Jorge Masvidal has said a lot of his fellow UFC fighters will be “mad” when they find out how much money he’s making to fight Nate Diaz at Madison Square Garden. The two will go at it in the main event of UFC 244, for the honour of being crowned the “baddest [expletive] in the game” with a special gimmick “BMF” belt even on the line. UFC president Dana White said the fight “took on a life of its own” among fans with tickets almost sold out already. “A lot of people are gonna be mad when they see this [pay cheque],” Masvidal told Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show . “I’d rather say a lot of people are gonna be happy, but seeing how a lot of my colleagues have been talking and stuff, when they actually find out these numbers … ‘Wah! That’s not fair man!’” he added, mimicking a baby crying. The fight is undoubtedly the biggest to date for the 34-year-old Masvidal, who has surged in popularity in 2019 after back-to-back stunning knockouts of Darren Till and Ben Askren. Jorge Masvidal laughs off Colby Covington’s ‘sex symbol gimmick’ – ‘he doesn’t get girls like that’ “And you can’t even say nothing because when you look at my resume, what I’ve been doing, how long I’ve been doing it. Not just the UFC, before the UFC. I deserve these pay cheques and then some,” said Masvidal. The Cuban-American is 34-13 over a 14-year professional career. He has never been finished in the UFC, and holds the record for split decision losses (6). “On November 2, not only am I charging for all this year’s work, but it’s compound interest. It’s been building up for a long time,” he added. “I’m this credit company that’s coming in to collect. Man, I got some interest rates to apply. I’m not somebody you wanna owe money to.”