{"id":450480,"date":"2022-06-15T01:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T08:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=450480"},"modified":"2022-06-15T01:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T08:28:58","slug":"leon-edwards-says-he-will-offer-jorge-masvidal-a-title-shot-if-he-dethrones-kamaru-usman-at-ufc-278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-says-he-will-offer-jorge-masvidal-a-title-shot-if-he-dethrones-kamaru-usman-at-ufc-278\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards says he will offer Jorge Masvidal a title shot if he dethrones Kamaru Usman at UFC 278"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards has revealed that he will give Jorge Masvidal a title shot if he beats Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March 2019, UFC London was home to two big wins for Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards as both continued their march up through the 170-pound division. However, it was what happened backstage that made the headlines as Masvidal attacked Edwards following a brief exchange between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward a few years later and the pair were scheduled to finally square off at UFC 269, only for Masvidal to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/leon-edwards-unloads-on-journeyman-jorge-masvidal-for-pulling-out-of-ufc-269-hes-been-dodging-me\/\">pull out of the contest<\/a> due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as Edwards prepares to challenge Kamaru Usman for the belt at UFC 278, Birmingham&#8217;s MMA star has confirmed that he would give Masvidal a title shot in London if he&#8217;s able to defeat &#8216;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leon Edwards Blasts \u2018Little Rat\u2019 Jorge Masvidal, Proposes London Title Fight Against Him\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaGCplxU2gw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019ve always said that he doesn\u2019t want to fight me. I\u2019d have loved for that fight to happen [at UFC 269],\u201d said Edwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen I win the belt \u2014 I was saying the other day, when I win the belt, I\u2019ll give him the title shot. That\u2019d be a fantastic fight in the UK. We\u2019ll bring it back to The O2, where it happened, for the title. That\u2019s what I wanna do next after this\u2026 imagine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI believe that [an immediate Usman rematch] is what will happen as well. But I\u2019d love to have the Masvidal fight,\u201d said Edwards. \u201cI think that\u2019d be great and has a great backstory to it. But I think [Usman trilogy] will happen. I\u2019ll beat him in August and then we\u2019ll probably rematch in like, end of the year, December-ish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/06\/edwards-offers-masvidal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA News<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think Leon Edwards will defeat Kamaru Usman and if he does, will he follow through on his promise and give Jorge Masvidal a shot at the title?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards has revealed that he will give Jorge Masvidal a title shot if he beats Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight title. Back in March 2019, UFC London was home to two big wins for Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards as both continued their march up through the 170-pound division. 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