“BMF” champion Jorge Masvidal drew some praise for agreeing to fight Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 on six days’ notice. But apparently, American Top Team owner Dan Lambert didn’t like the idea in the beginning.
“I found out Gilbert dropped out because Jorge called me at like 1 o’clock in the morning,” Lambert told BJPenn.com. “He said hey, I’ll take that fight, let’s make some calls. I didn’t want him to [take it]. I tried to talk him out of it.
“That is like less than a week from today in Abu Dhabi, halfway around the world like are you out of your mind?