"Difficult" - Leon Edwards predicts the winner of Jorge Masvidal's fight with Burns in UFC 286 title defense

LEON EDWARDS has given his prediction for Jorge Masvidal’s showdown with Gilbert Burns.

Fan favourite Masvidal will bid to snap a three-fight losing streak against three-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion at UFC 287 in Miami next month.

The UFC’s BMF goes into the showdown with Burns as an underdog following underwhelming performances in his last three outings.

Edwards has never been impressed by Masvidal and has been left even more unimpressed by the 38-year-old’s displays against Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington.

So much so that he’s tipping Burns to get the job done in the Miami melee.

The reigning UFC welterweight champion and Wow Hydrate ambassador told SunSport: “It’s difficult to pick, right?

“If I had to put money on it, I’d probably say Gilbert. He’s been the more active and he’s showed more improvements in his game.

“Masvidal ain’t fought for a while [too].

“If I had to put money on it, I’d probably go for Gilbert.”

Edwards will return to the octagon a few weeks prior to Masvidal vs Burns in the main event of UFC 286 at London’s O2 Arena.

Rocky’s first defence of the 170lb strap will see him face former dominant champion Usman in a trilogy fight.

Edwards dethroned the former pound-for-pound with a Hail Mary head kick in the dying seconds of UFC 278 to become only Britain’s second UFC champion.

The 31-year-old’s coronation cemented his fairytale story from a former Birmingham street kid to inspirational community figure.

He told SunSport late last year: “It’s a prideful thing and something that I wear on my sleeve – to try to give back and try to show other kids that it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.

“If you find something you love, it doesn’t have to be MMA, it could be anything.

“Just dedicate yourself to it, make a plan and work hard.

“You can achieve something. You don’t have to die where you start. That’s not it.

“I understand it’s hard because I was once there and you feel like the world is against you.

“Especially being black as well, that’s even double as hard.

“It’s difficult, but it can be done.”

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