Jorge Masvidal Promises 'Just Violence' When He Meets Nate Diaz at UFC 244

Fans can probably predict the type of fight they’ll see in the inaugural “BMF belt” title fight at UFC 244, but just in case there was any doubt, Jorge Masvidal has promised “just violence” after the cage door shuts.

The main event pits two of the promotion’s most popular and reliably exciting fighters against one another in Masvidal and Nate Diaz. Masvidal is coming off two hugely impressive knockouts of Darren Till and Ben Askren, which has catapulted him into title contention. Diaz made a return to the Octagon last month after a three-year hiatus to dominate former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and win via unanimous decision.

The stage is now set for November, and on Saturday Masvidal told reporters backstage at UFC Mexico City that he’ll be extra motivated to fight someone with his same “kill or be killed” mentality (via MMAJunkie.com).

“I promise them just violence, totally, second to second,” Masvidal said. “I’m not going to stop until my heart stops or they have ended the fight. That’s my mentality for all my fights. In this fight, it’s a bit more because my opponent has the same mentality as me. He wants to destroy me completely, and that gives me the extra motivation that sometimes you need, that I haven’t had in years, to motivate me to wake up earlier, to go to bed earlier, to eat a little better when I’m not in Mexico, with more discipline.”

“Gamebred” maintains that as a prizefighter, the fans are paying for him to put on a show, and he hopes they get their money’s worth come November.

“I have to entertain the people,” Masvidal said. “If you have to pay the money that you work hard to earn, the people that work construction, the people that cut grass, have to pay money, that people have an option. They want to see violence, and if they want to see violence they’re going to pay for that and not going to choose him. They’re not going to pick the people that don’t give it their all in the sport, that don’t try to risk it, that want to win for the smallest thing, most minimal thing possible. I’m not like that. I want to win. I want to give it my all.”