Jorge Masvidal urges UFC to pay up for Leon Edwards grudge match

Jorge Masvidal wants to fight Leon Edwards, but he also wants the UFC to pay up for the grudge match.

Masvidal, the original BMF champion, has been angling to make a return to the octagon for quite some time, and he'd like it to be against Edwards, who he once struck backstage at a UFC event in 2016 in one of MMA's most viral moments. "Gamebred" revealed on "Deep Waters" that there have been ongoing talks with the UFC, but the money hasn't been right.

"It's low-hanging fruit for the UFC," Masvidal said. "Just give me what I'm asking for, and we're good to go, man."

Masvidal says talks have been going on for a while, but it's been difficult dealing with the UFC.

"We've been talking for a minute, it's just that we haven't landed on that thing," Masvidal explained. "You guys know better how the UFC works. I love them to death, but man, they make you work for every single thing. It's always not quite what you wanted it to be a lot of the time, but we'll get something done."

Dustin Poirier, retired UFC fighter, was also sitting on the "Deep Waters" show and suggested the Masvidal-Edwards fight go down at this year's UFC International Fight Week in July, which Masvidal appeared to like.

"If they give me the Leon fight, I would get down to 170 by tomorrow," Masvidal said. "I would like that fight. He doesn't have anything scheduled."

There's nothing official yet, but Edwards was recently linked to a fight at UFC 329 on July 11 in Las Vegas. Veteran welterweight Daniel Rodriguez claimed that he was given a contract to fight Edwards and that he's accepted and is waiting on the Englishman.

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