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Several weeks ago, top UFC welterweights Jorge Masvidal and Stephen Thompson agreed to fight<\/a> \u2013 once Thompson was all healed up from his recent surgery.<\/p>\n

On the latest edition of BJ Penn Radio<\/a>, Jorge Masvidal updated on the status of this exciting scrap.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo updates on that fight yet, that I know of,\u201d he said. \u201cI know they were kind of waiting to see what would happen with Gunnar Nelson and stuff in Scotland, but he got blown out of the water from what I heard. But I know they were trying to set up a Thompson and Gunnar fight. That\u2019s not going to happen, so I think it\u2019s only reasonable that the two top strikers fight, you know? I\u2019m [ranked] number four [at welterweight], he\u2019s number two \u2013 why not? Everybody wants to see that fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAll I\u2019m waiting for is a signed document and I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Masvidal is ready to go, Thompson is likely to need a little more time to recover from his surgery. While Masvidal is happy to wait for a fight of this magnitude, he also admitted that a prolonged stretch on the bench is not ideal for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen me and [Thompson] first talked, first he said September, then he said October,” Masvidal explained. “I know he\u2019s hurt. He had surgery, it\u2019s not like he\u2019s bullshitting or anything. But at the same time, it\u2019s not like I\u2019m going to end this year with two fights only. I\u2019ve never done that since I\u2019ve been in the UFC. Actually, I wanted to get four to five fights this year. When I had that Cowboy [Cerrone] fight in January, I was like \u2018this is perfect, the first month of the year, I\u2019ve already got a fight, it\u2019s going to be easy to wrack up the fights this year.\u2019 But it hasn\u2019t happened the way I wanted it. But if I have to wait till October, November to fight Thompson, I mean it\u2019s almost worth it because he\u2019s number two, you know? But at the same time, I\u2019ve got to fight. I\u2019ve got to compete. Not because I\u2019m broke or anything, just because I like to compete. It\u2019s what I do.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, Masvidal gave his breakdown for a potential matchup with Thompson.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s tricky, he\u2019s awkward,\u201d he said. \u201cHe does a lot of things that come from his karate. If I was a karate guy, those things wouldn\u2019t be weird or tricky to me, but I\u2019m not a karate guy. I\u2019m just a regular stand-up dude, you know. He does a lot of tricky things, different angles, but the longevity of the fight, as the fight keeps going on and I keep getting in his face, I\u2019ll bust him up, I\u2019ll break him down. I\u2019ll be able to bust up his defense. My efficiency, my aggression, the way I\u2019ll be able to cut the distance on him and make him work from angles he doesn\u2019t like to fight [from], it\u2019s going to be a bad night for him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna connect. It\u2019ll take some time to feel him out, not fall into his traps, and just get to work\u2026 put the hardhat on and go to work on him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do you think a fight between Jorge Masvidal and Stephen Thompson would go?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/20\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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