After suffering a devastating knockout loss at UFC 261, Jorge Masvidal says he was impressed by the shot that ended his night. Not necessarily known as a striker, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman landed a massive right hand that left Masvidal unconscious before he even hit the floor in the second round of their pay-per-view headliner. Masvidal (35-14 MMA, 12-7 UFC) says Usman (19-1 MMA, 14-0 UFC) set up the blow with absolute perfection, and he thought he needed to be defending a takedown rather than a massive right hand. “I look at it, and I’m like ‘Wow, perfect timing,’” Masvidal said on the latest edition of “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.” “That misleading – I thought he was going in for a shot, and when I realized it wasn’t a shot, it was too late. I was throwing my check left hook, but it was already too late

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Jorge Masvidal says Kamaru Usman knockout was beautiful technique: ‘I read the information wrong’ – MMA Junkie

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