{"id":18792,"date":"2019-09-11T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=18792"},"modified":"2019-09-11T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:00:42","slug":"heads-will-pop-after-masvidals-ufc-244-pay-is-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=18792","title":{"rendered":"Heads Will Pop After Masvidal\u2019s UFC 244 Pay Is Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>Steve Flynn-USA TODAY Sports<\/small><\/p>\n<p>After Nate Diaz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/8\/18\/20810262\/video-nate-diaz-call-out-gangster-jorge-masvidal-ufc-241-cormier-miocic-mcgregor-espn-pettis-results\">called out <\/a>Jorge Masvidal to a fight following his win over Anthony Pettis at UFC 241 a few weeks ago, &ldquo;Gamebred&rdquo; was quick to accept the showdown. Of course, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/8\/21\/20825885\/ufc-jorge-masvidal-nate-diaz-dog-fight-december-negotiations-underway-mma\">&ldquo;goon&rdquo;<\/a> wasn&rsquo;t about to officially sign on the dotted line for such a big fight unless the pay was up to par.<\/p>\n<p>And though UFC president Dana White did have small issues with Jorge Masvidal and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/8\/7\/20758418\/dana-white-jorge-masvidal-conor-mcgregor-fight-ultimatums-ufc\">ultimatums<\/a> in the past, it seems the UFC higher-ups were ready to play ball this time around, as Diaz vs Masvidal was booked to headlined UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in New York.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Diaz Vs. Masvidal Set To Headline UFC 244 In NYC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/7\/20854168\/nate-diaz-vs-jorge-masvidal-set-to-headline-ufc-244-at-msg-in-new-york-city-espn-mma-mcgregor\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And yes, Jorge got paid.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VvIvd5qc3BI\">Ariel Helwani&rsquo;s MMA Show<\/a>, Masvidal talked about his contract negations with UFC for the upcoming Welterweight collision, saying people who were already bitter will only get a bit saltier when the numbers are revealed. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting paid and not played, that&rsquo;s for sure. Listen, your boy is happy. They took care of me,&rdquo; said Masvidal. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is going to be a lot of bitches coming out. When I say bitches, I&rsquo;m not talking about my female listeners or fans, no. It&rsquo;s particular individuals who are bitches, who are attention whores, who are very salty individuals. They&rsquo;re pretty salty, but when these numbers come out? Man, some heads are going to pop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One of the heads to keep an eye on is Colby Covington&rsquo;s, as he was quick to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/9\/20857435\/ufc-colby-covington-blames-ufc-unfair-negotiating-tactics-failed-kamaru-usman-title-fight-mma\">throw UFC under the bus<\/a> for coming to him with a subpar offer to fight Kamaru Usman for the 170-pound strap at the same event. <\/p>\n<p>Since the numbers weren&rsquo;t up to Colby&rsquo;s standards, UFC moved on and booked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/8\/21\/20827359\/ufc-colby-covington-nate-diaz-jorge-masvidal-battle-of-the-journeymen-mma\"><s>journeymen<\/s><\/a> &ldquo;BMF&rdquo; title fight. <\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Colby Takes Aim At &lsquo;Trash Bag&rsquo; Masvidal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/6\/20853599\/colby-covington-takes-aim-at-trash-bag-jorge-masvidal-as-ufc-title-talks-heat-up-usman-mma-espn\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>So if Masvidal scores a hefty payday for UFC 244 which was in line with what Colby was asking, you know we&rsquo;re going to hear about it. Nevertheless, Jorge kept the exact details under wraps, so we won&rsquo;t know until after it&rsquo;s all said done how much he will bank for the Diaz fight. <\/p>\n<p>As an added bonus, Jorge could very well have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/9\/9\/20857408\/the-rock-will-put-bmf-belt-around-waist-jorge-masvidal-at-ufc-244-consider-it-done-mma\">The Rock putting the strap around his waist<\/a> inside Madison Square Garden if he pulls off the victory.<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Flynn-USA TODAY Sports After Nate Diaz called out Jorge Masvidal to a fight following his win over Anthony Pettis at UFC 241 a few weeks ago, &ldquo;Gamebred&rdquo; was quick to accept the showdown. Of course, the &ldquo;goon&rdquo; wasn&rsquo;t about to officially sign on the dotted line for such a big fight unless the pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}