Leon Edwards has stated Jorge Masvidal must win a struggle earlier than getting a title shot in opposition to him if he wins the belt at UFC 278.
This Saturday night time in Salt Lake Metropolis, Leon Edwards has the chance to turn into simply the second British UFC champion ever when he challenges Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight championship. The overwhelming expectation from many pundits is that Usman will discover a strategy to win, however counting out Edwards definitely doesn’t seem to be the neatest thought on the earth.
One man that Leon Edwards may run into if he pulls off the upset is Jorge Masvidal, somebody he’s very accustomed to relationship again to their now-infamous backstage altercation at UFC London in 2019.
Throughout a current interview, ‘Rocky’ famous that he thinks ‘Gamebred’ must win a struggle first in the event that they need to sq. off.
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“I at all times stated I’d like to have Masvidal, you understand, however he must get a win,” Edwards stated. “Let him get one win, then think about like, him again in London, to headline London for the title. I’ll give him a shot, you understand, simply to point out the world that this man is nowhere close to my stage, and to close him up in my hometown, the place the incident occurred.”
This stems from past comments that Edwards made relating to a showdown with ‘Gamebred’.
“Once I win the belt — I used to be saying the opposite day, once I win the belt, I’ll give him the title shot,” Edwards stated. “That’d be a implausible struggle within the UK. We’ll carry it again to The O2, the place it occurred, for the title. That’s what I wanna do subsequent after this… Think about.”
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