“If I see that dude at Whole Foods, I’m going to slap that dude up because I don’t like him.”
Despite scoring a Knockout of the Year candidate against Ben Askren at UFC 239, Jorge Masvidal is still not done with the former Bellator and ONE FC welterweight champion.
Masvidal, 34, laid Askren unconscious with a flying knee at just 0:05 seconds of the first round, setting a new record for the fast knockout in UFC history.
Despite this unparalleled feat, ‘Gamebred’ said his beef with Askren isn’t over and warned ‘Funky’ not to cross him on the street.
“There’s not too many people I’ve disliked more,” Masvidal said at the UFC 239 post-fight press conference, per BJPenn.com’s Adam D Martin. “I have over 50 pro fights and he’s one of them,” Masvidal said. “He talked about my manhood, he talked about my culture, my ethnicity. Where do we draw the line? Why do certain people get to do stuff online? So everything is cool before the fight? Other fighters are talking about people’s religions, wife, even kids? That’s cool? But after a fight I’m not allowed to showboat and rub it in your face so guys think ‘maybe I shouldn’t talk so much sh*t because when I cross these real mother f*ckers they’re going to make me pay for it, they’re going to embarrass the sh*t out of me.’”
.@GamebredFighter has no time for fans complaining about a few punches to Ben Askren after he connected with his flying knee at #UFC239:
“They were super necessary. The referee hadn’t pulled me off.”
Watch full video: https://t.co/jtuf0GTsH6 pic.twitter.com/XFixvEoRCe
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) July 7, 2019
“It’s not over for Ben,” Masvidal said.” If I see that dude at Whole Foods, I’m going to slap that dude up because I don’t like him.”
Although it hasn’t been made official, Masvidal is expected to challenge newly-crowned champ Kamaru Usman for the official welterweight title later this year.