Record shattered, undefeated record shattered. Giving himself enough time to land two “super necessary” punches to the unconscious head of Askren, Masvidal was the new record holder of the fastest knockout in UFC history at five seconds flat. When the fight had begun, Masvidal, hands behind his back took a second against the cage before running at an all out sprint and landing an earth shaking flying knee to a now completely stiff, Ben Askren. The grin just wouldn’t leave his face and we found out why. Fight night, he walked to the Octagon with a little more swagger than ever before.
Masvidal wasn’t dodging eye contact, wasn’t getting frustrated or appearing dominated.
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Most of Askren’s opponents become mentally overwhelmed and soon enough physically as well, Masvidal made a mortal out of the former Olympian.Īt the faceoffs, Askren tried burrowing under the skin of “Gamebred” and something seemed off. It was one of the only times anybody had engaged in verbal sparring with him and it wasn’t having the intended result. That plan from beginning to end was a failure when he was slated to take on Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239.Įvery small comment seemed to irritate Masvidal further and further. After peaking the fans’ interest by being the lovable antagonist, “Funky” fights his fight, wins and calls it a day. Witty, irritating prefight chatter is Askren’s weapon of choice. With some of the best wrestling in all of MMA, Askren isn’t exactly winning fans over via flash. These days, it’s hard to find Masvidal without his hands behind his back and the smirk that says, “you saw what can happen.”īen Askren was an appropriately hyped undefeated champion of basically every promotion he’s fought in and a legendary college wrestler. After all was said and done, Masvidal did more damage to Leon Edwards in his three second retaliation than he received in three rounds of the co-main. Landed multiple shots to the face of Edwards before both men were heavily restrained. Hands behind his back, Masvidal calmly walked over, didn’t wait for another word to be spoken. Nevermind the post-fight press conference, nevermind the rolling cameras, nevermind the interview. After a decision win over Gunnar Nelson, Edwards appeared to be trying to build his next fight when he set his sights on Jorge Masvidal despite “Gamebred” being preoccupied with a backstage interview. Mid-interview, Masvidal found himself being chirped at by English welterweight, Leon Edwards. The last king of the most brutal YouTube rabbit hole that stole the attention of the world in the mid to late 2000’s, Jorge Masvidal.Īfter Masvidal’s UFC London knockout over Darren Till that not only earned him Fight of the Night, but Performance of the night also, he also found himself close to pulling in a second performance of the night after the show. High-top shoes squeaking on concrete, jean shorts, ponytail and no shirt, Masvidal was a man among boys as he threw calculated strikes, circled, evaded punches and defeated Ray not once but twice. It isn’t a 305 party without Jorge Masvidal. His protégé, Ray, was thought to take over as the face of backyard, bare-knuckled brawls but come on. Before long he was a household name and in the UFC. The hard-hitting, seemingly unbeatable Slice was seen destroying face after face barehanded in the back yard. The man who put a face to the nameless backyard fighters was Kimbo Slice.
Random searches as far as the imagination could take a person took a lot of people down a street fight rabbit hole. By early career we don’t mean when Masvidal took Raphael Assuncao to decision only to turn around and knock out Joe Lauzon in his sixth and seventh fight, respectively.īefore Twitch, SnapChat or Vine, YouTube was your one stop shop for almost any kind of entertainment.
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