Daniel Cormier questions provide and demand behind Jorge Masvidal’s comeback
Throughout a current video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Cormier reacted to Masvidal’s deliberate UFC return.
“Take a look at the names on his resume. On the finish of the day, whenever you have a look at the profession as an entire, it boils down to at least one 12 months the place Jorge Masvidal made you guys care,” Cormier mentioned of Masvidal. “And it made him a star. However my query to you now could be: Do you continue to care? As a result of that’s what he’s banking on…misplaced his final 4 MMA fights, and misplaced a boxing match. He mentioned he’ll come again, starch anyone and the UFC can be begging him to battle for a championship…
“Do you care now? Such as you did in 2019? Such as you did when he was on that tremendous run when he made himself from a man that was a little bit of a journeyman, right into a essential occasion attraction… he and Kamaru Usman offered a boatload of pay-per-views…in 2019 he did one thing I’ve by no means seen somebody do in combating earlier than…to me, if Jorge Masvidal comes again, it must be in opposition to somebody that’s a enjoyable battle…I’d watch him battle, completely, however my query is do you care? He’s 39 years previous now. The perfect days appear to be behind him, misplaced 4 in a row,” Cormier continued. “In my regard, I consider with the work he was doing exterior of the Octagon, his promotion appears to be doing nicely, and I used to be joyful to see him stroll away.”
Masvidal’s final MMA win got here in opposition to Diaz for the inaugural BMF title at UFC 244. Since then, he’s suffered losses to Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, and Burns.
