Jorge Masvidal Explains His Desire To Compete At UFC White House Event

UFC veteran Jorge Masvidal has given his thoughts on possibly competing at the UFC White House event.

As we know, Jorge Masvidal has been teasing the idea of a return to mixed martial arts for quite some time now. Those calls intensified after the UFC White House event was announced, with ‘Gamebred’ being a notable supporter of US president Donald Trump.

Whether or not the promotion has any interest in Jorge Masvidal fighting remains to be seen, but given the name value he has thanks to his epic 2019-2021 run, it certainly wouldn’t be out of the question for him to be considered.

In a recent interview, Jorge Masvidal had the following to say about the White House show.

Jorge Masvidal looks ahead to UFC White House

“If they call me up today or tomorrow, I’ll pretty much drop everything to be in that White House, because it’s a different moment in time and I think it will never happen again,” Masvidal told MMA Fighting. “It will just be cool to [have] another notch but I don’t know what’s going to happen. We haven’t really received too much word.”

“I know I’m coming back,” Masvidal said. “Let’s say in the fall. I don’t know if it’s the White House or it’s a big boxing event — massive, like one of the year’s bigger boxing events. When it gets announced, it’ll break the internet. We haven’t got the word, we haven’t finalized the contract but we’re almost there.

“I have this massive opportunity that the UFC is allowing me [to take]. They’re not cutting me or nothing, they’re just allowing me to go do it, and I’m still part of the company. I still work with the company closely on other things. They’re just allowing me to go box and get this money. But it’s huge money. It’s very, very good money for myself and my family and the exposure of it. If I don’t get the White House, I get it. I’m not as happy as I could be but I’m also not mad at all because I’m going to be all right.”

Quotes via MMA Fighting