Jorge Masvidal has retired from MMA and will focus on promoting fights under his Gamebred FC banner. Read more about his decision and the future of his combat sports career.
| Jorge Masvidal Retires from MMA | Jorge Masvidal has retired from MMA and will focus on promoting fights under his Gamebred FC banner. He confirmed his retirement during a recent interview, stating that he has been competing for 20 years and wants to shift his attention to promoting fights. Masvidal has faced consecutive losses in the UFC and has decided to step away from the octagon. Only time will tell if he remains retired from combat sports. |
Jorge Masvidal Retires from MMA
After seeing calls for a potential BMF championship fight with recent symbolic title winner, Justin Gaethje shut down, inaugural gold holder, Jorge Masvidal has now cemented his retirement from combat sports, claiming he would put all his attention into promoting fights under his Gamebred FC banner.
Masvidal, a former two-time welterweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, most recently co-headlining an event on home soil in Miami back in April – suffering a fourth consecutive loss in the form of a decision defeat to Gilbert Burns.
In the time since, Masvidal has switched full focus to promoting his bare knuckle mixed martial arts organization, Gamebred FC – hosting a rematch between former UFC heavyweight champions, Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum over the course of the weekend.
However, weighing up potential comebacks against past-foe, Ben Askren, as well as the above-mentioned, Gaethje – whom he strapped BMF spoils on back in July, Masvidal was immediately shut down by the latter, who poked fun at his apparent weight gain.
Retirement from Combat Sports
Jorge Masvidal confirmed his extended retirement from MMA competition during a recent interview. He stated, "I’m retired, bro. I got fights to promote and stuff, and I love MMA, just right now, I just retired, man. I still try to go to the gym everyday, but that competition and a lot of the things that come with it, I just did it for 20 years."
Twice challenging former pound-for-pound number one, Kamaru Usman for undisputed welterweight gold in 2020 and 2021, respectively, Masvidal would first drop a short-notice decision loss to the Nigerian, before suffering a thunderous second round KO in the pair’s title rematch.
