EXCLUSIVE! 🚨 Leon Edwards plots route to Champ-Champ status! 👑
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2023
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Leon Edwards chats with Nik Hobbs about his upcoming fight with Colby Covington, moving up to middleweight and the Ian Garry incident.
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Plenty of work to do at welterweight before he thinks about middleweight.
Belal, Shavkat, In the near future.
Ian Gary on the way up, MVP potentially signing with UFC.
Lots of interesting fights at 170
I agree. Also people comparing Makhachev moving up to 170 with Leon moving up to 185 doesn't make sense. Makhachev has 6 finishes in last 7 fights while Leon has only 1 finish in the last 7 fights; majority decision vs Usman, split decision vs Nelson, no contest vs Belal. Makhachev is much more dominant fighter, he wouldn't be too small at 170 welterweight, while I am not sure if Leon would be too small or not at 185 middleweight.
@@timurjack8773no its no different, you could finish unranked bums and it wouldnt mean anything. Both of them need to defend their own titles, the ufc would be a mess if every champ decided he wanted to move up after 1 or 2 title defences
What are you talking about he would wipe the floor with mvp
@Callum_04 , dominance is a factor. Leon is not dominant, even in his only recent finish win, he lost 3 rounds and was losing the fight until 1 minute. Unranked Lightweight Nate almost finished him, has no contest with Belal and split decision with Nelson. Makhachev dominate everyone, if its a choice between Leon and Makhachev who moves up first, it should be Makhachev.
Also, Cejudo had only 1 title defense before moving up, Conor had 0 defense before Dana gave Khabib's title shot to him, DC didn't even beat Jones, he just won vacant 205 lbs belt and defend 1 time then move up to 265 lbs. Adesanya also has only 2 title defenses vs Romero and Costa before moving up vs Jan at 205 lbs.
MVP would do extremely well to even get near a title shot.
Edwards and aspinall make me feel proud to be British. They’re representing the UK very well and are so respectful it’s great to see ❤️
Just curious, do you actually consider him representing the UK? He’s not from there but then Aspinal is like half polish so I understand you take what you can get lol
Definitely they represent U.K
@@ssk58607 I myself was born in an overseas British territory but raised in England and lived in Scotland… it’s much easier to just say UK, Jamaica is still part of the commonwealth (was part of the British empire) and Bisping was born in Cyprus on a UK army base and also has a polish surname 🤷🏻♂️ the British empire had 25% of the land on earth so British can mean a lot of different countries, some choose to represent the flag and some don’t
Edwards is a brummie and aspinall is from Wigan tho so it’s not even clutching straws like your suggesting
@@ssk58607what a weird comment on your part
Very well said brother it makes me so proud too.
Imagine him holding up 2 divisions. Dana will never let him do it unless he makes a few more title defenses close together.
Dana doesn’t like him being champ anyway.
He literally just said win mw title and jump back to ww and leave me title 🤷♂️no thought of defending that mw title
@@dsquared5557 Of course he doesn't. Who does? He's the once a year type of fighter. He isn't like Pereira or Volk or others willing to fight 3 times a year. Secondly, he constantly refuses fights for bs reasons
How is he holding up the division 2 fights in one year is very standard for a champ and it mostly had to do with colby
Imagine if Alex pereira was still MW champ, Leon probably wouldn't even be talking about MW😂
Thanks Leon for putting Jamaica England and the west midlands on the world stage bless! 🙏🏽
Rate Leon so highly. Elite champion. Pioneering a new era of MMA in the UK
Aspinall is the new era , Leon will be lucky to get past Colby never mind win the middle weight title. If Nate Diaz rocked Leon with a sloppy left cross what do you think the likes of adesanya will do 🤣💀
@@Bryan-cs4oeadesanya is out for a while so he doesn’t have to worry about him, I also reckon he’ll make easy work of Colby. He has a better chance against Strickland than Du Plessis at 185 I think
@@Bryan-cs4oe not sure he'll lose to Colby-he only fights once every 2 yrs
Defended his title once lol do something an fight people instead of talking rubbish to sky sports
@@topic1420 he was ready in August. Colby was the reason it took so long for the fight to get made. This will also be his 3rd fight in last 16months, Colby hasn’t fought once in the last 16 months
Leon just isn't active enough to be given the opportunity to fight for a second belt. If he was as active as Izzy or Volk then I'd be all for it. Izzy has had more than twice the amount of fights than Leon since we got into the 2020's. With the rate Leon is going, each belt would be defended around once every 2 years.
In a street fight he pressed charges 🤣 Awesome Leon!!!
