Speaking on a recent episode of ESPN’s Le Batard and Friends STUpodity podcast (h/t Andrew McNicol of South China Morning Post), Masvidal credited McGregor for his first-round TKO win over Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 and believes fighting the Irishman after he’s disposed of Usman will make for ‘the biggest fight in combat sports’.
“He’s talking a lot of [expletive] – he doesn’t want this,” Masvidal said said. “He could have cut the sickest promo of his life and had everyone talking about it.
“We kind of understand where he’s going. There are certain things he said on the microphone like he doesn’t feel he’s up to speed and needs to work on this or that. I get it, man. Go back in there, there’s no rush.
“When you feel you’re ready for it, let’s do it. I’ll go [expletive] up [welterweight champion Kamaru] Usman, meanwhile.”
“He looked good and a considerable size from before … a lot of the stuff he’s always done he’s really good at.