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Danny Segura

Leon Edwards can’t let go of 2019 altercation with Jorge Masvidal: ‘I have to get it back in the octagon or in the street’

It’s been more than three years since he received the infamous “three piece and a soda” from Jorge Masvidal, yet Leon Edwards is still not at peace with the situation.

Despite becoming the UFC welterweight champion, Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) hasn’t been able to come to terms with Masvidal sucker punching him backstage at a UFC Fight Night event in London back in 2019. Edwards is still bothered by the situation and very much feels the need to settle the score with “Gamebred.”

And he doesn’t care whether it happens in the octagon or not.

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