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#1 Worst: Masvidal morphs into a Diaz brother after the show
Okay, so the wild backstage incident between Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards didn’t happen during the show per se, but bear with me anyway. For those who haven’t seen the footage, essentially Edwards confronted Masvidal backstage to challenge him to a future fight, only to be sucker-punched by ‘Gamebred’ before the two could be separated.
Quite why Masvidal decided to behave in such a way is baffling, really, particularly when you consider he’d been thoroughly classy in victory earlier, putting Darren Till over as a tough opponent and stating that his future in the sport would be bright.
Sure, Edwards wasn’t really respectful with his trash talk, but it’s clear now that such words are only ever designed to build a fight – meaning a fight in the Octagon that can draw money, not a backstage brawl.
Edwards probably wasn’t hurt by the punches and the footage may well mean the inevitable Masvidal/Edwards clash is a bigger deal at some point down the road, but it’s still a pity that ‘Gamebred’ had to resort to such shameful behaviour, more expected from someone like one of the Diaz brothers than a long-time veteran. This was a seriously disappointing incident.
