Jorge Masvidal is critical about combating within the UFC once more.
This previous September, the UFC’s inaugural “BMF” champion informed MMA Preventing that he’s in talks to compete for the promotion as soon as extra, with plans to compete in 2024 or 2025. With the calendar 12 months closing and Masvidal but to be booked, he has set his sights on an April return in his hometown of Miami.
“I’ll be again April subsequent 12 months within the UFC,” Masvidal stated on the Struggle Again podcast. “We don’t have the opponent but. Hopefully by December we’ve bought the opponent. April, Miami card.”
UFC is but to formally announce dates and places for April occasions, with its official 2025 slate at the moment set as much as March.
Ought to Masvidal make the stroll to the octagon once more, it could be his first UFC look since UFC 287 in April 2023. Although Masvidal was on the incorrect finish of a unanimous resolution in opposition to prime welterweight contender Gilbert Burns, the reserving allowed him to retire in entrance of an appreciative Miami crowd.
That retirement now seems to be momentary, a lot to the chagrin of UFC CEO Dana White, who stated in October that Masvidal would “most likely not” combat for his promotion once more.
Masvidal has stayed busy in his break from MMA. This previous July, he met fellow former UFC star Nate Diaz in a boxing match at Honda Middle in Anaheim, Calif. Diaz defeated Masvidal by majority resolution to avenge a loss to Masvidal at UFC 244, the place Masvidal gained through minimize stoppage to turn into the primary BMF titleholder.
A veteran of 52 professional MMA bouts, Masvidal turned 40 this previous November. Along with his win over Diaz, Masvidal additionally scored notable wins in opposition to Ben Askren and Darren Until en path to combating for the UFC welterweight title. He fell quick in two bids in opposition to then-champion Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 and UFC 261, and is at the moment sitting on 4 straight losses.
