I spent a month eating Uber Eats after retiring… now I’m back to boxing, says Masvidal

JORGE MASVIDAL binged on takeaways for a month before he was convinced to retire.

Masvidal emotionally hung up his gloves last April at his Miami home after the loss to Gilbert Burns.

Jorge Masvidal is coming out of retirement to make the transition to boxingCredit: Getty

The next day – with his 20-year, 52-fight MMA career over – the American superstar felt so empty that he decided to eat fast food.

Ahead of Gamebred bare-knuckle MMA, Masvidal told SunSport: “It wasn’t the best feeling when I woke up the next day.

“It was like, ‘Damn, I’m not retired, am I really retired? What if I’m retired, Uber eats!’

“Then I started ordering food and just eating to fill this damn empty space and I did that for a while, waking up for 20 to 30 days and feeling the same way.

“It just wasn’t right, it definitely didn’t feel right to be retired.”

Masvidal, 37, was soon back training and as luck would have it, he was approached about making the switch to boxing.

He said: “While that was happening, a lot of other things were happening and this big part fell into my lap to come back and be able to come back and box.

“I had to sort out a lot of things in my life on a personal level at the time, because that was the only way I could progress professionally.

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“I did those things and here I am, moving forward.”

Masivdal is still under contract with the UFC, but appears to have their blessing to make the transition to boxing.

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And despite making amends with YouTuber-turned-8-1 boxer Jake Paul, 27, this won’t get in the way of a mega-fight between them.

Masvidal said, “Whether we’re friends with him or not, I mean, that has nothing to do with fighting.

“I respect him for all the things he does in his life in terms of changing his life, these personal conversations, that’s how I gained respect for him.

“How he told me how his life went and how boxing changed it and changed it because of the discipline that the sport requires and how he grew up in the media world and the Disney world, it was very different.

“I respect that and it’s very commendable, but it has nothing to do with us fighting. If the UFC allows me to, I don’t have all these permissions to call people up yet.

“But I would fight anyone, I have no friends in this sport. I didn’t start playing this sport to make friends, I started playing this sport to take care of myself and my family and to be number one.”

Masvidal looks to face a fellow crossover star as he prepares to swap the cage for the ring.

He said: “I would like to fight some MMA guys and some YouTube influencers and get my feet wet in the traditional boxing way.

“The same way boxers do, they get a gold medal and come out and fight ten guys who could never hurt them in the sport.

“And that’s the same thing I want to do, I want to push myself as much as possible, but within my MMA boxing experience.

“I’m not just going to fight any world champion, that’s what I’m saying.”