During the post-fight interview on ESPN+ interview , Leon Edwards said some seemly provocative words to Jorge Masvidal which causes him to abruptly leave the camera area where the reporter was asking him questions and walk over to saying “Come on say to my face” quickly the words turn into head punches from Masvidal when the took a preemptive strike at Edwards
Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards exchange words and punches backstage during the ESPN+ post-show pic.twitter.com/kYEkWxN8Io
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 16, 2019
After knocking Till in the second round, Masvidal, who returned combat sports after almost a year and a half, appeared in front of the media to talk about the fight. As the interview went on, apparently Edwards, who defeated Gunnar Nelson earlier in the evening’s bouts, Rebuked Masvidal away. ‘Gamebread ‘ approached to confront him and how much was close enough, he connected the fighter of Jamaican origin with two blows before the security of the UFC separates them.
Explain Why He Punched In The Face
“I’m doing my interview and this hooligan comes by saying some stuff, like ‘July, get your ass kicked in July, July!’” Masvidal said. “I go ‘Maybe bro, whatever, because maybe I wanna kick your ass in April. Maybe I don’t wanna wait until July. Maybe I don’t want to fight you in a prize ring because you’re not worth the training camp, I’ll just fight you here because you’re a scrub.’ You know?”
”So I tell him to just say it to my face like a man,” he continued. “You’re saying it and walking away? We’re both men, and as I’m walking to him I got my hands behind my back to signal to him that I’m not looking for problems. But he put his hands up like this and he walks towards me. Well … where I’m from if you do that you’re going to punch me in the face and that’s not going to happen.” “You are what you are, you’re just a loser in life, man,” Masvidal finished. “You’re not going to get a hit off on me. So I had to give him the three piece with the soda and then just glide out of there, you know? And then some of his friends tried to sucker punch me, those guys did a big mistake.”
Jorge @GamebredFighter Masvidal explains his altercation with ”hooligan” Leon Edwards (via @bokamotoespn) pic.twitter.com/bdQ9iU6uDn
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 17, 2019
The police were called to investigate the incident however it has been confirmed by ESPN that Leon Edwards will not be pressing charges.
Leon Edwards will not be pressing charges, per his management team.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 17, 2019
Statement from Leon Edwards’ management team: “Leon is fine. We will cooperate with the UFC as they investigate the matter.”
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 17, 2019
It clear that tempers between this to rival fighter are brewing hot. Not sure if it was right though for Masvidal to punch Edwards backstage in the face like that.
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