MMA Junkie<\/a>, Masvidal was asked directly about the McGregor talk, and for now, he\u2019s keeping his lips sealed.<\/p>\n\u201cYou never know, right?\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cShit, give them what they want, not what they expect. I can say some big news. I have some fight news coming soon and it\u2019s very big news and I can\u2019t deny or confirm what you just said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to just let the chips fall where they may, but definitely some big news headed towards the MMA community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Masvidal (35-17) last fought for the UFC in 2023. A UFC 287 clash against Gilbert Burns ended in a loss, Masvidal\u2019s fourth straight, and he subsequently announced his retirement. He returned to competition in July 2024 for a boxing match against Nate Diaz and lost via majority decision. Outside of that fight, the 41-year-old remains has kept himself steadily involved in combat sports as a promoter for several combat sports promotions, including bare-knuckle organization Gamebred Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n
He also noted he continues to train, though wouldn\u2019t specify whether it\u2019s for a specific opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cCombination of things,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cI can\u2019t\u2014Some of it is like, Level 5-only access, so I can\u2019t really say too much, but I am training for something big, I can say that.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing Masvidal knows for sure is that if he competes under MMA rules again, it will only be to fight in front of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t mind getting out there and f*cking doing my thing on the White House,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cThat\u2019s the only fight I come back for. Whether it\u2019s the f*cking guy that sells f*cking the cheap whiskey or f*cking \u2018Joe Blow,\u2019 I don\u2019t care, it\u2019s the White House. I really don\u2019t give a f*ck. I\u2019m very, very easy to negotiate for in this particular fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m Trump\u2019s favorite fighter, that\u2019s all you\u2019ve got to keep in mind,\u201d Masvidal added. \u201cJust remember that at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pressed for details on a possible comeback, Masvidal repeatedly answered by saying he can\u2019t announce anything concrete at the moment, though that could change in the near future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t deny or confirm any of that right now, but maybe hopefully soon I can,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cI don\u2019t know, I would want to say soon. Like, maybe 10 days, something like that, I should have more confirmation on it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal is confident he will capture the attention of the combat sports world again if he comes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-419562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}