Conor McGregor heard Jorge Masvidal’s latest attempts to goad him into a fight — and he’s not impressed.
Masvidal, who has been lobbying for this matchup for several weeks, recently stated to MMA Fighting that McGregor’s silence regarding the possibility of a bout had spoken volumes.
“Conor does not want to fight,” Masvidal said to Damon Martin, MMA Fighting. “If he did he’d post something, he’d say something. He’d probably just insult my mom or some relative of mine or my nation where I come from. He’ll say something like that but he won’t say anything about a fight or a fight date. So the Conor thing, he just wants it ‘I hope it goes away’ because he really doesn’t want to fight. He does not mention or speak of [me].
” I think cocaine is the only thing that will make him want to get up from his bed. That’s OK, every man has a free will. It’s your choice. But don’t say you’re a fighter and don’t take cheap shots at me, especially the things that he’s been saying, talking about my legal problems and this and that,” Masvidal continued.
“You’re a f****** p****. We could do it man-to-man in the cage and just once and for all and get paid a handsome reward while doing it. So if this individual doesn’t want to do it, [because] he knows what’s going to happen.”
McGregor responded to Masvidal’s challenger for the UFC title on Tuesday. However, it might not have been what Masvidal was looking for.
Insult your mom? What a loser you are mate. Your mom and me get along.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 29, 2022
“Insult your mom? What a loser you are mate. Me and your mom get along,” McGregor said in response to a clip of Masvidal’s quotes.
McGregor is expected to return to action by the end of 2022 or in early 2023, according to UFC president Dana White. Despite rumors of McGregor’s return coming in a boxing rematch against Floyd Mayweather, White assured on Monday that the former two-division champion’s next bout will be in a UFC cage. McGregor has been sidelined since suffering a gruesome broken leg in his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier in July 2021.
Masvidal told MMA Fighting this week that he hopes to fight again before the end of 2022, however those plans could change depending on how his current legal issues play out relating to his alleged assault on former opponent Colby Covington.
However, McGregor said that McGregor’s fight with him would make “maybe the most important pay-per view fight in UFC history.”
“I think we’d shatter all numbers, all previous records,” Masvidal said.
