In 2019 Masvidal had one of the best single years a fighter has ever had in the UFC. He KO’d Till in London. KO’d Asskren in record time. Then beat the piss outta Nate in NYC. He was never going to reach any higher than that in popularity
In early 2020 McTapper KO’d depressed sad Cerrone in 35 seconds. Masvidal was in the crowd waiting for a call out and promo. But McTapper was McChicken and didn’t say his name
Neither of them were going to win belts in their divisions at that time. So that was the fight to make. I know 2020 was a mess but they could have made it work but Dana was protecting his precious McMoney