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Jorge Masvidal says ‘someone else would’ve got baptised’ at UFC 244 if Nate Diaz was out
- ‘I was thinking King Kong or Godzilla,’ jokes Masvidal at media scrum
- ‘Gamebred’ laughs off idea of Kamaru Usman stepping in if Usada had suspended Nate Diaz for drugs test
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Jorge Masvidal would’ve been happy to “baptise someone else” at UFC 244 had Usada suspended Nate Diaz.
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A positive drugs test for elevated levels of a banned substance in Diaz’s out-of-competition sample threw the main event of Saturday night’s Madison Square Garden card into jeopardy last week.
Diaz was ultimately cleared to compete, but Masvidal was prepared to step into the Octagon without him.
“If they paid my handsome fee, for a fact someone else would have got baptised,” Masvidal told a media scrum. “I was thinking King Kong, Godzilla, one of those guys.
“As long as my fee’s matched, whoever they find that at that moment would be brave enough at 10 days’ notice … I don’t expect another professional to step up and be all, ‘Me, me, me’.”
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