Jorge Masvidal explains why he punched Leon Edwards backstage
In the main event of UFC London, Jorge Masvidal left the O2 arena in complete shock. In the second round, Masvidal knocked out Darren Till out cold, to capture the win and become a top-five welterweight.
However, that wasn’t it for Masvidal. Backstage as he was doing an interview with ESPN, he left the interview to go confront Leon Edwards. There he landed a few punches and even cut Edwards on the cheek.
Speaking to ESPN shortly thereafter, Masvidal explained why he decided to confront Edwards and throw punches.
Jorge @GamebredFighter Masvidal explains his altercation with ”hooligan” Leon Edwards (via @bokamotoespn) pic.twitter.com/bdQ9iU6uDn
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 17, 2019
“So I’m doing my interview, and this hooligan comes by saying some stuff,” Masvidal said. “[He says] ‘July, you’ll get your ass kicked in July.’ And I go ‘Maybe bro, cause whatever, maybe I want to kick your ass in April. Maybe I don’t want to wait till July. Maybe I don’t even want to fight you cause you’re not worth the training camp. I’ll fight you here, you’re a scrub.’
“So I tell him ‘Just say it to my face like a man. You’re saying it walking away. We’re both men.’ As I walk up to him, I’ve got my hands behind my back to signal I’m not coming here for problems. But he put his hands up like this [raises fists]. It’s on video, and he walks towards me. Well, where I’m from, if you do that, you’re going to punch me in the face. That’s not going to happen. You’re a JV beta. You are what you are bro, you’re just a loser in life. You’re not going to get a hit off on me. So I did the three piece with the soda, and then just glided out of there. Then some of his friends tried to sucker punch me… those guys did a big mistake.”
