{"id":372701,"date":"2021-01-06T17:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T01:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=372701"},"modified":"2021-01-06T17:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T01:23:57","slug":"leon-edwards-reveals-he-offered-to-fight-magny-and-chiesa-but-ufc-said-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-reveals-he-offered-to-fight-magny-and-chiesa-but-ufc-said-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards reveals he offered to fight Magny and Chiesa but UFC said no"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards wanted to remain on the January 20 fight card.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Edwards was set to headline the card against Khamzat Chimaev but the Swede was still recovering from COVID-19 so the fight was off. After the news was reported, Edwards sent out a tweet letting everyone know he still will fight on the card. However, when the dust settled, Edwards <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/neil-magny\/michael-chiesa-neil-magny-slated-for-january-20-fight-could-serve-as-backup-for-edwards-vs-chimaev\/\">was off the card and Neil Magny will face Michael Chiesa in the main event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Edwards, he offered to fight both Magny and Chiesa but the UFC said no.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leon Edwards writes he offered to fight Chiesa or Magny on 1\/20 and Chimaev right after but was denied. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6H7Msu7B6v\">https:\/\/t.co\/6H7Msu7B6v<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qsco4akSl6\">pic.twitter.com\/Qsco4akSl6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1346235874263113728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I offered to fight Neil or Chiesa in the main event Jan 20th and chimaev straight after but the UFC decided against it,&#8221; Edwards wrote.<\/p>\n<p>According to UFC president, Dana White, the promotion wanted to keep Edwards-Chimaev intact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe won\u2019t (be headlining the card). What we are doing is we are going to push that fight back. I don\u2019t why, I just saw Ali came out today and said he had COVID,\u201d White said to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mI5BzvYoNvM&amp;ab_channel=TheSchmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Schmo<\/a>\u00a0about Leon Edwards. \u201cI don\u2019t know why he wasn\u2019t telling people that but for some reason, he didn\u2019t want people to know he had COVID. The doctor told him when he went back to the gym, I guess he was having some problems with his lungs, Khamzat was. They told him to take some more time off and not start training until early January. We are going to push that fight back and we are going to do Magny vs. Chiesa as the main event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leon Edwards is currently on an eight-fight winning streak but has not fought since July of last year when he defeated Rafael dos Anjos. During his run, he also has beaten the likes of Vicente Luque, Donald Cerrone, and Gunnar Nelson. He was supposed to face Tyron Woodley in March but due to the pandemic, the fight was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Do you wish the UFC kept Leon Edwards on the card?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards wanted to remain on the January 20 fight card. Originally, Edwards was set to headline the card against Khamzat Chimaev but the Swede was still recovering from COVID-19 so the fight was off. After the news was reported, Edwards sent out a tweet letting everyone know he still will fight on the card. 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