The peripatetic nature of the "revolving" UFC 251 fight card had MMA fans in serious fits. Due to his undeniable explosion in 2019, which all culminated from years of entertaining bouts and authenticity, Jorge Masvidal was picked to be the favorite fighter against "The Nigerian Nightmare" Kamaru Usman.

Kamaru has proven to be a threat at Welterweight, absolutely steam-rolling then-champ Tyron Woodley and breaking Colby Covington's jaw in a five-round slobberknocker.

However, it was Jorge's back-to-back-to-back highlight reel victories against Darren Till, Ben Askren, and Nate Diaz, which includes the fastest knockout in UFC history, that had fans really excited.

Jorge, who's been in the sport a long time, says he crunched numbers with his management team and tried to negotiate what he believed was a fair figure for the fight against Kamaru.

The UFC was not having it.

Instead, Gilbert Burns, who also put on an amazing performance against former champ Tyron Woodley, was booked to scrap against Kamaru on Fight Island. Some were bummed that it wasn't Jorge in the main event, however, it's difficult to be that upset over Gilbert's title contention: he is a phenomenal fighter and poses a serious threat to anyone in the Welterweight division. But Gilbert was forced to drop out on a week's notice after testing positive for COVID-19.

That's when Jorge's phone rang.

The UFC called the fighter up and got to a purse figure that was more agreeable to Jorge, who weighed in at 192 pounds upon hearing the news. He immediately started restricting his food and water intake and began the grueling weight-cutting process. At the weigh-ins, he came in at an even 170 pounds, as did Kamaru.

Absent from the weigh-ins, however, was Joe Rogan.