{"id":396366,"date":"2022-07-08T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=396366"},"modified":"2022-07-08T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T14:26:09","slug":"do-whats-gotten-you-here-jorge-masvidal-rubbishes-gilbert-burns-challenge-to-fight-without-takedowns-in-a-potential-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/do-whats-gotten-you-here-jorge-masvidal-rubbishes-gilbert-burns-challenge-to-fight-without-takedowns-in-a-potential-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Do What\u2019s Gotten You Here&#8217;- Jorge Masvidal Rubbishes Gilbert Burns&#8217; Challenge to Fight Without Takedowns in a Potential Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC megastar Jorge Masvidal grabbed attention with recent comments he made on \u2018The Fighter vs The Writer\u2019. \u2018Gamebred\u2019 responded to a call-out issued by former title challenger Gilbert Burns that saw the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace promise to sign a contract that wouldn\u2019t allow him to attempt takedowns in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>He essentially agreed to engage in a stand-up battle with Jorge Masvidal in what will certainly be a main event bout.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/full-send-reporter-explains-how-a-meme-caused-nate-diaz-to-stockton-slap-him-at-ufc-276\/\">Full Send Reporter Explains How a Meme Caused Nate Diaz to Stockton Slap Him at UFC 276<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Jorge Masvidal shut down the idea of fighting Gilbert Burns in a fight that disbarred Gilbert Burns from taking him down. In fact, he encouraged Burns to<em> \u2018do what\u2019s gotten you here\u2019<\/em> and clearly wants to test himself against a grappling wizard like Gilbert Burns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Go use my code BMF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hq2odbXfjh\">https:\/\/t.co\/hq2odbXfjh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hRSx3Om2Wq\">pic.twitter.com\/hRSx3Om2Wq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jorge Masvidal (@GamebredFighter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamebredFighter\/status\/1536516729794355201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t want Gilbert to sign no contract that says no takedowns. Do your game, my brother. Do what\u2019s gotten you here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know he\u2019s a world champion in [Brazilian jiu-jitsu]. I\u2019m trying to work on my grappling, always trying to get better. So do everything that God has allowed you to do and blessed you to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Masvidal certainly expressed an interest to engage in a scrap with Burns and he\u2019s keen to tango with Burns especially after that the Brazilian showcased in his last fight against Khamzat Chimaev. Before his interest for facing Conor McGregor turned up, Masvidal had only one name on his mind- Gilbert Burns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Training With <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilbertDurinho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GilbertDurinho<\/a> Today In Newport &#8211; This Man Is Going To Be Taking Heads Of Soon! \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BjHCDxcfvZ\">pic.twitter.com\/BjHCDxcfvZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JAKE (@JakeGagain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeGagain\/status\/1545206038923603968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDefinitely a fight that interests me,\u201d Masvidal said about Burns. \u201cBefore the Conor fight came up, that\u2019s the one that called me out and I was like, this is a guy that comes to fight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe whole world doesn\u2019t know him but they will, because he comes to fight. He\u2019s going to try and choke you out, knock you out, and just has a good style. I like the fight.\u201d<\/em> [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/7\/8\/23197927\/jorge-masvidal-welcomes-fight-against-gilbert-burns-but-declines-offer-for-no-takedowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Masvidal also provided some clarity about a possible return date as he\u2019s still engaged in a legal battle over his fall-out with Colby Covington.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colby Covington\u2019s chipped tooth from his altercation with Jorge Masvidal in Miami. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuMNoPYd5m\">pic.twitter.com\/DuMNoPYd5m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAHistoryToday\/status\/1521248635765239809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOnce some of these legal issues I\u2019ve got going on [are settled], I\u2019m setting a date,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cThat\u2019s another reason why we\u2019re not setting dates right now, because I\u2019ve just got to figure out some things and then we\u2019ll lock it in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC megastar Jorge Masvidal grabbed attention with recent comments he made on \u2018The Fighter vs The Writer\u2019. \u2018Gamebred\u2019 responded to a call-out issued by former title challenger Gilbert Burns that saw the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace promise to sign a contract that wouldn\u2019t allow him to attempt takedowns in the fight. He essentially agreed to engage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":396367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}