Jorge Masvidal likens UFC to communist regime – ‘they own me until they cut me or I fight out my contract’
- ‘Gamebred’ claims the UFC kept extending his contract ‘to keep me locked up’ as fighter pay feud escalates
- Masvidal questions why other fighters like Conor McGregor, Jon Jones and Henry Cejudo are similarly ‘having issues’
Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal, the UFC’s fighter of the year in 2019, is accusing the promotion of tying him down with a non-negotiable contract.
“I’m in a contract that I had to take to get paid. Same way I got a new contract to fight [T]ill. Then a new contract to fight Nate. They keep extending the amounts of fights to my contract to keep me locked up and when I say I only want a [four] fight contract it’s take it or leave it,” he said.
“The negotiation is take it or leave it. If I lose you can cut me and not pay out the rest of the contract. If I win I’m not in a position to renegotiate the contract? My dad left a communist regime and has prepared me my whole life.
“Why are all the major names having issues? Conor [McGregor], [Jon] Jones, [Henry C]ejudo. We have to take it or retire. I love fighting and this is the fight of our lives.”