Media Leon says he will NOT sign contract vs. Colby Covington

[XociDe]

The last thing Leon wants is to make an enemy of Dana. If he really refuses to play ball, as soon as he loses that belt it's game over. He will be given the worst possible match ups and cut at the soonest opportunity. I love Leon and his story but let's be honest, his style is incredibly boring. The head kick made a lot of people forget about the rest of his career.

 

[ExxA]

Uh Oh... Intrim title fight incoming and Dana saying Leon doesnt want to fight and that the intrim fight is what makes sense. And later Leon will get stripped cause of inactivity.

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

Harder and harder to like Leon lol!

 

[CannotWin]

He will fight Colby.

 

[SplashB]

Of a guy that can't bust a grape or finish his own dinner? Highly unlikely. The guy signed to fight Khamzat when he was the boogeyman of the division on 3 separate occasions. He fought the P4P#1 at high elevation in the middle of nowhere.

True. So he can just sign the contract, right?

 

[Substance Abuse]

He will NOT sign the contract until they give him a new contract himself at which point he will absolutely sign the contract.

Might as well get some more money out of it.

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Ahhh so how long until Dana tells the world Edwards is scared of Colby?

UFC is ruthless, wouldn't be shocked if Edwards got traded for some One FC guy.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

He's angling for a Masvidal fight because it's the most winnable and the most marketable.

Well.. Masvidal suckerpunched him... he might want to take that one back.

 

[DjolexMTL]

Leon angling for the Masvidal fight is just as much (if not more) bullshit than Colby getting a TS

 

[LoveMyMMA]

 

[Shaun K]

Haha. Go ahead and play that card, dana will strip that belt. Not sure why edwards is scared of colby. I’d pick colby to beat him by decision, but i also picked usman to beat edwards both times too.


he really wants that easy check vs jorge

 

[Yep]

Might as well get some more money out of it.

I hope this is the play. If not he’s gonna have to sit on the sidelines and watch interim title fights and try to convince people on Twitter of why he’s the real champ even tho he refuses to fight contenders. Even if he is right mind you.

 

[OldBoy91]

True. So he can just sign the contract, right?

He probably will do when the UFC makes it worth his while.

Right now it's to Leon's benefit to decline because Colby doesn't deserve a title shot by any means. So if the UFC are insistent that he is the next guy they can pay the champ accordingly.

 

[burningspear]

dana seemed pretty sure of the nxt opponent, he will have to explain it to leon with the addition of a big fat cheque

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Good, there are far more worthy and active fighters who deserve their chance Belal, Burns (if he wins like I expect him to).

Christ even Jorge, despite losing, has faced more top contenders than colby.

After such a long layoff Colby should get a win over a top 5 opponent.

 

[Fergelmince]

If he doesn't sign, the UFC will deal with him like they dealt with ngannou.

"Out of nowhere! Derrick Lewis will face Cyril Gane for the interim Heavyweight title. This is due to Francis Ngannou not being able to defend his title anytime soon. (via Brett Okamoto)"

 

[The XL]

I get being against fighting Colby because of his inactivity, but he wants Masvidal which sort of goes against any merit based stance.

Would be funny if he fought Jorge and lost. Masvidal would be live in that one, he's a good striker who can crack at WW and Leon is a bit chinny.

 

[OldBoy91]

What makes this even worse is Leon was removed from the rankings after a fight between him and Khamzat fell through due to KHAMZAT pulling out. The disrespect is just crazy.

Leon is fully within his right to milk the UFC for all he's worth right now.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Good man.

 

[Thesnake101]

The last thing Leon wants is to make an enemy of Dana. If he really refuses to play ball, as soon as he loses that belt it's game over. He will be given the worst possible match ups and cut at the soonest opportunity. I love Leon and his story but let's be honest, his style is incredibly boring. The head kick made a lot of people forget about the rest of his career.

You need to take into account the fact that Leon is very confident in himself to keep winning, so as long as he keeps doing that, he can play hardball.

He also has the fact that he's british going for him, since that's a market the UFC really care about and don't have many stars for it atm.