{"id":321762,"date":"2019-08-08T10:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321762"},"modified":"2019-08-08T10:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:31:30","slug":"leon-edwards-claims-jorge-masvidal-turned-down-fight-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-claims-jorge-masvidal-turned-down-fight-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards claims Jorge Masvidal turned down fight with him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal are two of the top contenders in the UFC welterweight division. As luck would have it, they also happen to be two of the most heated rivals in the division.<\/p>\n

As of yet, however, the pair have not yet had the opportunity to settle their differences in the cage.<\/p>\n

Speaking to MMA Junkie<\/a> recently, Leon Edwards claimed that he wants the fight, and that the UFC matchmakers share that sentiment, but that Masvidal turned the bout offer down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only fight that makes sense now is me and Masvidal, and that\u2019s the fight that I want,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cI spoke to the UFC. They want the fight. I want the fight. But Masvidal is turning the fight down. They say he doesn\u2019t want the fight, so I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m just here. I\u2019ll be ready to go at the end of the year and hopefully get one of those fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re saying Masvidal said no, he doesn\u2019t want the fight. He\u2019s trying to outbid himself, saying he wants a stupid amount of money to fight. So I\u2019m ready to go. I\u2019m just waiting to see what happens, and so I\u2019m looking forward to it. Hopefully we get the fight done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jorge Masvidal, of course, has made it clear that, after knocking out Ben Askren in a record-breaking 5 seconds at UFC 239, he’s only interested in fighting Conor McGregor in a lucrative money fight or Kamaru Usman in a welterweight title fight.<\/p>\n

Leon Edwards \u2014 like UFC President Dana White<\/a> \u2014 doesn’t believe that Masvidal is in a position to make these kinds of demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t see where he gets the nerve to be demanding, making demands on what he wants,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s 2-2 in his last four fights and I\u2019m 8-0 in my last eight fights, second most to the champion. So I feel I should be ahead of him, anyway, in the title-shot contention. But I\u2019m still willing to put my 8-0 up against his 2-2 to prove who\u2019s the No. 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Edwards doesn’t feel that Masvidal is in a position to make ultimatums, he seems to have one himself. He says that, after his recent victory over Rafael dos Anjos, he’ll only accept fights with Masvidal or Usman.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy two choices are either Kamaru \u2013 the rematch \u2013 or Masvidal,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cThat\u2019s the only two fights right now in my career that make sense. I\u2019m on a eight-fight win streak. I\u2019ve done more work than anybody in the division, so I feel like I deserve one of those two fights. Whoever comes first, I\u2019m ready to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m willing to take Masvidal just to shut him up and get on the way to the title. Just stop running and take the fight and let\u2019s prove to the fans you are what you say you are. I\u2019m ready to go in November, so let me know.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal are both hoping to fight Usman for gold in the near future, the next title shot is seemingly going to Colby Covington. So they may have to fight each other in the meantime one way or the other.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/7\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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