{"id":354254,"date":"2020-06-25T08:21:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=354254"},"modified":"2020-06-25T08:21:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:21:51","slug":"jorge-masvidal-says-he-will-fight-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-says-he-will-fight-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal says he will fight in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal is currently embroiled in a heated contract dispute with the UFC, but he says he intends on fighting in 2020 nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Masvidal was expected to be given the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, but demanded a pay bump after a banner year in 2019. Evidently, the UFC was unwilling to play ball, as the promotion ultimately awarded the next welterweight title shot to Gilbert Burns, leaving Masvidal without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>With Usman and Burns set to fight at UFC 251 on July 11, it&#8217;s not clear what the future holds for Masvidal. That being said, he recently divulged during a Q&amp;A with fans on his official YouTube channel that he does intend to fight this year\u2014provided the UFC makes it worth his while.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will Jorge Masvidal Fight Again In 2020? | Fan Questions\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mtLNhSRSOSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah I\u2019m gonna fight this year,\u201d Masvidal said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/06\/ufc-jorge-masvidal-will-fight-2020-not-played-underpaid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cGod willing, I\u2019m gonna fight this year. What\u2019s not gonna happen is I\u2019m not gonna be played or underpaid, that\u2019s for sure. I have a value, a formula we\u2019ve come up with for what I\u2019m worth, and that comes off 16 years of doing this, of seeing the field in and out. I\u2019m not some rookie, I\u2019m not some guy challenging for the title for the first time in my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in this position before in different organizations and stuff and we know how to calculate what I bring in and I want a fair share of what I bring in. \u2026 It\u2019s about how much I want to receive from the pay-per-view, how much share I want from the PPV, that\u2019s one of the many things I\u2019m fighting about. I don\u2019t feel that that cut is fair and I don\u2019t agree with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Masvidal asserted himself as the next man in line for a welterweight title shot with an absolutely incredible run in 2019. He began the year by knocking out Darren Till, followed up with a record-breaking, five-second flying knee knockout of the formerly unbeaten Ben Askren, and capped off the year by defeating Nate Diaz in the first and only \u201cBMF\u201d title fight. He has not fought in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for fan favorite welterweight contender?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorge Masvidal is currently embroiled in a heated contract dispute with the UFC, but he says he intends on fighting in 2020 nonetheless. Masvidal was expected to be given the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, but demanded a pay bump after a banner year in 2019. 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