Former welterweight champion Leon Edwards headlines this weekend’s UFC occasion at The O2 Area in London in opposition to No. 5 ranked Sean Brady. Edwards misplaced the 170-pound championship to Belal Muhammad final July and appears to spherical with a win on Saturday.
The loss to Muhammad does not sit nicely with Edwards, however he is put that previous him. Now he needs to remind everybody
“It’s what it’s. No excuses. Like I stated, on my worst day he received one spherical over me to get a choice. That is it. I am now not targeted on that combat. I am going to get it again for positive,” Edwards stated throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present.
Edwards was initially slated to face Jack Della Maddalena however Maddalena was pulled from the combat to face the champion when Muhammad’s opponent, Shavkat Rakhmonov, was pressured out of the upcoming UFC 315 title combat attributable to harm. Now going through Brady, Edwards is used to what Brady brings to the desk.
“He is a mode I am used to. It is what I have been preventing now for a few years. He is a brief, boxing, wrestling form of man. It is one thing I am used to and I really feel prefer it provides me an opportunity to go on the market and show to the world that I’m who I’m and I am going to go on the market and show it to the world. I’m the very best welterweight of all time and he is simply one other man in my method.”
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Edwards is the highest contender within the welterweight division and expects to get a title shot with a win over Brady on Saturday.
“I really feel like, for me, it is a No. 1 contender combat. I’m going on the market and I carry out like I do know I’ll carry out, I really feel just like the title shot is subsequent. That is the one combat that is smart for me,” Edwards stated.
