{"id":397427,"date":"2021-10-19T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=397427"},"modified":"2021-10-19T10:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T17:30:36","slug":"leon-edwards-says-he-has-been-promised-welterweight-title-shot-with-win-over-jorge-masvidal-at-ufc-269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-says-he-has-been-promised-welterweight-title-shot-with-win-over-jorge-masvidal-at-ufc-269\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards says he has been promised welterweight title shot with win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 269"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards says he has been promised a 170lbs title shot with a win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 269.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards has gone unbeaten over his last 10 fights in a row and he has been adamant that his next fight would be for the title. However, Edwards finally caved and accepted the UFC&#8217;s offer to fight Masvidal. The two rivals meet at UFC 269 in December and, according to Edwards, it&#8217;s a No. 1 contender fight for him as he has been promised that he will get the next title shot against the winner of UFC 269&#8217;s Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington 2.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FJ5tGPSsfh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Edwards explained why he finally accepted the fight with Masvidal. According to &#8220;Rocky,&#8221; the UFC gave him a good payday and, after promising he would get a title shot with a win, he decided that he would take the fight with Masvidal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came with the right figures, so I thought I\u2019ll make a little stop off before my title shot. Yes, that\u2019s 100% part of the deal. I said it, even before the money came up, I said listen, \u2018If I do this fight for you guys, I want to fight for the title next.\u2019 They said yes so, I go out there, I put the performance of my life in and I fight for the title next,&#8221; Edwards said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2021\/10\/edwards-reveals-the-ufc-confirmed-title-fight-if-he-defeats-masvidal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMANews<\/a>). I believe in my heart [that I\u2019ll fight for the title next]. Where else do they go? There\u2019s no way they can come with someone else. Like I said, I\u2019m focused on the task at hand. I\u2019ve got Masvidal in December, go out there, like I said, and take him out. That\u2019s a fight I\u2019ve wanted for a long time. I can not wait to go out there and shut him up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/gilbert-burns-accuses-leon-edwards-of-ducking-jorge-masvidal-you-are-scared\/\">Leon Edwards<\/a> will defeat Jorge Masvidal at UFC 269 and earn the next title shot at 170lbs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards says he has been promised a 170lbs title shot with a win over Jorge Masvidal at UFC 269. Edwards has gone unbeaten over his last 10 fights in a row and he has been adamant that his next fight would be for the title. 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