Though he isn’t afraid to throw palms with anyone, Jorge Masvidal did have a reputation in thoughts when requested which of his opponents scared him probably the most.
‘Gamebred’ was within the public eye for years earlier than he was ever thought-about among the finest on this planet contained in the cage. All through his total fight sports activities profession, accumulating over twenty years of expertise, one title stood out above the remainder because the 40-year-old’s most feared opponent.
Jorge Masvidal has shared the octagon with a few of the greats throughout his lengthy journey in combined martial arts. Throughout a current interview, Masvidal singled out UFC veteran Yves Edwards as the person he was most apprehensive about preventing.
“I used to be apprehensive about this man,” Masvidal stated. “As a result of, since I began preventing, he is one other legend. His title is Yves Edwards.”
“He was like one of many coldest motherf***ers on the market, you understand. He had gone 6-0 within the UFC, and the UFC stated, ‘We’re not going to do a 155 division no extra; we’ll do away with it. It should be 170 lbs and up.'”
“A few of the world’s greatest expertise on that day received lower and went all around the world. This man was like chopping heads for a dwelling, actually. He would rearrange eye orbitals [and] tooth.”
“He had a really imply Muay Thai clinch. He would f***ing knee you to your face [and you would] look completely different. This man was identified for [having] a head kick like a baseball bat.”
Jorge Masvidal later insisted that beating a fighter of Yves Edwards’ caliber confirmed him that he was adequate to compete in opposition to the very best on this planet.
“I hadn’t fought anyone within the high 50 on this planet, proper, as a result of me myself, I used to be like ranked quantity 117th. This man was both primary, two, or three on this planet on the time in the entire worldwide rating.”
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Masvidal continued.
“I wasn’t presupposed to have an opportunity in that battle, and it was additionally my largest step up. This was like my thirteenth professional battle, this was like his twentieth, thirtieth professional battle.”
“There was lots leaning in the direction of him. And the sacrifices, the quantity that I pushed by way of; every thing that I did to get to that second to beat that dude let me know for the remainder of my life like, man, I may do that in that prime stage.”
Yves Edwards was an actual fan-favorite throughout his time underneath the UFC banner. ‘Thugjitsu Grasp’ scored a number of memorable knockouts, however his headkick end in opposition to Josh Thomson arguably stands out above the remainder.
Take heed to what Jorge Masvidal needed to say about Yves Edwards under.
