{"id":360743,"date":"2020-09-08T07:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=360743"},"modified":"2020-09-08T07:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T14:15:41","slug":"leon-edwards-explains-why-nick-diaz-matchup-makes-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-explains-why-nick-diaz-matchup-makes-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards explains why Nick Diaz matchup makes sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards believes he should be given the task of welcoming former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz back to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards is on an impressive eight-fight win-streak and currently holds the No. 3 spot in the UFC welterweight rankings. Unfortunately, he&#8217;s currently without a dance partner, as everyone else in the division&#8217;s top-5 is occupied with other challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Nick Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/nick-diaz-targeting-return-to-ufc-in-2021-successfully-complete-test-weight-cut\/\">news surfaced<\/a> that Diaz is plotting a comeback in 2021, and Edwards believes he&#8217;s just the man to welcome the fan favorite back to the cage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leon Edwards Responds to Chael Sonnen, Wants Nick Diaz, Jorge Masvidal, Talks Woodley\/Covington\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Wo5-L7RsZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat fight looks fantastic,&#8221; Edwards said of a potential Diaz matchup on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3Wo5-L7RsZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio<\/a>. &#8220;He\u2019s a big name in the sport, he\u2019s been around for a long time, so that fight would be fantastic. It would be better for him [to fight me].<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;If you come and beat me, a guy on an eight-fight win streak, that would put me in line for a title shot, right? So, I think it would be a great fight,&#8221; Edwards continued. &#8220;And to come and beat like the new guy, which is me, the up and coming guy that\u2019s dominating everyone, beating everyone, and for him to come back and challenge me\u2014he\u2019ll never beat me\u2014but it\u2019s a good fight, interesting fight. And that fight, I one hundred percent want it, I want to compete against Diaz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Nick Diaz is a big name in MMA, Leon Edwards doesn&#8217;t view the Stockton, California native as a particularly difficult challenge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think Nick is Nick, right? Him and his brother [Nate] are pretty much the same,&#8221; Edwards said. &#8220;Technically, they\u2019re pretty much the same kind of fighters; boxing-based, Jiu Jitsu-based, cardio-based, and they kind of fight the same. So, I think Nick is Nick, and he\u2019d come out the same. There won\u2019t be nothing new, it\u2019ll be the same way of the fight, and that\u2019s just the way their bodies are designed to fight and where they compete. I know if me and him compete, I know I\u2019ll win, and that\u2019s the main thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does a fight between Leon Edwards and Nick Diaz interest you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards believes he should be given the task of welcoming former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz back to the Octagon. Edwards is on an impressive eight-fight win-streak and currently holds the No. 3 spot in the UFC welterweight rankings. 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