Jorge Masvidal Says He Can Change Dana’s Thoughts, Earn Title Battle Vs. Edwards

Dana White‘s adamant Leon Edwards‘ subsequent combat will likely be in opposition to Colby Covington … however Jorge Masvidal is not fairly so positive, telling us he believes he can change the UFC honcho’s thoughts with a win over Gilbert Burns, and snatch the combat from “cop-calling charlatan bitch ass Cupcake Covington.”

“100% [I can jump Colby]. I really feel it in my coronary heart, I see it in my thoughts,” 38-year-old Masvidal informed Babcock on the “TMZ Sports activities” TV present (airs weeknights on FS1).

“UFC, on the finish of the day is a pay-per-view promoting enterprise, and Colby’s bitch ass has by no means offered over 300,000 pay-per-views besides when it was in opposition to me. What are him and Leon gonna do?”

31-year-old Edwards defeated Kamaru Usman final month, retaining the welterweight title. Following the combat, White informed reporters Covington was subsequent in line, to the chagrin of some followers who had been actually hoping to see Masvidal vs. Edwards.

In fact, Jorge and Leon have severe beef — er, hen — which got here to a head within the UK in 2019, when the 2 males had been concerned in a backstage altercation after Edwards yelled one thing at Masvidal as he was being interviewed backstage after beating Darren Until.

Gamebred did not take kindly to what Rocky mentioned, so he served him up a “3-piece and a soda.”

First, Masvidal has to beat fellow contender, Durinho Burns, the Fifth-ranked fighter within the division, at UFC 287 on Saturday … a combat Jorge believes fits his type.

“Within the Gilbert combat, I haven’t got a standout wrestler conditioning freak like that the place he can simply proceed to go for takedown after takedown. He does not have that, he is by no means proven that,” Masvidal mentioned.

“And on the standup, yeah, he throws exhausting, however he does not perceive the candy science. He does not perceive setups. He does not perceive distance, timing, fakes, issues like that. From a technical standpoint, I feel it is a nice match for me. I simply have to indicate up, put my exhausting hat on, put my mouthpiece on, and get to work and simply put the holes on this man’s face.”

When Jorge and Gilbert step into the Octagon, they’re going to be doing it at Miami-Dade Area in Masvidal’s hometown of Miami, the place Gamebred, only a child, grew up combating older and greater dudes in backyards and within the streets.

Masvidal reps MIA heavy to at the present time … and the cardboard is very vital to him as a result of as a child, he informed a good friend he’d convey an enormous UFC card again to South Florida sooner or later, and now he has.

“I appeared over to my good friend who I used to be with and I informed him ‘Sooner or later I am going to convey a present over right here to Miami.’ It took 20 years however now we’re on this bitch!”

And, Jorge says the town could not be happier or extra grateful.