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UFC offered Leon Edwards to ‘step aside’ and allow Conor McGregor vs. Kamaru Usman, says Sonnen

UFC welterweight Leon Edwards has been made an offer to ‘step aside’ and allow Conor McGregor to fight Kamaru Usman.

That’s according to multiple-time UFC title challenger turned MMA analyst Chael Sonnen, who says the UFC has offered Edwards his show and win money to allow McGregor to step in and replace him against Usman.

Edwards was all but confirmed to challenge Usman for the welterweight title in July but, if this rumor is true, which Sonnen doubts, would ‘Rocky’ actually step aside and allow McGregor to take his place?

Highly unlikely, says Sonnen, but Usman vs.