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 primary occasion of UFC London. It was the second consecutive loss for the previous welterweight champion and dropped “Rocky” effectively outdoors the title dialog for the foreseeable future. And on condition that many followers hope that Edwards and Masvidal can lastly meet within the cage, as does Masvidal.
“We’ll determine it out for the following one,” Masvidal instructed Submission Radio when requested why he wasn’t combating 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 combat, we’ll undoubtedly be the one to get it proper. Leon combat in opposition to your boy, [that’s] the place we should be at.”
Masvidal and Edwards’s beef dates again to a UFC London card in 2019. Edwards gained a break up choice over Gunnar Nelson within the co-main occasion, whereas Masvidal knocked out Darren Until in the primary 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. Because the 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 previous. Every part’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 recognize? But when it’s proper they usually inform me, ‘We’re gonna deal with this, we’ve acquired the Leon combat,’ 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 yr, 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 off 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 way more than a three-piece with the soda after they do match up.
“In each manner, 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 in regards to the takedowns. And I do know on the toes, he’s fragile in comparison with me. The opponents we’ve confronted, what he’s been capable of do to them and what I’ve been capable of do to them — for essentially the most half in addition to [Kamaru] Usman — I’ve been capable of put plenty of guys away that he fought and went to a choice with. The best way he takes pictures, the way in which I take pictures, 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.”
