Masvidal and his fans kept saying that "Full Camp Jorge" fighting Usman would be different. Fact of the matter is I like Masvidal, but people need to look at his fight record. He is a good fighter, but is not great. He never beat a top 5 guy in his career in either LW or WW. He lost to Maia and Wonderboy, before he got 3 wins a row against Till, Askren, and Diaz.
Diaz fought for LW in his career, who also had no top ten wins at WW. Masvidal gets a title shot beating Nate Diaz, who was coming off one win against a past of the prime LW ( Anthony Pettis), after 3 years. The knee Masvidal threw at Askren was great, but that was primarily "luck" against Askren, since Masvidal said afterwards he did not think he would really knock him out with that move. Till was coming of a loss, and was gifted decision over Wonderboy. Till was a good fighter, but who cut a lot of weight to make WW, and he moved up to 185 after that.
So, Masvidal gets a second crack at the WW title, with no top 5 wins at 170. Somehow, his fans thought Masvidal was the greatest thing since sliced bread. People are forgetting that for this rematch, Usman was getting a "full camp" also, and his striking is getting better each time. Betting on Usman last night was easy money and Super Necessary. Masvidal had a very good career. Taking nothing away from that guy, but people thought he was greater than he actually was.
