It appears nearly like a lifetime in the past when Jorge Masvidal received concerned in a backstage combat with Leon Edwards that resulted a catchphrase that simply grew to become a part of the MMA vernacular afterwards.
“I gave him the three-piece with the soda”
That was Masvidal’s approach of telling the story about popping Edwards with a few punches after the fighters got here face-to-face following a UFC occasion in London again in 2019. Given the dangerous blood between them, it appeared like Masvidal and Edwards would finally settle their grievances within the octagon however in some way the UFC by no means pulled the set off on the matchup.
Regardless of that incident taking place over 5 years in the past, Masvidal and Edwards nonetheless get requested about it to today as a result of the rivalry between them born that day by no means received settled.
For his half, Masvidal claims he accepted a combat towards Edwards, however the future UFC champion declined so the matchup by no means got here collectively.
“I do know he wouldn’t combat me,” Masvidal advised MMA Combating. “He received provided and turned it down. He don’t need this.”
“I attempted [to fight him]. Leon Edwards don’t need this. He had different choices, he went for different issues besides combat me, mainly. I’ll let you know that a lot.”
May that probably change now that Masvidal is planning a comeback to the UFC and Edwards wants an opponent after shedding the welterweight title to Belal Muhammad in July?
Masvidal isn’t against the thought as a result of he is aware of there’s nonetheless some unfinished enterprise there and the disdain shared between them didn’t simply disappear.
Whereas nothing has been determined but about his comeback combat, Masvidal welcomed the possibility to face Edwards, and he’s throwing down the gauntlet to satisfy sooner reasonably than later.
“I’ll let you know proper now, Leon, I’ll whoop your f*cking ass,” Masvidal stated. “Let’s f*cking go. I don’t know possibly Dec. 7 in Vegas, possibly subsequent yr on the Tremendous Bowl. I don’t know however I’ll beat the f*ck out of your little skinny ass.”
In fact, Edwards hasn’t fought since falling to Muhammad in July, though he’s hinted at a possible return earlier than the top of the yr.
Whereas he didn’t have any pores and skin within the recreation throughout that welterweight title combat, Masvidal confessed that he was extremely impressed by Muhammad, who successfully shut down Edwards for almost all of the five-round combat.
Muhammad has now gone undefeated in 11 consecutive fights and Masvidal had nothing however reward for the brand new UFC welterweight champion.
“For starters, Belal has [improved] a lot since I first noticed him,” Masvidal stated. “I noticed him combat reside earlier than within the UFC and it’s like he’s not the most effective athlete, he doesn’t have the craziest talent set. However slowly however absolutely, this man simply received higher and higher and higher. There’s lots of instances the place I used to be like he’s not beating that man. Flawed! He beat the f*ck out of that man. He did that a number of instances.
“Now to see him because the champion, I believe he’s one of many guys that’s improved drastically essentially the most. Actually wonderful. Nice journey.”
