Jorge Masvidal needs to settle his beef with Leon Edwards.
Earlier this month, Edwards was completed for the primary time in his profession when Sean Brady submitted him in the principle occasion of UFC London. It was the second consecutive loss for the previous welterweight champion and dropped “Rocky” nicely exterior the title dialog for the foreseeable future. And provided that many followers hope that Edwards and Masvidal can lastly meet within the cage, as does Masvidal.
“We’ll determine it out for the subsequent one,” Masvidal informed Submission Radio when requested why he wasn’t preventing at UFC 314 in Miami. “We’re coming again, we’re going to make it work. However like I mentioned, so long as it’s a Leon-type battle, we’ll undoubtedly be the one to get it proper. Leon battle in opposition to your boy, [that’s] the place we have to be at.”
Masvidal and Edwards’s beef dates again to a UFC London card in 2019. Edwards gained a cut up resolution over Gunnar Nelson within the co-main occasion, whereas Masvidal knocked out Darren Till in the principle occasion. However after the occasion, the 2 had a backstage altercation the place Masvidal punched Edwards. And he’s able to do it once more on a second’s discover.
“I’ll whoop that boy’s ass tomorrow,” Masvidal mentioned when requested a couple of timeline for his return. “He’s all the time identified since day-motherf*cking-one. For the reason that first day he crossed the road with me — pop, pop, pop, pop, pow! He is aware of. Don’t play that with me. I’ll come off the sofa and whoop your ass. So watch out what you say, Leon.
However I’m simply chilling proper now. Nothing’s promised. And I’m 40 years outdated. Every thing’s gotta be proper. You guys gotta inform me, I’ve gotta see, and this and that, as a result of I did form of retire, you already know? But when it’s proper they usually inform me, ‘We’re gonna maintain this, we’ve acquired the Leon battle,’ let’s go! I’m prepared.”
Masvidal retired from MMA in 2023 after which had a boxing match with Nate Diaz in July of 2024. Earlier this 12 months, Masvidal introduced his intention to return to the UFC out of retirement, however “Gamebred” has but to be booked for something. However regardless of his day without work and the truth that he ended his UFC run on a four-fight dropping streak, Masvidal is supremely assured he’ll placed on a present for the followers and provides Edwards far more than a three-piece with the soda once they do match up.
“In each method, form, and kind,” Masvidal mentioned when requested how he beats Edwards. “I do know for one factor, he can’t wrestle me for 5 rounds. So I don’t have to fret concerning the takedowns. And I do know on the ft, he’s fragile in comparison with me. The opponents we’ve confronted, what he’s been in a position to do to them and what I’ve been in a position to do to them — for probably the most half apart from [Kamaru] Usman — I’ve been in a position to put a variety of guys away that he fought and went to a call with. The best way he takes photographs, the way in which I take photographs, he’s simply fragile in comparison with me. Get in that cage and I’ll show it. I’ll greater than show how fragile he’s in comparison with me.”
