Jorge Masvidal labels K.J. Noons just another tough guy to beat

Strikeforce lightweight contender, Jorge Masvidal has been giving his final thoughts on his fight this weekend with K.J. Noons in Dallas, Texas, labelling the former EliteXC champion “just another tough guy to beat”.
Speaking via Sherdog.com, Masvidal said:

“Just another tough guy to beat. I don’t think nothing else. I don’t care what feuds [he’s had]. I don’t care if he dated Madonna. I don’t care about anything that he’s done in the past. I’m just looking at him as another tough guy I’m going to beat up on Saturday night.”

“He’s tough. He’s durable. He’s in good shape. He went five rounds. He’s done it before in the past — something that I’ve never done. For three rounds he shouldn’t be gassing or nothing, but really, I don’t think of any threats. I just go in there and fight, and hopefully everything goes to plan. It’s not like he’s a great jiu-jitsu specialist [and] I have to worry about a guillotine or he’s going to be able to double leg me. What he does good, I do good too. I’m not scared in any aspect.”

“I told myself last year that this year I’d get the belt around my waist. That’s right when I had signed with Strikeforce. I want to have that Strikeforce belt on my waist, and then whenever Zuffa and the fans want me to go over [to the UFC], that’s up to them.”

Masvidal also spoke to MMAFighting.com where he made it quite clear that he doesn’t appreciate Noons already looking past him.

“It’s good for me, because the only thing he’s going to be looking at is the doctor after this fight. He’s going to have a tube in his mouth, getting rushed to the hospital. I really don’t care. I’m not looking past him; I’m just looking at a goal. The ultimate goal is to be the best in the world, obviously, so if it’s that close it’s making me more motivated to train hard for this guy so I can get that title shot … I move, I hit. The drunk fans don’t want to see that, but that’s what I do. I move my head. I don’t get hit. I’m not a sock-em, rock-em type of guy … I want to punch his face in, and then we’ll get to whatever comes next.”

Masvidal was shelved following his three round unanimous decision win over Billy Evangelista by an indefinite medical suspension although a source close to the situation revealed the hand injury isn’t as bad as first thought and he has since been given the all-clear.