‘He’s correct been chinned for the sphere title’: Leon Edwards plans on awaiting championship bout, no longer attracted to Jorge Masvidal
After calling for a wrestle with Jorge Masvidal for far of the previous two years, Leon Edwards says that he now has tiny pastime in gaining revenge for the ‘threepiece and a soda’ backstage brawl at UFC London serve in 2019.
Edwards prolonged his unbeaten crawl at 170-kilos last weekend when he outpointed Nate Diaz across 5 rounds in Arizona and looks to be poised to scenario the winner of the presumptive next title bout between champ Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington. Nonetheless in decision to trying for a wrestle to preserve him busy in the period in-between, Edwards says that Masvidal isn’t on his radar dazzling now.
“Let’s dispute they attain give Colby the title shot, I’m no longer fighting no person else until it’s a title shot. That’s correct it,” Edwards suggested UFC commentator Jon Gooden. “I’m no longer gonna starting up fighting 10, 11, 12 fights and restful ain’t acquired a title shot. I’ve earned my manner. I didn’t b*tch and moan after I took my loss against Kamaru. I labored my manner serve to this level hang a 9, 10-wrestle buy crawl. I if truth be told feel be pleased I deserve it.
“Colby went and acquired knocked out for the title shot, went and acquired a strange buy, and now is serve in for a title shot, which is f*cked up. It is what it is far but let’s dispute they attain give him the title shot, then I’ll wrestle the winner later on this year but I’m no longer fighting no person else.”
And after Jorge Masvidal announced on Thursday that he would be pleased to wrestle somebody in the tip 5 (subtext: Leon Edwards) in October or November, Edwards is bored to death.
“I do know they’re talking about Masvidal but I’ve been asking to wrestle Masvidal f*cking two or three years in the past,” Edwards stated. “Cherish, running him down but he saved turning me down and asserting ‘Nah, I don’t want to wrestle,’ even even though the UFC wished it. Now I if truth be told feel he’s correct been chinned for the sphere title, I don’t if truth be told feel I have to attain that now. I’ll watch for my title shot. I labored hard to gain right here and that’s correct beyond regular time to belief.”