MMA Champ Masvidal Says He’s Dead Serious, Wants to Break Canelo’s F*#king Face! Canelo Responds
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
Miami, FL (November 5th, 2019)– UFC 244 BMF champion Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal, a Cuban American from Miami, Florida, of American Top Team, 35-13 with 16 knockouts, the first breakout star on UFC in the ESPN era, whose title-winning victory forced Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev to play second fiddle second-tier attraction and sit on the coaches in their dressing rooms until after his DAZN match was over this past Saturday night, November 2, 2019, reiterated his challenge to immediately fight Alvarez next in 2020, and prove he’s the better fighter and better man. Masvidal has stated he will destroy Alvarez.
“I can box, and I want to break Canelo’s face,” Masvidal said in an exclusive interview with TUDN. “I can box, move, work different angles, and I feel like fighting him. Maybe it’s a sign (because) I fought (on the same night) and he did too. I want to have the opportunity to get in the ring with him.”
“I’m dead serious about trying to fight Canelo Alvarez. It would give me a nice little change. I’ll take my talents over there. I feel like I could shock the world. Is Canelo a better boxer than me? Has he thrown 10,000 jabs more than me because that’s what he does morning and night, just box? Yeah. He’s a better boxer. But….I can bring some elements boxers ain’t used to which are in the legal realm of boxing, and throw Canelo off his game. F*# yes, man! I’m a naturally bigger dude (than Canelo). I punch like a f*#king truck, so long as I’ve got those boxing gloves on (and I’m not afraid of breaking my hand because I’ve got that cast on). I feel like I could be a legitimate threat in there. Plus, I’m a little longer than him too (in terms of height and reach advantage). It’s different in a way, but (fellow MMA fighter) Conor McGregor, with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight, showed me a lot of things which were good and bad. I saw how they (professional boxers) just can’t read us MMA fighters as well as they can read a boxer, especially in the early insights of the fight.
The right hand, how they (professional boxers) throw it, and how we (MMA fighters) cover distance is (altogether) different. Those things give them problems. The calculations for those things get a little f*#ked up. I think I could throw enough wrenches in the system I could tag Canelo, and put him on his ass. I’d be going for the knockout obviously, and nothing else. This is not to disrespect Canelo, because I think Canelo’s a beast. It would be an honor to get in the ring with him. Canelo did say some sh#t , like no MMA fighters would be a challenge, and this and that. I beg to differ my brother. I would really love to be the guy to try and end his f*#ing face. (I will) Just destroy him. (I will) Just erase Canelo.”
Canelo, 53-1-2 with 36, knockouts, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, responded to TUDN in regards to Masvidal’s taunting challenge to fight him to TUDN: “For me, it is not a challenge to fight with a UFC fighter. I would do it if it represents good business (nice money). Mixed Martial Arts fighters do not present a challenge, nor a risk, because the styles and the way of fighting are very different. It’s as if you are fighting with a street fighter.”
However, if Canelo is offered cash to fight Masvidal on a par with Floyd’s bout with McGregor, Las Vegas may yet have another insane boxing versus MMA extravaganza on its hands. The lucrative concept of Alvarez versus Masvidal, if it ultimately occurs, is probably worth more to Alvarez than a match with Dmitry Bivol, Artur Beterbiev, any other champions, contenders, pretenders, or a Canelo step up to cruiserweight, and could be worth more to Vegas than Floyd versus McGregor was. The sports world has gone Canelo crazy, and Masvidal much just be the catalyst that breaks the bank for Canelo’s ultimate payday.
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