{"id":306231,"date":"2019-03-19T11:48:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=306231"},"modified":"2019-03-19T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:48:20","slug":"leon-edwards-gives-his-side-of-jorge-masvidal-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-gives-his-side-of-jorge-masvidal-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards gives his side of Jorge Masvidal brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shortly after last weekend&#8217;s UFC London card wrapped up, main event winner Jorge Masvidal and co-main event winner Leon Edwards got into a wild skirmish backstage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masvidal has previously stated that, after Edwards began talking to trash to him, he approached the Brit with his hand behind his back. He says that Edwards then raised his fists, which sparked the skirmish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mmafighting\/eurobash-w-leon-edwards-molly-mccann-fabian-edwards-episode-28\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mmafighting\/eurobash-w-leon-edwards-molly-mccann-fabian-edwards-episode-28\" target=\"_blank\">Eurobash<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>this\u00a0week, Leon Edwards gave his side of the story. And it&#8217;s a little different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMasvidal\u2019s a rat\u2026I don\u2019t know what f*ckin\u2019 happened,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cHe was doing media, I was doing media, we both locked eyes together. I think I said, \u2018We\u2019ll go in July,\u2019 or something like that and he said, \u2018Maybe July, or maybe not,\u2019 and blah, blah, blah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo he started walking over\u2026I\u2019m walking over,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He says in that f*ckin\u2019 video that I walked over with my hands up\u2026if I walked over with my hands up I wouldn\u2019t have got touched\u2026he wouldn\u2019t have thrown no shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI walked over and he tried to cheap shot me, that\u2019s it really. He threw a few cheap shots and then he ran behind security. All the security surrounded us and that was it. He\u2019s making out like he\u2019s some kind of bad boy. I don\u2019t understand, how can you find respect in cheap-shotting somebody and running behind security?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given their recent altercation, it should come as no surprise that Leon Edwards is now hellbent on getting a fight with Jorge Masvidal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey can\u2019t come to me with nothing else but Masvidal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s either Masvidal or a title shot. I\u2019m on a seven-fight win streak in one of the hardest divisions in the sport. I should\u2019ve had a title shot already. Everyone else gets title shots off four or five wins. I\u2019m on a seven-fight winning streak and I\u2019m fighting back-to-back tough guys. It\u2019s either smashing Masvidal\u2019s head in or a title shot for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That being said, Edwards added that next time he says Masvidal, it&#8217;s on. 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