{"id":338764,"date":"2020-01-20T13:16:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338764"},"modified":"2020-01-20T13:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:16:25","slug":"jorge-masvidal-say-hes-leaning-towards-usman-over-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-say-hes-leaning-towards-usman-over-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal say he&#8217;s &#8216;leaning towards Usman&#8217; over Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor is back in the win column, thanks to a 40-second drubbing of Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone, and the fight community is already wondering who he&#8217;ll fight fight next. While McGregor has plenty of options for his next bout, it&#8217;s arguable the most compelling matchup available to him at present is streaking welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p>At this stage, Masvidal has undeniably earned a crack at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. But with Usman nursing an injury, it&#8217;s been suggested that he could meet McGregor in a lucrative fight in the meantime \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-says-kamaru-usman-injured-proposes-jorge-masvidal-vs-conor-mcgregor-interim-title-fight\/\">perhaps even with an interim title on the line.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Masvidal is open to a fight with McGregor, however, he says his preference is currently for a title fight Usman.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal weighed his options on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;d be good too, if Conor wanted to do that,&#8221; Masvidal said of an interim title fight with McGregor. &#8220;One of these guys is going to scrap with me. I&#8217;m leaning, right now, towards Usman, the way he&#8217;s been talking s**t. If Conor wants to get it done, it won&#8217;t be hard to get it done, but I&#8217;m not going to sit here and entertain bulls**t and stuff, you know? I just want to scrap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he wasn&#8217;t impressed with McGregor, Masvidal assured otherwise. He simply believes he and McGregor have differing goals at this juncture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m not impressed,&#8221; Masvidal said of McGregor. &#8220;He has different plans. I&#8217;m not trying to ruin his plans, either. He&#8217;s got his own plans and things he wants to do&#8230; Go and get them done, my brother. I could give a f**k less. I&#8217;m going to get money no matter what.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Would you rather see Jorge Masvidal fight Conor McGregor or Kamaru Usman next?<\/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 1\/20\/2020.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor is back in the win column, thanks to a 40-second drubbing of Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone, and the fight community is already wondering who he&#8217;ll fight fight next. 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