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Jorge Masvidal Blasts Neil Magny for Allegedly Turning Down Fight at UFC Liverpool

Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Neil Magny was scheduled to face Gunnar Nelson at UFC Fight Night 130 on May 27 in Liverpool, England. However, Nelson was forced to pull out of the bout after sustaining an injury and Jorge Masvidal publicly stated said would be happy to step in for Nelson, but the fight never came to fruition as negotiations broke down.

Magny posted the following on Instagram in relation to the fight with Masvidal:

"It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared for it" #mma #ufc #ufcliverpool #martialarts #professional

A post shared by Neil Magny (@neil_magny170) on May 1, 2018 at 3:54pm PDT

Masvidal didn’t take long to respond through Twitter:

It's not #fakenews when you are exposed for the ho that you are.