After Conor McGregor & Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal Becomes the 3rd Highest Paid UFC Fighter With New Deal

The UFC has become a sport in which people are willing to pay tremendous amounts of money to see entertainment in one of the rawest forms. The pillars of the sport are the fighters who choose to perform and fight at the same time. Jorge Masvidal is one of those pillars as of this moment.

Masvidal has always been an entertaining personality. His gangster personality and willingness to ‘Baptize’ his opponents in the octagon are true entertainment at the highest level. From his flying knee to Ben Askren to defeating Nate Diaz, who has culturally impacted the hoods of the West Coast, the BMF knows how to get a crowd going.

His contributions to the promotion have now borne fruit since sources have confirmed that Jorge Masvidal has accepted a new contract from the UFC that entitles him to a new pay slab.

Masvidal tweeted pictures of him signing the new contract with the following caption. “Thank you Hunter Cambell and @danawhite and my team @malkikawa @Abraham_kawa and @FirstRoundMgmt for making sure my kids will never go hungry again #blessed.”

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Per Malki Kawa’s tweet, ‘Gamebred’ sits in third place in the UFC. This means he is only behind Israel Adesanya in second place and Conor McGregor in the first, in terms of pay.

Jorge Masvidal is on his way to becoming the new money fight

Jorge Masvidal is one of the most entertaining fighters in the UFC. His demeanor and overall personality have helped him climb the notoriety ladder in the promotion steadily and swiftly. Win or lose, he always brings audiences to the arena in large numbers.

The UFC rewards, slowly and painstakingly. Therefore, Masvidal’s new contract serves as a testament to his hard work and tenacity for entertainment in this business.

A money fight, as the name suggests, is the ability on the part of a fighter to ensure that the fight secures immense PPV sales and in-house attendance.

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Conor McGregor has been doing it for the most part. Adesanya is stepping into those shoes, being the most active fighter now. Finally, Masvidal is on track to becoming one of the biggest money fights in the UFC. His stardom is evident as he is a rare name to have a non-title PPV main event fight.