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

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.
 
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?
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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)"

 
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.
 
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.
 
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