With Leon Edwards vs Jorge Masvidal finally set to take place on December 11 at UFC 269, Masvidal looks forward to settling the score. The heat between the two reached boiling point at UFC London almost three years ago, and since then both fighters have traded barbs via social media almost non-stop.
Masvidal told The MMA Hour that the only reason they’re fighting is because he finally said so. “I know that he’s getting his biggest paycheck ever, and it’s because of me. And the whole time, from the start of him calling me out, I’ve always said I’m going to fight this guy, but when I say.
Masvidal on “Coward” Edwards: “He Does What I Say, When I Say!”
The whole time he was saying that he wasn’t going to fight me, then I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to fight you right now.’ And guess what? Who’s fighting me right now?
So as this interview goes down and the words spread and people copy and paste this, he does what I say, when I say. So we’re fighting again when I say.”
Masvidal also dismissed Edwards’ tough-guy talk, describing his own rough upbringing in Florida. “Where I come from and how I grew up, that guy wouldn’t have lived one day in there.
In the actual heat of the moment, he never would’ve survived. He would’ve just stayed home the whole time, waiting for his parents to get WiFi or something for him to develop social skills, because this guy’s a coward. What he did to me in England showed me everything I ever needed to know about this guy.
When you’re talking all this crap and then somebody gets in your face, and you’re hesitant about it? Like, you know exactly what’s going to happen if you come from these places. You see I’m walking toward you and you’re walking toward me, and you’re going to say I assaulted you? That’s coward sh*t.”
Masvidal delivered a parting shot, doubting Edwards’ credibility as a fighter. “I got into this sport because I actually love the sport, I love to fight, I love to compete. This guy got into the sport because, I don’t know, maybe he thought he could score a first date or something with some chick.
It’s all going to show on December 11th.” Jorge Masvidal is coming off the back of a two-fight losing streak, including his first career knockout loss, to reigning welterweight champ Kamaru Usman.
Leon Edwards, on the other hand, hasn’t lost a fight since 2015. Interestingly, that loss also came at Kamaru Usman’s hands.
The winner of this fight may well get a shot at the winner of Usman vs Covington at UFC 268. Do you think Jorge Masvidal will earn another title shot? Let us know in the comments.
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