{"id":330783,"date":"2019-11-04T06:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330783"},"modified":"2019-11-04T06:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:28:55","slug":"jorge-masvidal-is-ready-to-potentially-step-in-at-ufc-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-is-ready-to-potentially-step-in-at-ufc-245\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal is ready to potentially step in at UFC 245"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BMF title holder Jorge Masvidal has confirmed that he would be willing to step in and face either Kamaru Usman or Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 245 \u2014 if the price is right.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal\u2019s star rose even further over the weekend as he defeated Nate Diaz via doctor stoppage to win the aforementioned BMF Championship. \u201cGamebred\u201d has had a phenomenal year in 2019, with this special title win coming after his two knockout victories over Darren Till and Ben Askren.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation from many fans is that Masvidal will now either face the winner of Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-accuses-kamaru-usman-of-epo-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which takes place at UFC 245<\/a>, or he\u2019ll take a big money fight against Conor McGregor or potentially even Nate Diaz in a rematch of their UFC 244 showdown.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the event that either Usman or Covington are unable to compete in their scheduled bout, Masvidal is ready and waiting to go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 244: Jorge Masvidal post fight interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YRREoPnnel0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be the hero they need, but they don\u2019t deserve, man,\u201d Masvidal said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/jorge-masvidal-willing-step-in-ufc-245-vs-usman-or-covington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cThey\u2019d have to whip out the check book like they haven\u2019t done it. My hands are f**ked up, man. I usually don\u2019t say too much about my injuries, but my hand is a little jacked up, man. I need some rehab on it. So if I was to get in there, especially with those crotch sniffers, I know I can hit them with a f**king knee or something, so I could do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDana\u2019s not going to like the figure. Neither\u2019s Hunter or the UFC. So I\u2019ll put it out there anyway, so it\u2019s out in the universe. If one of those sissies gets hurt, they gotta pay me, man. They gotta f**king pay me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Masvidal did happen to appear at UFC 245 as a result of someone falling out, and he won the Welterweight Championship, it would cap off one of the most remarkable years in UFC history.<\/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 11\/4\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMF title holder Jorge Masvidal has confirmed that he would be willing to step in and face either Kamaru Usman or Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 245 \u2014 if the price is right. Masvidal\u2019s star rose even further over the weekend as he defeated Nate Diaz via doctor stoppage to win the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":324921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,10515,10616,39610,53692,54125],"tags":[50820,487,49692,11,15],"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 is ready to potentially step in at UFC 245 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal is ready and willing to step in and compete for the UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC 245 - if the price is right.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-is-ready-to-potentially-step-in-at-ufc-245\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal is ready to potentially step in at UFC 245 | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal is ready and willing to step in and compete for the UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC 245 - 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