{"id":325039,"date":"2019-09-11T07:07:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325039"},"modified":"2019-09-11T07:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:07:58","slug":"leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#8216;F**k Colby Covington&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards, for a moment, had a world title opportunity presented to him during the craziness of booking the main event for UFC 244. First, it was Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington that was discussed, then Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal, and ultimately onto Masvidal vs. Edwards <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1170330281255084032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for the vacant title<\/a> before landing on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-set-to-defend-his-bmf-belt-in-the-main-event-of-ufc-244-against-jorge-masvidal\/\">the signed headliner,<\/a> Masvidal taking on Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rocky&#8221; has won eight fights in a row including his most recent victory<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=edwards+dos+anjos+result+bjpenn&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\"> over former world champion Rafael dos Anjos<\/a> in the main event of UFC San Antonio. With Edwards&#8217; recent surge, and Covington&#8217;s internal battle with the UFC going on, the 28-year-old is staking his claim at the title shot over the brash Covington.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards feels the fight makes sense from a meritocracy standpoint, plus, Usman holds a unanimous decision victory over Edwards at UFC on FOX 17 in December 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;F**k Colby Covington,&#8221; Edwards told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/9\/11\/20859605\/leon-edwards-f-ck-colby-covington-calls-for-title-shot-against-kamaru-usman\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t like Colby anyways. I don&#8217;t give a s**t about what he&#8217;s doing. My thing is to get a world title shot. Let\u2019s me and Kamaru run it back. We\u2019ve got the most wins in the division, we\u2019re the two best in the division. Let\u2019s run it back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me that would be perfect \u2014 him having the title and me taking it off him \u2014 that would be the fairytale story. To defeat the last man to defeat me for the title, I hope I get the chance to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Usman captured the title when he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-235-results-kamaru-usman-defeats-tyron-woodley-highlights\/\">defeated longtime champion Tyron Woodley<\/a> by unanimous decision at UFC 235 in March. It&#8217;s abundantly clear that Edwards deserves a big fight so he is swinging for the fences to get the biggest fight, and the biggest opportunity possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My message [to Kamaru Usman] is let\u2019s run it back,&#8221; Edwards stated. &#8220;We fought years ago and let\u2019s run it back so I can get the title off you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Should Kamaru Usman defend his welterweight title against Leon Edwards or Colby Covington?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/11\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards, for a moment, had a world title opportunity presented to him during the craziness of booking the main event for UFC 244. First, it was Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington that was discussed, then Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal, and ultimately onto Masvidal vs. Edwards for the vacant title before landing on the signed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54475,"featured_media":278822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[22188,10616,39414,39610],"tags":[50820,49692,9783],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#039;F**k Colby Covington&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Streaking welterweight contender Leon Edwards explains why he deserves a title shot over former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington.\" \/>\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\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#039;F**k Colby Covington&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Streaking welterweight contender Leon Edwards explains why he deserves a title shot over former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/leon-edwards-ufc-fight-night-127-Cropped.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Heck\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Heck\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike Heck\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/b890f398fa69973fb67b261e198449b1\"},\"headline\":\"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#8216;F**k Colby Covington&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Colby Covington\",\"Kamaru Usman\",\"leon edwards\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Colby Covington\",\"Kamaru Usman\",\"Leon Edwards\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\",\"name\":\"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: 'F**k Colby Covington' | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Streaking welterweight contender Leon Edwards explains why he deserves a title shot over former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#8216;F**k Colby Covington&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/b890f398fa69973fb67b261e198449b1\",\"name\":\"Mike Heck\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/mike-heck\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: 'F**k Colby Covington' | BJPenn.com","description":"Streaking welterweight contender Leon Edwards explains why he deserves a title shot over former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: 'F**k Colby Covington' | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Streaking welterweight contender Leon Edwards explains why he deserves a title shot over former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/leon-edwards-ufc-fight-night-127-Cropped.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mike Heck","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mike Heck","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/"},"author":{"name":"Mike Heck","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/b890f398fa69973fb67b261e198449b1"},"headline":"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#8216;F**k Colby Covington&#8217;","datePublished":"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"keywords":["Colby Covington","Kamaru Usman","leon edwards"],"articleSection":["Colby Covington","Kamaru Usman","Leon Edwards","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/","name":"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: 'F**k Colby Covington' | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-11T14:07:58+00:00","description":"Streaking welterweight contender Leon Edwards explains why he deserves a title shot over former interim welterweight champ Colby Covington.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-lays-claim-to-title-shot-fk-colby-covington\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Leon Edwards lays claim to title shot: &#8216;F**k Colby Covington&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/b890f398fa69973fb67b261e198449b1","name":"Mike Heck","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/mike-heck\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}