Following his defeat against Gilbert Burns, Jorge Masvidal announced his retirement from the UFC and addressed Donald Trump in the crowd.
The loss came on Saturday night in Miami, and it was a unanimous decision despite a strong performance from Burns.
Burns of Brazil won by unanimous decision over Masvidal, with the judges scoring the fight 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in his favor.
Masvidal spoke to Joe Rogan after the fight and he said: “I don’t feel the same when I get in here no more. I love all of you. Thank you everybody for watching. This is where I started my career.
“Sometimes your favorite basketball player ain’t got that three-pointer no more, your favorite quarterback loses that rifle. It’s been 20-something years. I’m a multi-millionaire. I had nothing when I started. I’m out.”
Masvidal pays tribute to Trump
The fighter then turned his attention towards former US president Donald Trump who was in the crowd.
“I also just want to say the greatest president in the history of the world is sitting right there,’ Masvidal said of Trump. “I love that guy.”
Burns was quick to praise Masvidal. “We’re here because of this guy, 52 pro fights,” Burns told the crowd, which chanted ‘Let’s go Jorge’ the entire time. “Give it up for him.”
Masvidal’s crowd-pleasing did not end there, as he led a chant of ‘Let’s go Brandon,’ which the entire audience joined in on. It reportedly stems from when an NBC reporter was interviewing NASCAR driver Brandon Brown and mistook a ‘f**k Joe Biden’ chant from the crowd as ‘Let’s go Brandon’.