Editorial: Why Leon Edwards deserves a title fight against Kamaru Usman

Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards fought in 2015“Deserves” isn’t a word that always comes into play when the UFC brass sits down to discuss matchmaking. If there is a current UFC fighter who deserves to fight for a title as soon as a fight can be booked though, it’s Leon Edwards.

Edwards, who is the No. 3 fighter in the official UFC welterweight rankings, was slated to face Jorge Masvidal at UFC 269 in December, until an injury knocked Masvidal from that event. Edwards, who has not lost a fight since he dropped a decision to Kamaru Usman on the early prelims of a UFC on FOX card in 2015, doesn’t think anything but a title shot makes sense…