"Just stay retired" - Fans react as "Journeyman" Jorge Masvidal announces date and venue for UFC comeback

Jorge Masvidal recently shared the details of his UFC comeback which has piqued the interest of many MMA fans worldwide. Some made fun of Masvidal for his octagon return, while others offered their opinions on who should be his next opponent.

In a recent appearance on the Fight Back podcast, Masvidal spoke to former UFC fighter Jake Shields and discussed his MMA return. The former BMF champion revealed that he will feature on UFC's April card in Miami next year and will know his opponent by December of this year. However, there is no official confirmation as of yet.

Masvidal said (via Home of Fight's X post):

''I'll be back April next year in the UFC. Hopefully by December we got the opponent and April, Miami card”

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Fans soon rushed to the comments section to share their reactions, with one fan mocking Masvidal, asking him to stay retired:

''He looked horrible in his past 3 fights, just stay retired''

Another expressed his desire for a rematch between Masvida and Colby Covington, writing:

''Journeyman is back. Possibly Him vs. Colby 2 in future''

Other fans wrote:

''I just have zero interested unless it’s against a pure striker I guess? I wouldn’t mind a Stephen matchup, potentially a Leon Edwards matchup maybe just for a YOLO? Anybody that’s a pure striker I wouldn’t mind''

''People keep calling for Mas vs. Colby 2. Why? That's a terrible stylistic matchup for Mas, and a rematch would just be a repeat of their first fight. I say possibly a rematch with Nate, or a fight with Nick [presuming he gets himself together in time]''.

Check out more reactions below:

Fan reactions [Screenshots courtesy: @Home_of_Fight on X]

Masvidal hung his gloves following a unanimous decision loss to Gilbert Burns at UFC 287 in April 2023. In his first combat sports appearance following his retirement, 'Gamebred' faced Nate Diaz in a boxing contest this year on July 6 and suffered a majority decision loss.

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Jorge Masvidal talks about the criticism he received for supporting Donald Trump

Despite being elected as the next president of the United States, Donald Trump has drawn a lot of criticism, and Jorge Masvidal was caught up in the harsh remarks directed at Trump.

In the aforementioned interview with Jake Shields, Masvidal claimed that in addition to the criticism, he lost a lot of money after publicly endorsing the real estate mogul:

''[I got] a ton of hate [for supporting Trump] and still do to this day... I did a video with [Donald Trump Jr.]... I'm talking about two or three days later, simultaneously, Facebook and YouTube unmonetized me.''

Check out Jorge Masvidal's comments below (41:32):