Jorge Masvidal finds himself in a very tricky spot in his UFC career after taking two losses to welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and one loss to top contender Colby Covington. Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier recently gave his take on the future of the Miami-based fighter.
Daniel Cormier explained that Jorge Masvidal would have to fight fighters that have less name value than he's used to. Masvidal has recently been fighting the biggest name the UFC has to offer him.
“Jorge Masvidal is gonna find himself in a position now where he’s gonna be fighting guys that have a little bit less name value than what he has fought before,” Cormier said on the latest episode of “DC & RC” podcast on ESPN. “Just very recently he was arguing with somebody online, but he told him that they weren’t worthy of the fight because they’re not known. I’m not exactly sure who it was but Masvidal was going back and forth with someone, and I believe that it has to be someone at that level.”
There was a name that Daniel Cormier suggested for Jorge Masvidal next. The UFC welterweight can still fight ranked fighters but they'll be outside of the top 5.
“It’s going to be a rising contender,” Cormier added. “A guy like a Sean Brady. Those types of guys that are on their way up. Maybe a Kevin Holland who is now starting to make some waves at 170 pounds. He’s gonna have to start fighting guys that are on the way up. I think right now because of the three losses in a row and the way in which he has lost, it’s time for him to either rebuild by beating these young up and comers or you start to open the door for some of these young guys to break in to the top five so I’m saying a young guy.”
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