{"id":321853,"date":"2019-08-09T11:48:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T18:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=321853"},"modified":"2019-08-09T14:45:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T21:45:42","slug":"leon-edwards-talks-ufc-future-potential-jorge-masvidal-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/leon-edwards-talks-ufc-future-potential-jorge-masvidal-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards talks UFC future, potential Jorge Masvidal fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\n!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document;c=n.createElement('script'),c.src='\/\/cd.connatix.com\/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script id=\"a88221a0d3b14d8a8223fb5981528661\">\n  cnx.cmd.push(function() {\n    cnx({\n      playerId: 'a8499f29-2dc8-42f9-b409-300132d47793'\n,      mediaId: '65c8383d-b455-4b6f-94aa-998564b661cb'\n    }).render('a88221a0d3b14d8a8223fb5981528661');\n  });\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>No. 4 ranked UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards recently sat down with BJPenn.com&#8217;s Natasha Hooper at his training camp: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corefituk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Core Fit<\/a> in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In this chat, &#8220;Rocky&#8221; discusses how he started fighting, and what he plans to achieve in his remaining UFC career. 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