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Brad Pickett praises Jorge Masvidal ahead of UFC London: ‘He has fighting in his DNA’

The first thing that Jorge Masvidal did at the UFC London press conference was heap praise on his ATT teammate and former UFC fighter Brad Pickett.

“Gamebred” takes on Pickett’s countryman Darren Till in the main event of the London card this weekend, and “One Punch” admitted that he was pumped when he found out Masvidal got the nod to face “The Gorilla” as opposed to some other names that were floated in the rumor mill before the booking was made.

“People were talking about Darren Till being on this card against Colby Covington and Ben Askren and I was like ugh…I don’t really get excited for those kind of fights…but Masvidal…f*ck.