The beginning for Jorge Masvidal came in Miami, scrapping in what were essentially street fights on hardscrabble dirt and rock back yards under the supervision of the legendary Kimbo Slice.
Masvidal will fight Gilbert Burns on Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 287, needing a win to not only keep alive his dream of a bout with welterweight champion Leon Edwards, his bitter rival, but also to avoid the first four-fight losing streak of his career."Oh, we're going to clean Vegas out," Masvidal said at media day Wednesday when he was asked about the odds against him.
He's becoming a promoter now and was thrilled with the boxing card he put on last week, which featured ex-UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis defeating the legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr. He spoke of the challenge that ex-middleweight champion Israel Adesanya faces in the main event Saturday when he rematches Alex Pereira six months after Pereira knocked him out for the second time. He riffed on whether Adesanya was coming back too soon. He called Adesanya"a special talent" and said if anyone could pull it off, it would be Adesanya. Yet, he said he had to go with Pereira to win.
It's what he's done for all of his career, and now he faces a unique challenge against Burns. Masvidal got into it with Edwards back stage at an event in the U.K. after Masvidal had beaten Darren Till on March 16, 2019. Edwards walked past where Masvidal was doing the interview and said something. Masvidal walked over with his hands behind his back and then landed a combination he famously called,"a three-piece and a soda.
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