I dagens MMA ser man alltmer fighters utmana varandra på sociala medier, välja sina motståndare och undvika andra på vägen.
Det här är något UFCs welterviktare Jorge Masvidal anser måste försvinna och att om det inte gör det står sportens framtid på spel, det här säger han i en intervju med FloCombat.
I see all kinds of things happening that need to stop. I see people dressing up at weigh-ins and doing this and that, and promoting yourself is something you have to do so don’t get me wrong, but you have to pack all that shut up when it’s time to get in that cage and fight. You have to put that shit away and really throw down, but it’s becoming more about antics than it is fighting these days.
Things could really drop off if things don’t change because there is more action going on the social media front than inside the cage. The fighting is what matters, and we have to stay true to that. And that’s me talking as a fan. This is the sport I grew up loving — and still watch if I watch anything at all — and I want to see guys who are there to scrap, not play their role on social media and fucking fight once year. I don’t know what the fuck is up with that.
I Masvidals ögon blir utövare alltmer fokuserade på underhållningen första hand och matchen i andra.
That season has been underway for a long time. These hoes — and there are a lot of them — these hoes are turning my beautiful sport into something else. They are disgracing this thing I love. What happened to guys stepping in and fighting three or four times a night to find out who was the toughest, baddest motherfucker on the planet?
We don’t have to go back to fighting several times in one night, but these dudes who are picking and choosing [are] crazy to me. There are even champions doing it now and it’s fucking crazy to me.
There’s a bunch of hoes in this business, and they got to get slapped.
UFCs mästare i mellanvikt Michael Bisping är någon som Masvidal ser som frontifur för den nya trenden och påstår att Bisping duckar motståndare och hittade på sin skada.
I’m talking about guys who don’t want to do it because they are scared and know they are about to get exposed. That’s what Hoe Slap Season is about: exposing these hoes one slap at a time.
People judge (UFC welterweight champion Tyron) Woodley but he went out there and performed four times in one year. Whether you liked his performance or not, you can’t deny the dude is out there working. Other guys like Yoel (Romero) are out there working and finishing people. He should have had the title shot, but instead Bisping made up an injury and got the pass.
Masvidal, en veteran från Miami street game knuckle hustle, pratar även i intervjun med FloCombat om en eventuell match med strikern Stephen Thomson och säger att det är den enda matchen som är vettig om man ser på hur welterviktsdivisionen ser ut just nu.
Wonderboy is the fight that makes sense because he’s ranked No. 2 right now in the division. Plus, it’s a fight that matches up two of the best strikers in the division. Kind of the same thing with the [Donald Cerrone] fight. We were a stand-up war, and we delivered. Violence is what everyone wanted to see in that fight, and they sure as fuck got it.
You sign me and Thompson up, and that’s what you are going to see again. You’re going to see violence. You’re going to see me trying to knock his head off and him trying to survive. That’s going to be something people are going to tune in to watch.
That’s the fight I want because that is the fight that puts me where I want to be in this division. It’s also a chance to solidify my place in things where I can prove if you stand up with me you’re going to sleep.
Masvidal berättar även att han inte skulle tveka på att möta någon från sitt eget American Top Team om titeln stod på spel. Både den nuvarande mästaren Tyron Woodley och den forne mästaren och top-contendern Robbie Lawler tränar under American Top Team men Masvidal skulle inte tveka på att möta någon av dem om det skulle krävas.
We are talking about a title and lots of money, man. We are talking about money that feeds our children. Whoever gets in there and gets that title fight gets longtime money, so obviously when it comes to that nothing gets in the way. For me, it doesn’t matter who it is. Whoever has that belt is getting it.
I don’t want to fight a teammate, but if it’s for the strap we’ll do it. The guys I train with every day and you help one another improve your games… those aren’t the guys I want to fight. But if the belt is on the line it’s different. When Woodley and I fight for the belt, we are going to have to put the friendship aside and just go. There’s nothing more to it because that’s just how it has to be.
The title is what I would fight anyone for. I’m really close to Robbie, and we are really good friends, but if the belt was on the line, we are fighting because in doing so we are going to feed our families for a very long time after. There’s no contemplating that one because our families will be well taken care of. And we are both eating.
[If] it’s for the belt, we have an understanding that it’s going down. Hell yeah, it’s going down.
