Jorge Masvidal has revealed that he’s in talks with the UFC to return to the Octagon, and could fight by the end of the year.
“I’ve been talking to my boy Hunter [Campbell],” Masvidal told MMA Fighting. “Finding out, he’s like, ‘Let me check this date, see if this dude wants the heat, let me see if that guy wants to get beat up.’ First, we’ll lock in the date. Lock in that date and then we’ll find the body.”
Masvidal, who turns 40 in November, retired from MMA in April of last year after a unanimous decision loss to Gilbert Burns at UFC 287, which marked his fourth loss in a row.
He then went on to book a boxing match with his rival Nate Diaz, who he had previously beaten by 3rd round TKO in 2019 to claim the symbolic ‘BMF’ title.
However, their rematch didn’t go according to plan for Masvidal, suffering a majority decision loss.
And ‘Gamebred’ says his frustration at that loss has fuelled him to continue fighting.
“I ain’t slowing down. I’m training everyday, especially after what that last robbery just did to me,” Masvidal said. “It left a bad taste in my mouth. I knew with three California judges and fighting a dude in California.
“It was on nobody else’s scorecards anywhere else in the world. It’s bad. Some rounds that I threw more, landed more, hit him more, rocked him, and they still gave him the round. It’s just like, oh my gosh, I don’t even care to go back into boxing. That left a bad taste in my mouth, and anyways, I’m an MMA fighter.”
There’s no word on exactly who, where or when Masvidal will make his UFC comeback, but he suggests it could happen by the end of the year if all goes well.
“It could be this year,. It could be Vegas, Dec. 7. I’ll f*cking drop Michael Chandler dead on his ass. It could be next year, Super Bowl, knock somebody else on their ass. I don’t know. I don’t quite know yet.
“I’m going to review all my options. I’m going to see all my options, see what the money looks like too. I love fighting, but most don’t need to know that, they might try to drop the price on me.”
