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It appears that Leon Edwards’s trilogy with Kamaru Usman<\/a> might need to wait.<\/p>\n

In August at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, the two welterweights faced off. The bout was a rematch of their prior encounter at UFC on Fox 17 in December 2015. In that outing, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ dominated en route to a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

Seven years later, the two men ran it back with the welterweight title on the line. For four and a half rounds, it seemed that Usman would make it 2-0 in the series. However, Edwards had his ‘Rocky’ moment in round five, landing a devastating head kick to score the comeback victory.<\/p>\n

With that, the Brit was finally UFC champion, and a visit home seemed in order. Dana White later confirmed that a trilogy bout was being targeted for the U.K. In fact, the promoter intended for the third clash to take place in a stadium, a rarity for the UFC.<\/p>\n

However, that fight may need to wait. Welterweight contender Stephen Thompson<\/a> seemingly let the cat out of the bag in an interview with Fred Talks Fighting<\/em>. There, ‘Wonderboy’ revealed Usman will undergo hand surgery and will be out for a while.<\/p>\n

Thompson also revealed that Jorge Masvidal<\/a>, who has had a long-running feud with Edwards, is in talks to replace Usman. For his part, ‘Gamebred’ has called for a fight with the champion over the last few months.<\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

“I’m still going for the title,” stated Thompson in the interview<\/a>. “I know the guys ranked above me right now are some heavy wrestlers but everybody wants to see me fight a stand-up fight. Which, I don’t mind at all. Any of those guys, Jorge Masvidal, Michel Pereira.”<\/p>\n

He continued, “People are in-talks of me fighting Leon Edwards. I know Kamaru Usman is having hand surgery, I know they want to fight somebody in March and they were looking at Jorge Masvidal. He’s a standup fighter, so it kind of inspires me a bit, our division is so wrestler-heavy, and Leon Edwards is a striker and he’s champ. So, anyone of those guys would be awesome.”<\/p>\n

What do you make of these comments? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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