{"id":336240,"date":"2019-12-22T11:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=336240"},"modified":"2019-12-22T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T19:13:27","slug":"jorge-masvidal-scoffs-at-critics-of-chasing-money-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-scoffs-at-critics-of-chasing-money-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal scoffs at critics of chasing money fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight superstar Jorge Masvidal is scoffing at the critics who have suggested he shouldn&#8217;t be chasing money fights.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal is the clear-cut No. 1 contender in the UFC welterweight division now that Kamaru Usman defended his title against Colby Covington last week at UFC 245. However, Masvidal appears to be targeting a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/jorge-masvidal-on-potential-conor-mcgregor-fight-were-interested-in-that-fight\/\">superfight against superstar Conor McGregor in MMA<\/a> or taking his skills to the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-im-the-top-candidate-to-box-floyd-mayweather-in-zuffa-boxing\/\">boxing ring to face off against the legend Floyd Mayweather<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gamebred&#8221; gave his thoughts in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=721&amp;v=khf1GLcIij0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FanSided MMA<\/a> in response to the critics who believe Masvidal should be chasing UFC gold and not money fights against McGregor and Mayweather. Here&#8217;s what he said (<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/12\/jorge-masvidal-responds-conor-mcgregor-matchup-critics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transcript via MMAjunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConor is not always going to be around. Whoever has that belt at the time will always be there. There will always be a 170-pound champion. What is the big deal if this guy that\u2019s been in the sport 16 (expletive) years goes on and gets a paycheck? I\u2019m fighting a (expletive) killer, a two-time champion, a guy that\u2019s a sniper with his left hand \u2013 and I\u2019m also going to make a paycheck,&#8221; Masvidal said.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fair comment from Masvidal, who has been a long-time gatekeeper in MMA only to explode into superstardom in 2019 with stoppage wins over Nate Diaz, Ben Askren, and Darren Till. The Diaz fight was Masvidal&#8217;s first opportunity to headline a big-money pay-per-view, and considering he&#8217;s in his 30s now he knows that he won&#8217;t be around forever.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal just wants fans to understand that, at the end of the day, MMA fighters are prizefighters and they are chasing after the biggest prize. Usually, that means fighting for a title and becoming a champion. But right now, fights against McGregor and Mayweather are far more lucrative and Masvidal wants everyone to know where he&#8217;s coming from.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Jorge Masvidal&#8217;s message to his critics is fair?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight superstar Jorge Masvidal is scoffing at the critics who have suggested he shouldn&#8217;t be chasing money fights. Masvidal is the clear-cut No. 1 contender in the UFC welterweight division now that Kamaru Usman defended his title against Colby Covington last week at UFC 245. However, Masvidal appears to be targeting a superfight against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54477,"featured_media":325965,"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 scoffs at critics of chasing money fights | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC welterweight superstar Jorge Masvidal is scoffing at the critics who have suggested he shouldn&#039;t be chasing money fights.\" \/>\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-scoffs-at-critics-of-chasing-money-fights\/\" \/>\n<meta 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