“That guy’s a freaking coward,” Gilbert Burns rips Leon Edwards for turning down the fight against Jorge Masvidal

“That guy’s a freaking coward,” Gilbert Burns rips Leon Edwards for turning down the fight against Jorge Masvidal

Gilbert Burns and Leon Edwards

The number 6th ranked UFC Welterweight fighter and BMF titleholder, Jorge Masvidal is looking for an opponent to fight one more time this year and he is desperate to get his hands on the number 3rd ranked Welterweight fighter, Leon Edwards.

Masvidal recently faced a loss against the Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman in a rematch at UFC 261, and Edwards secured a win against Nate Diaz at UFC 263. ‘Rocky’ was offered a fight against Masvidal in December but he turned down the offer as he wants to face the winner of Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2, which is scheduled for UFC 268.

Leon Edwards posted on Twitter last month, “My next fight will be for the world title I don’t want to hear nothing about a guy coming off 2 fight skid and Got ko his last fight,”

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The number 2nd ranked UFC Welterweight fighter, Gilbert Burns recently shared his thoughts on this and claimed Edwards to be a coward. While talking to Brett Okamoto from ESPN, Burns says,

“I think stylistically (Masvidal) is a good fight for Leon Edwards, Bro, the guy hit you with a three-piece and a soda, and you’ve been asking for this fight for years. Now, the guy says yes, and you say no? Man, that guy’s a freaking coward.”

Daniel Cormier advised Leon Edwards to wait for his title shot

Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards
Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards

While other fighters are saying many different things about Leon Edwards for turning down the fight against Masvidal, the former two-division UFC champion, Daniel Cormier advised him to wait for his title shot and stick to his opportunity.

In one of his recent interviews, Cormier says, “Why in the world should Leon Edwards now wanna look back to you guys? And I’m saying ‘you guys’ because Gilbert Burns, too. Gilbert Burns is guilty of this.”

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“(Masvidal and Burns) did not want to talk about Leon Edwards at all when they were the ones on the shortlist of a championship fight. Now, Leon is in that position and they wanna call him out. No, Leon. ‘Rocky’ ,get the title shot that you so justly deserve. Don’t waste your time.”

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