Birmingham-based UFC fighter Leon Edwards has created waves within the UFC’s welterweight division racking up 8 wins since his UFC debut in 2014. Edwards’ latest victory against UFC veteran Donald Cerrone cemented his position in the top ra…
Birmingham-based UFC fighter Leon Edwards has created waves within the UFC’s welterweight division racking up 8 wins since his UFC debut in 2014. Edwards’ latest victory against UFC veteran Donald Cerrone cemented his position in the top ranks of the welterweight division. Edwards used his Octagon interview to call out #9 UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal […]
Leon Edwards wants to get back to the action. Edwards was last seen inside the Octagon back in June. He defeat Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision. The victory improved Edwards’ streak to six. “Rocky” now finds himself in the 11th s…
Leon Edwards wants to get back to the action. Edwards was last seen inside the Octagon back in June. He defeat Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision. The victory improved Edwards’ streak to six. “Rocky” now finds himself in the 11th spot on the official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight rankings. Leon Edwards Wants Bout With […]
The medical suspensions for last weekend’s (Sat., June 23, 2018) UFC Fight Night 132 from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, are in, and two fighters have earned the maximum suspension.
The first of them was handed to a winning fighter in Jessica Eye, who picked up a unanimous decision victory over Jessica-Rose Clark at her new home of women’s flyweight. Following a tough run at bantamweight, Eye is looking to become the female 125-pound champ, but she’ll have to wait to continue her mission up to 180 days pending an x-ray of her left foot.
The other fighter to get the full 180 days was Matt Schnell, who will also potentially be out six months pending an x-ray of his left thumb. Schnell also won by decision in Singapore.
The main and co-main event fighters escaped with relatively little damage, as main event winner Leon Edwards will only be out 30 days for simple rest and the man he defeated, longtime veteran Donald Cerrone, will be out 45 days while two lacerations heal. Co-main winner Ovince Saint Preux only received a seven-day suspension for rest, as did his opponent Tyson Pedro.
You can check out the full UFC Singapore medical suspensions courtesy of MMA Mania (via MMA.tv) below:
Leon Edwards: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Donald Cerrone: Suspended 45 days for right temple and scalp lacerations. Ovince Saint Preux: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest. Tyson Pedro: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest. Jessica Eye: Suspended 180 days or until cleared with negative left foot X-ray. Jessica-Rose Clark: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest. Jingliang Li: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Daichi Abe: Suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor for left thigh. Petr Yan: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Teruto Ishihara: Suspended 45 days for TKO. Yadong Song: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest. Felipe Arantes: Suspended 45 days for TKO. Shane Young: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Rolando Dy: Suspended 45 days for TKO. Kenan Song: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Hector Aldana: Suspended 45 days for TKO. Jake Matthews: Suspended seven days for mandatory rest. Shinsho Anzai: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Viviane Pereira: Suspended 30 days for nose laceration. Xiaonan Yan: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Matt Schnell: Suspended 180 days or until cleared with negative left thumb X-ray. Naoki Inoue: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Yuta Sasaki: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Jenel Lausa: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Ji Yeon Kim: Suspended 30 days for mandatory rest. Melinda Fabian: Suspended 30 days for left eyelid laceration.
Longtime UFC lightweight and welterweight veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s latest Octagon outings haven’t been favorable to him. Cerrone has lost four of his last five fights inside the Octagon, the latest happening this weeken…
Longtime UFC lightweight and welterweight veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone’s latest Octagon outings haven’t been favorable to him. Cerrone has lost four of his last five fights inside the Octagon, the latest happening this weekend (Sat. June 23, 2018) in Singapore. Cowboy lost a unanimous decision to rising 170-pound prospect Leon Edwards. Despite the loss Cerrone […]
Jorge Masvidal is ready to get back into the Octagon.
“Gamebred” is on a two-fight losing skid after back-to-back decision losses against Demian Maia and Stephen Thompson. Despite his recent struggles, Masvidal is still one of the better known fighters in the UFC’s 170-pound division.
Yesterday morning (Sat. June 23, 2018) rising prospect Leon Edwards picked up the biggest win of his mixed martial arts (MMA) career when he defeated Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone via unanimous decision. Shortly after the victory, Edwards called out Masvidal to a future Octagon meeting.
In an interview with MMA Junkie, Masvidal seems more than willing to share the cage with the Englishman next:
“(Expletive) people are always calling me out,” Masvidal said. “I don’t give two (expletive) who calls me out. I just want a big fight. If Leon is the biggest fight that I can get my hands on, meaning the biggest name and biggest ranking, then that’s who it is.”
Masvidal would much rather take on a top-10 opponent next, but everyone is either matched up or not ready to fight yet. If Edwards is the fight presently available to Masvidal then he’s ready to take it:
“It doesn’t really matter, because everybody seems to be matched up and locked up. So maybe it’s Leon Edwards, and maybe it’s not. It depends on the timing. The bigger the names, the better,” Masvidal said.
“At this stage in my career, I only want top-10 guys, or the closest thing to get me to the title. I don’t think Leon Edwards is quite there, but it’s a fight, and it’s competition. The guy’s obviously skilled and on a big win streak, so it would be awesome to get the fight.
“I don’t see (Neil) Magny, No. 7 or whatever the (expletive) (expletive) ranking he has behind him, I don’t see him stepping in any time soon, so I’m not going to keep waiting for fantasy matchups that are never going to happen. So if it’s Leon Edwards, Leon Edwards it is.”
Masvidal is ready to fight as soon as September. He was recently disappointed after receiving news that several fighters didn’t want to fight. A call from the UFC offering him an opponent would be a nice change:
“I won’t even mention their names in this interview, because I don’t want to give them any type of attention or name recognition,” Masvidal said. “But there were a couple of guys that I asked for, and the UFC said, ‘Hell, no. We can’t give you those guys. You’re going to murder those guys.’
“(Darren) Till is waiting for a title shot. Rafael dos Anjos might be fighting (Kamaru) Usman, and Usman thinks he deserves a title shot, as well. Magny’s just a (expletive). (Demian) Maia doesn’t seem like he wants to fight anymore; I was trying to get a rematch with him or (Stephen) Thompson, and Thompson’s hurt.
“Santiago Ponzinibbio’s also hurt, but he’s also my teammate, so I’m not trying to fight the guy. All the other top-10 guys are locked up. So whoever I can get my hands on, let’s go.”
Saturday at UFC Fight Night 132, Leon Edwards earned the biggest victory of his career when he earned a unanimous decision victory over the legendary Donald “Cowboy Cerrone” and already had a name in mind in whom he wanted to fight next: “I was going o…
Saturday at UFC Fight Night 132, Leon Edwards earned the biggest victory of his career when he earned a unanimous decision victory over the legendary Donald “Cowboy Cerrone” and already had a name in mind in whom he wanted to fight next: “I was going on the rankings, and everyone else was matched up. Masvidal, […]