UFC 251: Kamaru Usman ‘terrorising’ Dana White to put Jorge Masvidal’s ‘BMF’ belt on the line
- White reiterates the ‘BMF’ title belt is a ‘one and done’ despite Usman’s desire to ‘throw it in my closet’
- Masvidal says he is fighting the ‘dorkiest’ fighter, not the ‘baddest’ in the main event on Fight Island
Dana White says Jorge Masvidal’s “BMF” belt will not be on the line against Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 this weekend.
“It is not on the line. Usman wants it to be on the line so bad, he will not stop texting me saying ‘I don’t understand why this belt isn’t on the line, this guy’s running around saying he’s the BMF champ, I wanna squash it all. He’s not gonna win my title, and I’m gonna take his BMF belt’,” White told TMZ.
“Believe me, Usman has not stopped terrorising me about this. I don’t know [if Masvidal will bring the belt]. That was like a one and done,” said White, adding that it was “absolutely brilliant” of Masvidal to take the fight.
“I want [Masvidal] to bring it. You gotta put that up, too. It’s not a title, it’s a participation medal like back at elementary school field days … they give you it just so you can feel good about yourself,” Usman said to MMA Junkie. The Nigerian-American is on an 11-fight win streak in the UFC.
“Do you think that guy’s sitting at home thinking, ‘Yes, I’m the BMF champion’? I want everything. I want to bring it so I can take it and throw it in my closet.”
Meanwhile, the 35-year-old Cuban-American Masvidal had a simple response when ESPN’s Ariel Helwani asked if his belt was up for grabs.
“You gotta be a BMF to put the belt on the line. I’m fighting the dorkiest. It doesn’t go that way,” he said.
