFC 246.

The BMF champion wants McGregor next and would prefer a fight with him over the UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, but it appears the Irishman isn't interested.

And speaking on 'The Rich Eisen Show', 'Gamebred' explained why a clash between him and McGregor has not yet been booked by the UFC.

"You can't ask me that," he said. "You gotta ask Conor that... When they asked [Dana White] why the fights not happening, he said it in the nicest way possible and he said I was too much man for him.

"Meaning, I'm too much man for him. I asked this guy to fight me, you know? It is what it is."

Image: PA
Image: PA
Image: PA
Image: PA

When pressed further about a match-up with McGregor, the Miami native continued by saying: "My will, my size, my determination, mix in with I'm not a quitter, I've never tapped in my life. It's a different type of dog over here. I'm too much man for him in every way that could possibly be said.

"When I see Conor, I see a lot of holes from a technical point. If I'm a coach, and I'm advising my athlete the best way to beat this guy, I see many math scenarios there.

"I see X's and O's, I see the square root of his face times my knuckles, I see all these things constantly... Not that his game is not good because his game is great but when I do the math, and I see the numbers in my head and I do the math, I lean towards me very heavy."

Masvidal beat Nate Diaz at UFC 244 to become the BMF champion in his most recent fight as he targets a summer return following a scintillating 2019.

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Topics: Masvidal, UFC News, Usman, Fight News, UFC, mcgregor, MMA

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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