Jorge Masvidal took a gamble, and it paid off.
Had things unfolded just a little bit differently, he might have ended up watching next Saturday’s UFC 251 pay-per-view from a couch somewhere in South Florida, dolefully swigging his Recuerdo mezcal, dreaming of what might have been. Yet on Sunday afternoon, ESPN reported that Masvidal will receive a short-notice crack at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman in the UFC 251 main event (with the key stipulation that his pre-fight COVID-19 tests come back negative).
Masvidal asserted himself as the next man in line for a welterweight title shot with three incredible wins in 2019.