{"id":331898,"date":"2019-11-13T05:59:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331898"},"modified":"2019-11-13T05:59:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:59:36","slug":"jorge-masvidal-wont-bully-conor-mcgregor-into-accepting-a-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-wont-bully-conor-mcgregor-into-accepting-a-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal won&#8217;t bully Conor McGregor into accepting a fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal has claimed that he won&#8217;t bully Conor McGregor into taking a fight against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of Masvidal&#8217;s &#8220;BMF&#8221; Championship victory at UFC 244, fans around the world have listed a series of potential opponents for his next fight. Some have suggested he&#8217;ll take on the winner of the UFC 245 main event between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington, some believe he&#8217;ll box Canelo Alvarez, and others feel like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the McGregor showdown is a real possibility (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-requests-a-three-piece-and-soda-after-ufc-244\/\" target=\"_blank\">the proposed McGregor showdown is a real possibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, during an appearance on the Dan Le Batard Show, Masvidal made it clear that he isn&#8217;t going to actively pursue the money fight against The Notorious One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorge Masvidal analyzes Nate Diaz fight, talks Conor McGregor, Canelo Alvarez | Dan Le Batard Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/20yKOdYWe5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be quite frank, he was flirting with fighting the winner when the possibility of the winner was Nate,\u201d Masvidal said via (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/jorge-masvidal-conor-mcgregor-doesnt-want-to-fight\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cAnd he kept throwing it out there. He even made his prediction he thought Nate would win. Since I\u2019ve won, he hasn\u2019t said a peep to address me or nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a bully, either,\u201d Masvidal added. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be one of these cyber bullies. If you don\u2019t want to fight, I don\u2019t want to fight. If you want to fight, I\u2019m licking my chops. Man, we\u2019re going shopping. We\u2019re going to do it big. You know what I\u2019m saying? That dude don\u2019t want it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bout against Conor McGregor is always going to be appealing no matter who you are, but at this stage in his career, Masvidal is well aware of the fact that he holds most of the cards in this scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His phenomenal 2019 included finishes over Darren Till, Ben Askren and Nate Diaz, and if you listen to the man himself, it seems as if he&#8217;s only just getting started &#8211; which is certainly a frightening prospect for those in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 11\/12\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal has claimed that he won&#8217;t bully Conor McGregor into taking a fight against him. In the wake of Masvidal&#8217;s &#8220;BMF&#8221; Championship victory at UFC 244, fans around the world have listed a series of potential opponents for his next fight. Some have suggested he&#8217;ll take on the winner of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":329308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,10515,39610],"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 won&#039;t bully Conor McGregor into accepting a fight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal has claimed that he won&#039;t try and bully Conor McGregor into accepting a fight against him.\" \/>\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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