{"id":362895,"date":"2020-09-29T11:28:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=362895"},"modified":"2020-09-29T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:28:34","slug":"leon-edwards-says-jorge-masvidal-turned-him-down-for-nate-diaz-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-says-jorge-masvidal-turned-him-down-for-nate-diaz-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards says Jorge Masvidal turned him down for Nate Diaz rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards claims that superstar Jorge Masvidal spurned a potential fight against him in favor of Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-tells-pssy-jorge-masvidal-to-fight-him\/\">Edwards and Masvidal have been connected to a potential fight ever since their back-stage scuffle at UFC London in March 2019<\/a>. With Edwards needing a fight against a top-five opponent and with Masvidal coming off of a title fight loss to champion Kamaru Usman, a fight between Edwards and Masvidal seems like it would make a lot of sense right now. But according to Edwards, the UFC tried to book this fight and Masvidal is the one who said no.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/9\/29\/21485963\/leon-edwards-relishes-chance-silence-racist-colby-covington-claims-jorge-masvidal-turned-down-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAFighting.com&#8217;s Damon Martin<\/a>, Edwards says the UFC offered him a fight with Masvidal but the superstar decided he would rather take on Diaz in a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the fight. The UFC wanted the fight. They offered it to him and he turned it down. He said he\u2019d rather fight Nate Diaz. I don\u2019t understand it. He claims he wants to get back to the title shot and fight for a world championship. I don\u2019t understand what fighting a person like Nate Diaz will get you? I don\u2019t know,&#8221; Edwards said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know where his head\u2019s at. I don\u2019t know what the f*ck he\u2019s doing but I\u2019m here, I\u2019m ready. I\u2019m willing to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edwards has not fought since July 2019, when he defeated former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos by decision. Edwards is currently riding an eight-fight win streak and is one of the top-five ranked welterweights in the UFC, but the longer he waits to the fight the more new contenders such as Gilbert Burns and Khamzat Chimaev move up the ranks. A fight against Masvidal makes all the sense in the world, so hopefully, the UFC is able to get it done. But if not, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/stephen-thompson-makes-first-twitter-call-out-ever-to-leon-edwards\/\">a fight against Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson also could work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards claims that superstar Jorge Masvidal spurned a potential fight against him in favor of Nate Diaz. Edwards and Masvidal have been connected to a potential fight ever since their back-stage scuffle at UFC London in March 2019. 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