Things between UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and presumed potential title challenger Jorge Masvidal heated up today in South Florida. The two were doing separate appearances during the buildup to Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV in Miami and needed to be separated by UFC public relations and other event staff when they got into a verbal altercation. But before that even went down, Masvidal (35-13 MMA, 11-4 UFC) sat down with Jim Rome for his “The Jim Rome Show” on Radio Row at Miami Convention Center and had plenty of words to say about Usman (16-1 MMA, 11-0 UFC). And in a way, Masvidal managed to predict the run-in they had later . “This is for Usman: I’m going to embarrass you, whether it’s on national TV, or I see you right now here today, I’m going to embarrass you for the words you have said,” Masvidal said on Rome’s show. Usman is coming off a dominant win over Colby Covington to defend his title in the UFC 245 main event this past December
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