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The Leon hate is unreal lmao, He completely outclasses Masvidal. Better everywhere.
Sure but he would have other issues to deal with such as Masvidals more explosive and versatile striking and knock out power. If Nate pillow fist can touch your chin and buckle you, then any WW with decent power can do much worse.
The narrative around a potential fight between Edwards and Masvidal seemed to be overwhelmingly that Edwards would cruise to a decision win, that Jorge is scared, ducking, etc.
But after watching Masvidal toy with Nate and finish him, and Edwards backpedalling and clinching for dear life to survive for another decision, are you still as convinced that Leon is such a favourite in that fight?
I don’t think Jorge is a world beater or anything, but Edwards might be one of the most overrated guys on the roster, And I wouldn’t be surprised if he got knocked out by Street Jesus especially after what we saw the other day.
Who thought Edwards would beat Masvidal... I thought we all pretty much agree it would be another Baptism but Eddie was stuck in the UK during the pandemic for this to happen...
Part of that reason is probably the fact that he has only fought one top 10 fighter in his entire career.True, but there's a reason Leon has never been finished and this was only the second time he's ever been rocked. Nate took him deep into the fight, never faded, then landed that crisp 1-2 when he had Leon thinking he was safe. The reality is that he would only be in danger against Jorge for the first round and a half or so, and he'd be extremely cautious during that time.
My point is that there is nothing about this fight in particular we can use to say that Jorge has a better shot at beating Leon all of a sudden. We could just as easily say Leon might knock him out now that he got KOd in his last fight. For all we know, Jorge himself would have gotten rocked by Nate in the 5th in their fight.
Don't get me wrong, I actually had a similar thought for a moment right afterward about Leon's skillset. The more I've thought about it though, I don't see anyone replicating what Nate did and I think he's getting too much criticism. There might be guys who will beat him, but they'll have to do it differently and it won't be because of anything Nate exposed in his game. His chin is fine, just as Conor's chin is fine even though he got rocked by that same 1-2.
The narrative around a potential fight between Edwards and Masvidal seemed to be overwhelmingly that Edwards would cruise to a decision win, that Jorge is scared, ducking, etc.
But after watching Masvidal toy with Nate and finish him, and Edwards backpedalling and clinching for dear life to survive for another decision, are you still as convinced that Leon is such a favourite in that fight?
I don’t think Jorge is a world beater or anything, but Edwards might be one of the most overrated guys on the roster, And I wouldn’t be surprised if he got knocked out by Street Jesus especially after what we saw the other day.
Part of that reason is probably the fact that he has only fought one top 10 fighter in his entire career.
I agree with most of what you said, and as I previously mentioned I would probably have Leon as a slight favourite in that fight simply because I don’t think Masvidal is all that either.
My point is more about Leon being overrated, then Masvidal being great. All I see is another jack of all trades striker who can’t finish and seems to have cardio and chin issues as well.
Wonderboy, Burns, Usman and Colby would all expose him pretty badly imo, Marty already did.
Mas didn't finish Nate. The doctor did. It's definitely a highly intriguing matchup even without the 3 piece and soda incident.
They both absolutely smashed Nate. Mas was more vicious while Edwards was smoother yet still just as effective.
Sherdog told me not to like Edwards' style but I'm sorry I did enjoy his technical brilliance. I'm not confident one way or the other in the head to head matchup but it seems to me that Edwards might be the better welterweight overall.
Just my 2 cents.
The narrative around a potential fight between Edwards and Masvidal seemed to be overwhelmingly that Edwards would cruise to a decision win, that Jorge is scared, ducking, etc.
But after watching Masvidal toy with Nate and finish him, and Edwards backpedalling and clinching for dear life to survive for another decision, are you still as convinced that Leon is such a favourite in that fight?
I don’t think Jorge is a world beater or anything, but Edwards might be one of the most overrated guys on the roster, And I wouldn’t be surprised if he got knocked out by Street Jesus especially after what we saw the other day.
You start by making a semi logical post, only to close out with 12-year-old tactics using words like “ducking”.49-46 with no problem leon wins. or most likely 30-27 since it only be a 3 round fight.
edwards would be able to take jorge down easy an use that to grind out winning just as easy as he beat nate.
jorge is duckikng leon he been vocal that he turned down colby and leon when ufc offered it.