{"id":344690,"date":"2020-03-17T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T19:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=344690"},"modified":"2020-03-17T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T19:23:51","slug":"jorge-masvidal-says-return-to-lightweight-is-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-says-return-to-lightweight-is-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal says return to lightweight is possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal has recently been collecting scalps in the welterweight division, but he spent the earlier chapters of his career competing in the lightweight division.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Masvidal had a difficult time cutting down to the lightweight division&#8217;s 156-pound limit, but from the sounds if it, the 35-year-old would attempt the cut again if the money was right.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Jorge Masvidal Drop Back Down To 155 For Khabib&#039;s Belt After Beating Kamaru Usman?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R6NC_D_fSgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until 170, they gave me top-10 and top-5 guys, so I never got, I felt, my fair due shot at \u201955. I beat a lot of good guys when I was down there, in the UFC, as well,\u201d Masvidal said on his YouTube channel (transcript via<a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/jorge-masvidal-return-to-lightweight-for-one-thing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cThe moolah is going to talk man; 155 is such a battle with my weight. It\u2019s always been a lot of water, and that doesn\u2019t leave me the night of the fight in the best shape that I could possibly be in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like how I compete at 170, I have that explosion,\u201d Masvidal continued. \u201cI could explode a little bit more and for longer. At \u201955, it would be a little different, but that\u2019s not to say I couldn\u2019t win one and that I couldn\u2019t make the weight. If they were to cop up that money, I\u2019d be in a hurry to get down there and show what I\u2019m worth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Masvidal seems opens to a return to the lightweight division under the right circumstances, it&#8217;s doubtful we see him make that drop anytime soon. Not only has the entire sports industry been paused by the coronavirus pandemic, but Masvidal is expected to get the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see Jorge Masvidal back in the UFC lightweight division in the future, or should he stick to welterweight?<\/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 3\/17\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal has recently been collecting scalps in the welterweight division, but he spent the earlier chapters of his career competing in the lightweight division. It&#8217;s no secret that Masvidal had a difficult time cutting down to the lightweight division&#8217;s 156-pound limit, but from the sounds if it, the 35-year-old would attempt the cut again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":329308,"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 says return to lightweight is possible | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jorge Masvidal has recently been collecting scalps in the welterweight division, but he spent the earlier chapters of his career competing in the lightweight division.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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