The inaugural “BMF” champion Jorge Masvidal introduced his retirement following his UFC 287 loss to Gilbert Burns in April of final yr, however that hasn’t stopped him from on the lookout for fights.
On Wednesday, Masvidal traveled to Stockton, Calif. and posted a photograph exterior of Nate Diaz’ health club. “Gamebred” went there in an effort to safe a rematch with the The Final Fighter 5 winner.
“Pulled as much as the Diaz Academy in Stockton. Too unhealthy nobody was there, giving out free classes,” Masvidal wrote on Instagram with a photograph of himself standing exterior the power.
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Masvidal spoke about going to Diaz’ health club and wanting a rematch with the previous UFC fighter throughout an look on The MMA Hour.
“I used to be out in Cali for a few days and I used to be like, you already know what, let me cease by Stockton. I had by no means been there. I heard the tacos are good over there. Possibly I will run into Nate and we will make this battle occur,” Masvidal stated.
“I took my squad over there. Write my quantity down on a bit of paper and began handing it out to those who seemed like they could know Nate Diaz,” Masvidal continued. “I heard Nate’s not that good with the expertise and neither am I, so I stated f**okay it. Possibly we should always do that old-fashioned type, simply meet up on a face-to-face and make this sh*t occur.”
Masvidal and Diaz fought at UFC 244 in November 2019 for the symbolic “BMF” belt. Masvidal gained by way of physician stoppage after inflicting a nasty reduce to Diaz’ proper eye.