We need Leon, Nate Diaz and Stipe Miocic commentating a fight! 😭 lol
“Didn’t knock him out in training , but he got good work “
Leon showing incredible wisdom at the end of this clip I wish they kept it going
With the rate he's going, he'll be a double champ in 2077
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wow
It will be 3 title fights in 16 months? Explain the bs narrative of inactivity pls? Only Izzy fought 3x a yr, Usman once and Alex more recently... every other champ fights 2x at most, and some don't even fight once a yr like Stipe and Whittaker, Conor never defended and plenty other ex champs... even contenders like Colby fights once a yr on average if that, and he's not even a champ
Leon Edwards beat the pound for pound #1 fighter to win the belt, defended it against him, and is defending it for the second time next month. How is he inactive?
He's so quiet man this is the first I've seen of him since his last fight 😂
It's great. That way you people have less of a reason to turn against him as it always happens with certain champions.
He lets his shins do the talking
@@Obiodum_ I, the people have followed him since the beginning and rooted for him through all his setbacks, that kind of cynical perspective is the exact reason you probably haven't achieved anything meaningful in life..
he doesn't trash talk every 2 mins-and likes it that way
12:17 massive slip up
Right Dana hates that😢😢
Robbie - Washed
Usman - Lost
Woodley - Washed
Usman - Lost
Masvidal - Washed
Agree with that assessment, hard to know how good Covington actually is.
He has a valid point, never looked at it that way until he mentioned it
I agree but Colby gave Usman his hardest fights before Leon. I don’t think a fighter who isn’t top tier would be able to hang with Usman competitively which is what Colby did. I do think he should’ve been more active but he can only beat what is across from him.
Shavkat Garry Luque Belal + prospects developing (Morales, Rinat, etc.)
Gwan Leon. Class act, exceptional athlete and dedicated to his craft. I appreciate that he's typically more introverted as a person too. Can't all be Conor.
It's kinda weird to see fighters talk about champ champ status after one title defense.
Like, DC got there after 5 title defences and roided Jones got there after 10 title defences.
Colby got a tittle shot after one win.
@@Basichomelife Hes getting a title shot because Belal is boring and Khamzat missed weight. Nobody else makes sense
Conor got there after 0.
@@EdgyDabs47That’s Conor Mcgregor lol.
Not true. DC only had 1 title defense after winning vacant 205 lbs title, how can DC have 5 title defenses when he never beat the real lineal 205 lbs champ Jones?
Cejudo had only 1 title defense before moving up to bantamweight.
Conor has 0 title defense.
Adesanya at the time only had 2 title defense vs Romero and Costa before moving up to 205 lbs to fight Jan.
This is why Leon edwards has the most aesthetic physique
Was looking for this
why is that a joke and people keep saying that?
@@adamw8579because he has the most aesthetic physique
Mario Rios. His shorts have millions of views and he almost has Leon Edwards in every of his shorts saying Leon Edwards has the most asthetic physique thats why. Mario Rios literally made Leon Edwards more famous than the UFC did, you literally see this comment on completely unrelated videos that have nothing to do with Leon and they have like 7k likes lmao@@adamw8579
Can’t wait for dec 16. Let’s go Leon
Champ champ status let’s get it !!! Rocky!!! 👑👑👊🏾💯🔥😎🇯🇲🇬🇧
Needs some more title defences buddy or else he’s gotta vacate the belt simple
Literally fights once In a blue moon and wants be two weight champ
Leon is fantastic, total Rocky story with how he won the belt. Never been finished, on a 13 fight unbeaten streak, has improved his takedown defence and ground game exponentially. He shouldn't look past Colby though, could easily lose a decision if he's not careful. Needs to be more active too, but definitely a great fighter and pride of Jamaica and the UK.
Leon Edwards becoming double champ would be the greatest underdog story of all time, “look at me now”
He has no business even attempting a 2nd belt when he has defended his current belt ONE TIME. I don't know how anyone could hear him say this and not clown on him for it. Fighters don't deserve a shot at another champ unless they have defended their belt many times.
We don’t want it.
He has to beat Colby and then theres still Belal and the winner of Shavkat vs WB. He should focus on 1 thing at a time
Thanks for the video, SKY SPORTS
Much respect to Leon but let's leave this double champ stuff until you've defended the title a few times.
1. Colby
2. Shavkat
3. Belal
4. Double champion fight
i mean strickland beats leon everyday......
@@ZahidulIslam-wh2ppNAH
@@ZahidulIslam-wh2pp Crystal ball reading isn't MMA. Leon puts on 15-20 pounds and he's one of the biggest and tallest elites at 185, exactly Khamzat's height, at 6'2".
But unlike 99% stand-up-Izzy, Leon has close to elite BJJ and actually very good wrestling. Dude's no joke.
I have to giggle, though, when 6'0" Dricus called Leon "little man"! "Have you seen me in person, little man?" LOL Again, 20 pounds to his lean, muscle frame and he towers over DDP.
