Jorge Masvidal Slams UFC's Contract Structure: 'This Is the Fight of Our Lives'

Superstar welterweight Jorge Masvidal publicly critiqued the UFC's contract structure on Sunday, calling it the "fight of our lives."

Masvidal broke down his grievances with the UFC in a Twitter thread:

Masvidal and UFC President Dana White have had something of a back-and-forth in recent days, with White saying that fighters like Masvidal and Jon Jones that were unhappy with their contracts could simply choose to not fight.

White also said Masvidal just signed a new deal, per Simon Head and Ken Hathaway of MMA Junkie:

"Here's the thing about Masvidal: We just signed a new deal with Masvidal. Masvidal just signed a new eight-fight deal—he's got seven fights left on his deal. My people were working with him and trying to get a deal done with him when he already has a deal. Jon Jones has like seven fights left on his deal. He just signed a new deal less than a year ago.

"Guys, you can say whatever you want, but I have a deal. We just did a deal with both guys. This isn't one of those scenarios where they've got some three-year-old deal and it's like, 'Oh man, that was three years ago. I'm in a much different place.' This was months ago."

Masvidal disagreed vehemently with the premise of White's argument:

He isn't the only one making waves in the UFC at the moment. Conor McGregor announced his retirement from fighting on Saturday night (which would be his third "retirement" from the sport): 

"The game just does not excite me, and that's that," McGregor told ESPN's Ariel Helwani. "All this waiting around. There's nothing happening. I'm going through opponent options, and there's nothing really there at the minute. There's nothing that's exciting me."

He added that he "laid out a plan and a method that was the right move, the right methods to go with" for a fight between himself and Justin Gaethje. The UFC instead is reportedly planning a matchup between Gaethje and Khabib Nurmagomedov for September.

"They always want to balk at that and not make it happen or just drag it on," McGregor added. "Whatever I say, they want to go against it to show some kind of power."