5 reasons why the UFC should book a fight between Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal

#4. The trash talk prior to a fight between Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal would be amazing

Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal are both renowned for their trash talking abilities

Not only would a clash between Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal produce fireworks inside the octagon, but it’s likely that the trash talk between them prior to the fight would be just as explosive, too.

Both McGregor and Masvidal are masters of riling up their opponents on the microphone. Both men have produced some of the most memorable quips in UFC history, from McGregor’s brutal cutdowns of fighters like Donald Cerrone and Jeremy Stephens to Masvidal’s famous “two piece and a soda” insult towards Leon Edwards.

Late 2021 gave UFC fans a glimpse of what might come during a feud between the two, as McGregor decided to slam Masvidal on Twitter. He took shots at the fact that Masvidal withdrew from a fight with Edwards, as well as poking fun at his fashion sense.

In turn, ‘Gamebred’ hit out at ‘The Notorious’, suggesting he was “off his meds” and telling him to “go back to fighting old dudes in bars.”

Of course, one Twitter exchange pales in comparison to the kind of barbs that the Irishman and the Cuban-American would likely throw at one another should they be matched up.

In fact, the trash talk would probably be just as entertaining as the fight itself, meaning the UFC ought to book it purely because of that!

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#3. It’s a winnable fight for both men

A fight between Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor would be a winnable one for both men

Given that both Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor are not only two of the UFC’s biggest stars, but two of the promotion’s biggest drawing cards too, it makes sense for Dana White and company to ensure that neither man loses their luster too much.

Right now, though, both men are on the cusp of both appearing to be past their prime and, thanks to their trash-talking abilities, of slipping into the realm of self-parody, too.

McGregor has suffered back-to-back losses for the first time in his MMA career, as he was stopped twice by Dustin Poirier in 2021. In fact, ‘The Notorious’ has only won one fight since 2016, his January 2020 TKO of Donald Cerrone.

‘Gamebred’, meanwhile, is on a three-fight losing streak, with his two losses to Kamaru Usman being followed by his defeat at the hands of Colby Covington this weekend. The last time he won was his November 2019 stoppage of Nate Diaz.

With this considered, then, it wouldn’t make sense for the UFC to give either man a stylistically difficult bout. For instance, matching McGregor with Islam Makhachev or Masvidal with Khamzat Chimaev.

While matching Masvidal against McGregor would mean that one man would have to lose, the fact is that it’s a winnable fight for both fighters, meaning that at least one of them would regain some of their prior aura.

So, rather than risk both superstars suffering another loss next time out, it might be best for the UFC to sacrifice one in order to rebuild the other.