{"id":416808,"date":"2026-01-18T05:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416808\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:52:08","slug":"masvidal-promises-something-big-for-ufc-comeback-but-is-it-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416808\/","title":{"rendered":"Masvidal Promises \u2018Something Big\u2019 For UFC Comeback, But Is It McGregor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jorge Masvidal can\u2019t say exactly when his next UFC fight will take place, but \u201cGamebred\u201d is at least promising \u201csomething big\u201d for his awaited return to action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s been a while since UFC fans saw \u201cGamebred\u201d grace the Octagon. The last time Masvidal fought for the promotion was at UFC 287 in April 2023. He ended up losing to welterweight veteran Gilbert Burns via decision to extend his current UFC losing streak to four and force a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/4\/9\/23675574\/watch-full-fight-video-highlights-gilbert-burns-jorge-masvidal-ufc-287-results-espn-ppv-miami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporary retirement<\/a>. In fact, the last time Masvidal won a UFC fight was his \u201cBMF\u201d showdown opposite Nate Diaz all the way back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While Masvidal did return to combat sports for a boxing match with Diaz back in July 2024 fight fans are still waiting for him to come back to the cage. \u201cGamebred\u201d isn\u2019t able to reveal too much right now, but we should expect Masvidal fight news pretty damn soon, which is interesting given the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/414960\/dana-white-wont-let-conor-mcgregor-fight-michael-chandler-ufc-white-house\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kibosh on Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cSome of it is like level-five only access, so I can\u2019t really say too much, but I am training for something big,\u201d Masvidal told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/01\/16\/jorge-masvidal-teases-ufc-white-house-conor-mcgregor-fight-rumors\/88221530007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie Radio<\/a>. \u201d&#8230; You never know, right? Give \u2018em what they want, not what they expect. I can say it\u2019s some big news. I have some fight news coming soon, and it\u2019s very big news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI can\u2019t deny or confirm any of that right now, but maybe hopefully soon, I can,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201c&#8230; Like maybe 10 days, something like that, I should have more confirmation on it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal can\u2019t say exactly when his next UFC fight will take place, but \u201cGamebred\u201d is at least&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,98879,702],"class_list":["post-416808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-white-house-2026","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}