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MMA SQUARED: Who will win the BMF belt? A case for Jorge Masvidal

Looking at the intangibles, biblical details, and Cuban links to greatness.

By Chris Rini Oct 30, 2019, 9:00am EDT

To quote The Big Lebowski “Sometimes, there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there.” That is Jorge Masvidal in 2019. He started the year off looking like Serpico and running right through Darren Till.

This drawing is part of book I’m publishing next year.

While his performance lit a fuse, it would detonate minutes later backstage as Masvidal somehow got into a backstage fight on camera (Irish sports star style) and walked away unscathed, unpunished, and having memed himself to the next level.

Remember when everyone was saying 3 piece and a soda... all the time?

Under normal circumstances, this would lead to a rivalry, bad trash talk, and a fight later in the year. Instead, Leon Edwards was denied.

Jorge Masvidal, the man for his time and place, waltzed into UFC 239 and outshone Jon Jones, Amanda Nunes, Holly Holm, and Luke Rockhold by baptizing Ben Askren in five seconds.

For five seconds on Saturday night, the Octagon became the River Jordan, and when Ben Askren dipped his head down into its cool waters the flying knee of Jorge Masvidal washed away all the trash that once flowed from his mouth and he was reborn

Jesus Christ, also a man of his time and place, taught the lesson of forgiveness. Old Testament god Dana White could never make Nate Diaz a star because he needed to learn the lesson of Street Jesus: what matters is respect.