![]() ![]() “He still made mistakes, and I capitalized on them, but they weren’t as big as I wanted them to be. “I was like, ‘You know what? No man – I feel like I can knock him out,'” he said. But Masvidal felt he was so in control of the fight that such a tactic – undoubtedly designed to sway judges who often interpret top control as a winning position – wasn’t necessary. “It makes no damn sense.”īefore the fight’s third round, as Masvidal’s move-and-counter strategy had been well-established, a cornerman suggested he take Iaquinta to the mat. “So basically in my next fight, I can eat all the punches I want as long as I come forward and have a big smile on my face and yell at the crowd, ‘ F-ck you,'” he said. They didn’t count that.”īut Masvidal is also pondering a larger point: Is his counter-punching strategy destined to fail when his bouts go to the scorecards? “In boxing and in MMA or any organization, you throw a strike, I counter with a strike, and your hand touches the canvas and you wobble on the way back up, that’s a knockdown. “He threw a low kick, and boom, I dropped him with a right,” Masvidal said. Masvidal cites punch stats, which have him outlanding Iaquinta in significant strikes, and a brief knockdown in the second round as two examples of his dominance. But the two other judges, Cardo Urso and Dave Tirelli, awarded Iaquinta the second and third rounds after he was dropped to the canvas and nearly finished in the opening frame. One judge, Doug Crosby, gave every round to Masvidal, 30-27. ![]() So when people are saying he was more active, how? If you’re just swinging at the air, is that active?” “The percentage wasn’t even close, and I threw even more. “I landed at a much higher percentage of what I threw,” Masvidal said. Masvidal, though, is left only with questions after his loss to Iaquinta, which snapped a three-fight winning streak and handed “The Ultimate Fighter 15” runner-up his fourth straight victory, opening the door to ranked opposition, and, of course, a title shot. The fight served as the event’s co-headliner on FOX Sports 1.Ĭontrary to Masvidal’s implication, Iaquinta was was not among four medical suspensions handed out by the Virginia Professional Boxing, Wrestling, and Martial Arts Advisory Board – despite a generous cut he suffered in the first round. Masvidal (28-9 MMA, 5-2 UFC), of course, was referring to his UFC Fight Night 63 opponent, Al Iaquinta (12-3-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC), who took home a controversial split-decision win at the event this past Saturday at Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. ![]() “Jorge can say yes, and guess who has to sit out for 60 days or whatnot and wait until the doctor says, ‘OK, you’re good enough to fight now, boy.'” “If (the UFC) called me right now and they’re like, ‘So-and-so needs to get his ass whipped, Jorge, you want to some easy money?'” Masvidal said. Signing off from an interview today with MMAjunkie Radio, UFC lightweight Jorge Masvidal made his feelings known in the form of a question, for which he also provided an answer. ![]()
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