What is the BMF title, and what does it stand for? The Rock awards new UFC title belt to Jorge Masvidal after Diaz win

JORGE MASVIDAL was victorious over Nate Diaz to win the BMF title.

Diaz was controversially pulled out of the fight to leave The Rock to present the title to the American. But what does it mean?

And the winner of the welterweight bout will be presented with the new BMF title by wrestling legend Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

What is the BMF title?

THE new BMF title was specially commissioned for this fight between Diaz and Masvidal.

Both fighters are hugely popular amongst fight fans and UFC chief Dana White believed that a fight of this magnitude deserved it’s own belt.

The competitors refused to be cowed into trash talk during their pre-fight press conference back in September.

Diaz was most rattled by a question from the crowd about his veganism – and went on the offensive.

He replied: “The Terminator [Arnold Schwarzenegger] is a vegan, motherf*****.”

What does it stand for?

THE belt has been specially commissioned for UFC 244 and either Diaz or Masvidal will wear it at the end of the evening.

It stands for ‘Baddest Motherf***** in the Game’.

UFC kingpin White explained: “Diaz basically said this [fight] is for the baddest motherf***** in the game.

“This is one of those fights that after that interview [from Diaz after beat Anthony Pettis] started to build a life of its own. We didn’t seriously start talking about this fight until a couple of weeks later in a matchmaking meeting.

“I said to my guys, tell me if I’m crazy but what do you think of us actually having a baddest motherf***** in the game belt? ‘And my guys loved it and we started talking about it. I went in with the design team and we’ve started to design it.”