Gallery Leon Edwards def. Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN 4: Best photos view 32 images Leon Edwards thinks a fight with Jorge Masvidal is imminent after Saturday night. Following Colby Covington’s big win over Robbie Lawler at UFC on ESPN 5, UFC president Dana White said Covington is next in line for a shot at welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. With that news public, Edwards and his team called the UFC to ask for the Masvidal fight, and he said the UFC was on board. But according to Edwards, Masvidal turned down the fight. “The only fight that makes sense now is me and Masvidal, and that’s the fight that I want,” Edwards told MMA Junkie
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Leon Edwards says Jorge Masvidal turned down fight with him after UFC offered it – MMA Junkie