Masvidal talks ‘heart breaking’ UFC decision to pull Gastelum from Mexico City card

Whether it’s some sort of curse or just a particular run of bad luck, Jorge Masvidal’s UFC career has been a bit of a mess when it comes to fight booking. Surrounding Masvidal’s 11 appearances in the Octagon, he’s been involved in some sort of fighter replacement or bout cancellation situation 8 times. That’s 8 fights in three years where half the fight (or even the whole thing) fell apart.

Sometimes it was on his end, like when he was supposed to fight Norman Parke at UFC Boston, and was replaced by Gleison Tibau. Sometimes he’s come in on short notice, like when he replaced Reza Madadi against Michael Cheisa at UFC on Fox 8. But, most of the time it’s been him getting booked for fights and his opponent withdrawing.

And while it’s fairly understandable when an opponent gets injured, or sick, it’s gotta be a real kick in the teeth when they get pulled by the promotion to fight a bigger “name.”. That’s the sting Masvidal is feeling now, after his TUF Latin America 3 Finale opponent, Kelvin Gastelum, was removed …

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