{"id":325824,"date":"2019-09-20T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325824"},"modified":"2019-09-20T13:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T20:54:04","slug":"jorge-masvidal-gives-timeframe-for-retirement-from-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-gives-timeframe-for-retirement-from-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal gives timeframe for retirement from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal is currently in the prime of his fighting life, but that doesn&#8217;t mean he doesn&#8217;t have an exit strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on SportsCenter on Thursday, Masvidal gave a loose timeframe for his retirement from mixed martial arts. The good news, for Masvidal fans, is that it sounds like it&#8217;s still a ways off.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorge Masvidal previews fight vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 244, reflects on Ben Askren KO | SportsCenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KIBWTx5bO8A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year is going to be a great year, next year is going to be even better,\u201d Masvidal said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/ufc-244s-jorge-masvidal-i-got-about-four-years-left-in-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got about four years left in me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, Jorge Masvidal discussed his current focus on finishing fights and attempting to \u201ctake the judges out of the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s all my mind has been on, is eliminating people off the planet earth,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal will next take to the cage at UFC 244 on November 2, when he will battle a fighter not unlike himself in Nate Diaz. The pair will collide for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-shares-timeframe-for-bmf-belt-reveal\/\">the first and only BMF title.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1174829398396231680<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Masvidal is currently on a two-fight win-streak. In his most recent contest, he shattered the record for the fastest knockout in UFC history, levelling the formerly undefeated Ben Askren with a flying knee in just five seconds. Prior to that, he delivered a devastating, one-punch knockout of former welterweight title challenger Darren Till, who had never been knocked out previously.<\/p>\n<p>This win-streak was preceded by a pair of decision losses to former welterweight title challengers Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson and Demian Maia.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal has been fighting professionally May of 2003 \u2014 but as the video below reveals, his fighting career runs far deeper than that.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorge Masvidal Backyard Fight - Kimbo Slice&#039;s Backyard Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMmixfhzCFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do you think Jorge Masvidal will accomplish before his planned retirement in roughly four years?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/20\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal is currently in the prime of his fighting life, but that doesn&#8217;t mean he doesn&#8217;t have an exit strategy. Speaking on SportsCenter on Thursday, Masvidal gave a loose timeframe for his retirement from mixed martial arts. The good news, for Masvidal fans, is that it sounds like it&#8217;s still a ways off. \u201cThis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":325815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10515,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jorge Masvidal gives timeframe for retirement from MMA | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal is currently in the prime of his fighting life, but that doesn&#039;t mean he&#039;s not thinking about his inevitable retirement from the sport.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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