Jorge Masvidal has been in recent legal troubles stemming from an altercation with Colby Covington. His fighting future in the UFC has been murky but he recently opened up on his return and fired some shots at Conor McGregor.

Returning in 2022 won't be easy but Jorge Masvidal is planning on making a big comeback in the UFC later this year. The Florida-based fighter wants to make sure he's at his best when he comes back.

“This year, I’ll guaranteed return,” Masvidal told ESPN Deportes this week in Spanish (h/t MMA Junkie for English translation). “I don’t know the date yet. I think that with two fights, I can be in contention for the title or in a title contender fight.

“There are options, but the first thing that matters is me — to be in the best condition of my life, to improve the fight. Everyone knows that I can throw the hands, the kicks, the knees. People know that they can’t beat me with their hands, that they have to throw me into the fight. It’s something that I have to improve and find the formula for.”

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The conversation eventually became about Conor McGregor and the UFC welterweight did not hold back. Jorge Masvidal had some choice words for the Irishman.

“He is false. He knows that I am a man who hits hard and that I come to kill. I do not come to hug in the cage,” Masvidal said. “I am going to give everything inside me to kill him. I have a little size, although now he’s shooting up and putting steroids and all kinds of things (in his body), but he is still a little boy.

“I would love to fight at 170 pounds, but I don’t wait for anyone. If he wants to do it, I’ll break his face. If he doesn’t want to do it, let someone come next.”