Eight months after saying his retirement at UFC 287, Jorge Masvidal on Monday tweeted he’s “unretired.”
The 2-time UFC welterweight title challenger added nothing past his one-word message, and he didn’t instantly reply to a request for added remark from MMA Preventing.
This previous October, Masvidal focused a return to competitors in boxing after twenty years in MMA.
“No names proper now, however I can let you know it’s early subsequent 12 months, and I can let you know any person goes to get killed,” Masvidal informed ESPN.com.
BKFC Mike Perry lately focused Masvidal for a bare-knuckle battle, although Masvidal indicated he’d want gloved fight on account of his lengthy profession in fight sports activities.
Masvidal hung up his gloves in April after a lopsided resolution loss to Gilbert Burns, his fourth straight setback within the octagon since a failed bid for the UFC welterweight title towards then-champ Kamaru Usman at UFC 251. Masvidal rematched Usman 9 months later with a full coaching camp and was brutally knocked out by Usman at UFC 261.
Within the wake of his retirement, Masvidal pivoted to promotion, serving because the figurehead for a bare-knuckle MMA promotion that bore his nickname, “Gamebred.” This previous November, the promotion held its sixth occasion with UFC vets Alan Belcher and Roy Nelson assembly in the primary occasion.
Throughout an look this previous April on The MMA Hour, Masvidal didn’t fully shut the door on a return to preventing however stated it will take “one thing loopy” to get him again into competitors, including he’d want the UFC’s permission.
It’s unclear if Masvidal’s announcement means the MMA chief has given the inexperienced mild to a return.
Previous to his four-fight skid, Masvidal rocketed to stardom with three highlight-reel wins: a knockout of Darren Until; a record-setting flying knee knockout of Ben Askren; and a TKO stoppage of Nate Diaz to say the inaugural “BMF” belt.