“Rematch against Nate Diaz at UFC 300?” – Jorge Masvidal SHOCKS fighting world with sudden U-turn from retirement leaving fans in splits

Jorge Masvidal announces his comeback from retirement. As such, questions arise who would the former BMF champion face in his comeback.

“Rematch against Nate Diaz at UFC 300?” – Jorge Masvidal SHOCKS fighting world with sudden U-turn from retirement leaving fans in splits

Jorge Masvidal unretires to make a comeback to the fighting world (via IMAGO)

After garnering four consecutive losses, Jorge Masvidal retired from professional fighting in 2023. Now, ‘Gamebred’ shocked the fighting world with his announcement of coming back. Masvidal took to X to state himself as ‘unretired’. This has fans speculating about potential fights for the former UFC title challenger.

Jorge Masvidal competed in the promotion for nearly a decade. As such, his retirement in 2023 was a sad ending to a commendable career. However, his return from retirement had fans excited. But still, it was unclear whether he would compete in the UFC or fight elsewhere like pursuing boxing.

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Jorge Masvidal last fought Gilbert Burns in April 2023. As such, he announced his retirement in the octagon after losing the bout. In his retirement speech, he mentioned not feeling the same emotion in a cage. Consequently, ‘Gamebred’ announced his retirement and acknowledged his fighting career spanning almost 20 years with more than 50 fights.

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Two big highlights of his career were finishing Ben Askren in just 5 seconds of the fight and capturing the BMF belt against Nate Diaz in UFC 244.

Since his retirement, Jorge Masvidal promoted his bare-knuckle fight promotion ‘Gamebred MMA‘. But, now, he has other duties to take care of as he announced himself unretired. Some rumors had him fighting in UFC 300. But, there was no official news and the only known factor was Masvidal was returning to the fighting world.

Fans react to Jorge Masvidal’s announcement of coming back to fighting

Fight fans were thrilled about the return of Masvidal. ‘Gamebred’ earlier had an impressive career of 52 fights, winning 35. He competed in leading MMA promotions like Strikeforce and the UFC for the majority of his career. So, fans wondered if he would return to the UFC for the upcoming historic fight card of UFC 300.

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Jorge Masvidal to return to professional fighting (via IMDb)

UFC 300 earlier received criticism for not having any potential superstars in the fight card. As such, Jorge Masvidal’s rumored addition would serve as a huge attraction for the fight fans.

However, ‘Gamebred’ didn’t hint at any of it as he just stated himself as ‘unretired’. But, this didn’t hold the fans from imagining potential comeback fights for him. As such, here are some exciting reactions from the fans:

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Fight fans’ first impression was he was to return to fight in UFC 300. As such, they wanted him to go against his former opponent Nate Diaz in a rematch. However, a few also suggested he take on his arch-enemy Colby Covington in a rematch again. Also, a few speculated about bare-knuckle fighting. Although there were a lot of questions surrounding Masvidal’s comeback, fight fans were overall excited bout it.

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