UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards wants Jorge Masvidal , but knows it doesn’t make sense. Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC ) dethroned No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter Kamaru Usman to capture the welterweight title at UFC 278 and is expecting a trilogy bout to be next at a stadium show in the United Kingdom. But if there’s one fight he really wants, it’s Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC), who sucker punched him backstage during a UFC event in London in 2019. Edwards would like some revenge, but with “Gamebred” currently on a three-fight losing skid, he knows it’ll be a tough sell for the UFC. “Masvidal is the one I definitely want to have, but because he keeps losing it’s difficult to make it make sense for the company, you know, even for the fans, to sell it,” Edwards said in an interview with Sky Sports.
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