UFC: Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz reignite BMF title flame after Twitter feud – ‘hope you upgraded your abs routine’

‘Gamebred’ Masvidal reminds fans of his win last year after Nate Diaz claims he is the ‘pound for pound baddest’ fighter

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Jorge Masvidal defeats Nate Diaz for the BMF title at UFC 244 in Madison Square Garden in 2019. Photo: USA Today

Published: 4:29pm, 25 May 2020Updated: 1:47am, 27 May 2020

Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz appear to have reignited their “BMF” feud from last year, fuelling rumours of a rematch.

Masvidal (35-13), who beat Diaz via third-round doctor’s stoppage to win the UFC’s one-off ‘BMF’ title at UFC 244 last November, was originally touted to fight welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. The promotion’s president Dana White later said he had “something interesting” in store for the Cuban-American.

After Diaz (20-12) tweeted out that he was in fact “[pound for pound] the baddest m*********** here” – likely in response to former opponent Conor McGregor’s self-picked GOAT rankings – Masvidal said “I bet do differ #1of1.”

The pair of 35-year-olds, who have not fought since the crowning of the UFC’s self-titled “baddest man on the planet”,proceeded to go back and forth without explicitly replying to each other.

Masvidal continued, “Hope you upgraded your abs routine #supernecessary”, with a photo of him body-kicking American Diaz in their previous fight.