Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal loved playing the ‘Street Fighter’ video game as a child. Only a few years later, he became one himself on the mean streets of Miami. The teenage Masvidal’s reputation for fighting grew amongst his friend to the point where they’d bet on him to win street fights against other local tough guys.
In the early 2000s, Masvidal caught the attention of backyard boxing sensation Kimbo Slice, who was a breakout star on YouTube at the time, and offered him the chance to fight his protege ‘Ray.’ Ray had a fearsome reputation and was clearly the bigger man. But the young Masvidal used his superior boxing technique to outstrike Ray and earn a stoppage victory, with the video then getting over a million views on YouTube.
‘Gamebred’ then agreed to a rematch. Though it was a tougher fight, he again emerged victorious after dropping Ray and eventually forcing him to quit. The recognition from that helped Masvidal make his mark in MMA. Years later as his career reaches an all-time high in the UFC, that street-fighting past has helped cement his status as one of the sport’s true ‘Bad Motherf***ers.’
