Jorge Masvidal will be challenging for the UFC Welterweight Championship this Saturday at UFC 261. ‘Gamebred’ will be taking on dominant Champ Kamaru Usman in a rematch from their 2020 encounter.
Speaking on UFC Countdown, Masvidal said that he is no way afraid of the power on the 170lb UFC king,.
‘I definitely learned things in the first fight that I learned for the rematch” Jorge Masvidal began. “The first thing being, he hits not hard, at all. He’s one of the softest hitters I’ve ever been in front of, period.”
Jorge Masvidal on Kamaru Usman
“God didn’t bless him with that manliness where he can hurt another man with his fists” Masvidal continued. “It must suck to live that. The game in both of us, mine is way better, in game, I mean the ability to fight through pain and fatigue. This guy is not a mean person.”
The Welterweight division in the UFC is once again starting to look more and more stacked. The likes of Leon Edwards, Nate Diaz and Colby Covington could be waiting in the wings for the winner of this fight at UFC 261.
Here’s the full card for UFC 261 on Saturday 24. The show is available to purchase on ESPN+ or BT Sport:
MAIN CARD
- MAIN EVENT – UFC Welterweight Championship Fight: Kamaru Usman (c) vs Jorge Masvidal
- UFC Strawweight Championship Fight – Weili Zhang (c) vs Rose Namajunas
- UFC Flyweight Title Fight – Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs Jessica Andrade
- Uriah Hall vs Chris Weidman (Middleweight)
- Anthony Smith vs Jim Crute (Light Heavyweight)
PRELIMS
- Alex Oliveira vs Randy Brown (Welterweight)
- Dwight Grant vs Stefan Sekulic (Welterweight)
- Karl Roberson vs Brendan Allen (Middleweight)
- Patrick Sabatini vs Tristan Connelly (Featherweight)
EARLY PRELIMS
- Danaa Batgerel vs Kevin Natividad (Bantamweight)
- Kazula Vargas vs Rongzhu (Lightweight)
- Aoriqileng vs Jeffrey Molina (Flyweight)
- Na Liang vs Ariane Carnelossi (Strawweight)
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