“A BMF Doesn’t Care About the Pay”: UFC World Erupts as Jorge Masvidal Refuses to Defend His “Fake” Belt Against Gilbert Burns

UFC 287 began gaining momentum as soon as Dana White announced the cards. Undeniably, the stacks are packed for an adrenaline roller coaster. With the main event being Alex Pereira’s rematch with Israel Adesanya, and the co-main event with Jorge Masvidal landing against Gilbert Burns, the card could be a contender for being an all-time classic.

However, Burns’ desire to get the championship belt hasn’t gone unnoticed. He recently took to Twitter and asked the UFC president to make the fight go five rounds and asked Masvidal to put the BMF belt on the line. However, on his appearance on ‘The MMA Hour’, ‘Gamebred’ refused to comply, reasoning that the UFC won’t hike the money if he fought for the title. Without a doubt, the act upset the fans when Masvidal’s words found their way to the social media platforms.

Fans diss Jorge Masvidal for not giving up the BMF belt

‘Durinho’, although a three-time world champion in grappling, is yet to win the UFC championship belt. To put his dreams into motion, the Brazilian previously put forth his voice in a tweet. He wrote, “Come on @danawhite April 8 has to be 5 rounds! Put that belt on the line! Everybody knows It’s only one guy in the @ufc that fights ANYONE!”

Ariel Helwani touched on the topic as he recently invited Masvidal to his show where he asked if the fighter was ready to put the BMF belt on the line. However, ‘Gamebred Fighter’ had no intention of giving up that belt.

Masvidal said, “If they pay me BMF money. UFC ain’t going to up the money so, sorry Gilbert.” Undoubtedly, the words reached social media. The fans were completely unhappy with what Masvidal said. The fans took to the comments section and dissed the welterweight contender.

Here’s what the fans said:

• A bmf doesn’t care about the pay jorge.
• That’s how you know he’s not the BMF lol.
• Masvidal holding this imaginary belt with all of his efforts. Damn…
• Holding onto a fake belt. Yikes.
• MasvidaL still holding on to that BMF thing? That’s like holding a WWF belt.
• Bro, he’s so scared of gilbert. Easy money for gilbert, and go for the title one more time.
• The downfall of Jorge is insane.
• Gilbert was able to survive khamzat I doubt Jorge would be able to survive that. Easy win for burns.
• That don’t sound very BMF of masvidal.
• Bro never gonna give it up.
• Man’s gonna take that belt with him to the grave.
• Jorge is not the lineal BMF champion.

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As the world lies in wait for Masvidal and Burns to step foot inside the Octagon, Daniel Cormier shared some pointers to why Masvidal must earn a win against ‘Durinho’.

Daniel Cormier believes that ‘Gamebred’ must win against ‘Durinho’ 

Right after the fight’s announcement, Cormier voiced his thoughts, reiterating that Masvidal needed to win against Burns. He disclosed that it was supposed to be Masvidal vs. Burns in Brazil. However, that wasn’t what happened, and Burns won his bout against Neil Magny. 

DC further reasoned that for Masvidal to get back into the mix, he was in dire need of a victory against Burns. DC said, “Because you beat Gilbert Burns and you are Masvidal with his star power and you’re right back in the mix.”

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Whom are you going to support at the UFC 287 co-main event? Do you think Masvidal should put the BMF on the line? Let us know in the comments down below.