MMAjunkie.com<\/a>, Covington criticized Edwards for taking what he calls “easy fights” against Diaz and suggesting that “Rocky” is not the elite fighter he thinks he is.<\/p>\n\u201cIt makes sense that \u2018Edward Scissorhands\u2019 Leon Edwards wants to fight Nate Diaz, another loser and unranked guy, another guy that he\u2019s beaten that has nothing. He\u2019s not a top-three, top-five fighter, and that\u2019s what \u2018Edward Scissorhands\u2019 likes to do,” Covington said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe likes to pick these easy fights with these guys that aren\u2019t even relevant to the division and hopefully he\u2019s going to get a little hype from it because nobody cares about him. The guy is literally worthless. He\u2019s a mumbling, fumbling idiot, and it makes sense that he\u2019s going to fight Nate Diaz because they\u2019ve both got marbles in their mouth when they talk all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Covington is coming off of a TKO win over Tyron Woodley last fall and he has been waiting patiently for a title shot since then. As for Edwards, he is coming off of a No Contest with Belal Muhammad but he is looking to get back into the win column here against Diaz this weekend, and then we will find out who is truly next for the champion Usman.<\/p>\n
Do you agree with Colby Covington that Leon Edwards is getting an easy fight this weekend against Nate Diaz?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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