{"id":282774,"date":"2018-08-12T05:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282774"},"modified":"2018-08-12T05:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T12:56:33","slug":"with-jorge-masvidal-unavailable-leon-edwards-calls-for-fights-with-rafael-dos-anjos-robbie-lawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/leon-edwards\/with-jorge-masvidal-unavailable-leon-edwards-calls-for-fights-with-rafael-dos-anjos-robbie-lawler\/","title":{"rendered":"With Jorge Masvidal unavailable, Leon Edwards calls for fights with Rafael dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of his recent decision victory over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, rising welterweight contender Leon Edwards called for a fight with Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time, he was No. 6 in the rankings and I was going down in the rankings and everyone else was matched up, so why not take out another old gun?\u201d Edwards said, explaining why he called out Masvidal. \u201cMasvidal, he\u2019s been around again, a long time, so why not go in there and take him out?<\/p>\n

Masvidal then agreed to this potential fight,<\/a> though he didn’t sound particularly excited about the matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are always calling me out,\u201d Masvidal told\u00a0MMAjunkie<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t give two shits who calls me out. I just want a big fight.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf Leon is the biggest fight that I can get my hands on, meaning the biggest name and biggest ranking, then that\u2019s who it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, however, Masvidal has shifted his attention to reality television, competing on the Spanish reality television program\u00a0Exatlon Estados Unidos.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

With Masvidal currently unavailable, Leon Edwards is now eyeing fights with former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went over to the U.S. ahead of that press conference. We had a meeting [with the UFC] and we really tried to get that Masvidal fight, but it didn\u2019t work out,\u201d Edwards told MMA Fighting.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy hasn\u2019t fought in ages and now he\u2019s off to play games in a reality TV show. It makes no sense to me,”he continued. “Let him go off and do his TV shit, but I\u2019m here to fight and to test myself and I want a top-ranked guy. He\u2019s got two losses on the bounce; if that was me I\u2019d want to get back in there and get back in the win column. It makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not hanging everything on Masvidal. The aim for me is to get that world title. If he\u2019s too busy with reality TV shows, I\u2019ll turn my attention to Robbie Lawler or RDA. Either Masvidal, Robbie Lawler, or Rafael Dos Anjos would be good for me in December. All I can do is wait and see, and hopefully there will be no more excuses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Which of these matchups do you like best for Leon Edwards?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/12\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of his recent decision victory over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, rising welterweight contender Leon Edwards called for a fight with Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal. \u201cAt the time, he was No. 6 in the rankings and I was going down in the rankings and everyone else was matched up, so why not take out another […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":278822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39414],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nWith Jorge Masvidal unavailable, Leon Edwards calls for fights with Rafael dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/leon-edwards\/with-jorge-masvidal-unavailable-leon-edwards-calls-for-fights-with-rafael-dos-anjos-robbie-lawler\/\" 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