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Jorge Masvidal must lose 20 pounds in six days before sudden UFC 251 appearance

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FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the worldJorge Masvidal has admitted that he needs to lose 20 pounds in just six days to make weight for his super fight with Kamaru Usman on Saturday night.The 35-year-old agreed to step in on just a week's notice to challenge the welterweight champion at UFC 251 on 'Fight Island’.But the Miami native said he weighed 191 pounds when he took the fight, way short of the 170 pound limit for Friday’s weigh-in.Usman, 33, was due to come up against Gilbert Burns in Abu Dhabi, who had come off the back of an impressive win over former champion Tyron Woodley.However, on Friday the Brazilian tested positive for coronavirus and was pulled from the card, leaving the headline.

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