@@ZahidulIslam-wh2pp I don’t think so if leon put the weight on what dose Sean do that leon can’t . He beat usman twice who is one of the best I think at the same weight leon would definitely stand a chance
Belal is after Covington. Stop trying to deny this guy his opportunity. He's earned it.
If he wants to move up to middle weight he should leave the belt behind. The division needs activity and at the rate he fights he’ll defend both belts once in 3 years
Generally the lower weight belt is relinquished upon winning the second title.
Colbys last 2 wins were against t woodley and masvidal
And dominated them both easily and then on with 2 back to back close match ups with the new welterweight goat at the time
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE PREMISE OF THE VIDEO?
I’d bet you my house ( if I had one ) that Dana will never give him the champ champ opportunity
Stop wasting time watching UA-cam and go buy a house
Leon’s the man. Would prefer to see him defend his belt.
Yeah man let's go Leon!
I wonder if this is the peak of British MMA for a while or will this inspire more,
Let's go Leon! You deserve to get double champ chance, after you rematch Belal
Great Easy Fight got Better and more to skill!! Champ vs Chaos!! Really bettering himself. Chaos needs to Raise the Win Percentage!! If his Work Proves it... Crazy.
I don't actually know who would beat him right now, so solid everywhere
Get that double champ champ !!!! Let's gooo 🏴🏴🏴🏴
This guy is the truth. UK GSP.
Very likable human
Class tbf
Love leon. Big fan. It would be a big mistake to look past colby. A huge collosal error.
LETS GO LEON
Been a fan of Leon since his fight against Seth Baczynski. To see him rise up through the ranks, be doubted by the mass majority of people, all for him to be the King at 170! A movie script couldn’t have written it better.
Sorry but no mate. Welterweight has been too inactive. Defend your belt
Volk defended his title 4 or 5 times before he got a shot at double champ so you need to do more and it’s not a good sign you’re already taking about it so you better keep focused on what’s in front of you
Good advice mate, I'm sure he will take it on-board 👍
Thats how it should be but Cejudo or DC only defend 1 time before moving up so those were exception also Adesanya at that time before fighting Jan had only 2 title defenses. If anyone should move up first, it should Makhachev because he is much more dominant than Leon
Telford International Centre is in the middle of Birmingham and Manchester.
Leon is a star in the making! Give it 2 more years
It’s sad we never got to see Leon vs masvidal 😢
Leon would've thrown Masvidal around like an empty tracksuit! Lol
hi guys plz answer this question plz im so curious abouth this
uk now have 2 ufc champ
aspinal
and edward
and u know edwards from jamacai but grew and live in uk
do u biritish people have difrent behavavoir from this 2 champ for example like more aspinal because his wihite or not
like this 2 guys equaly ?
Edwards. Feeling soo skillful!!! We cant beat these... Thailand guys.. ehh...
Defend the Belt!!! Best Feeling. To Get!! Disable the Chaos!!
Style or switch styles. To break a division!! Crazy... Chaos way difficult for Mazvidal. To play fight.
LEON GREATEST UK ATHLETE IN HISTORY
He beats Colby what a card we could get in the UK. Love to see Paddy Vs Garry on it.
@@JSLoL999 Paddy can eat does he need to go higher?
😂
@@HouseOldSkoolRaverwere hoping you're mucking around mate.
Leon is a good lad.
Prove your actually a champ and defend your belt first Leon! im annoyed by this. Theres plenty of contenders in your own division to worry about.
he has defended it casual. he fough usman three times. and when did alex or conor defend their belts before fighting for next belt
@@awex7he lost one of them fights. He defended his belt once ..there's no way he deserves to fight for another belt yet . Conor was the biggest star in ufc history so that was different because they were making a fortune for it ..I think there should be rule that you've to defend your own division belt 5 times before you're given a champ champ chance
@@KarenMcdonagh-gv4ct agreed. Minimum 3 defences required i think. Even then only in special circumstances. Too many champs trying to hold up divisions for no reason.
@discoshrew7403 the reason is if he was fighting regularly like someone like Volkanovski, only a matter of time before he gets pinged and loses the belt
@@discoshrew7403the thing is, he already ran through the division on his way to the belt.
Does anyone know the name of the clothing brand Leon is wearing? I like that tracksuit
Dude!!! Colby started the Fire Fiight!!! Vs Lawler!! 30-40seconds.. on Fire the Beginning!!!
Leon I’m edging you to be double champ bro come on ✌🏽
Yeeah!!! Kickboxing!! More fair fight!! Legs for Defense!! Didnt throw kicka vs Usman... Or a few. Wow!! Same Energy!!
Leon beats Strickland, he doesn't get tired & he's well-rounded.
Let’s go Leon you’ll beat Colby then Headline Wembley 🔥
Tom will headline not Leon they always favour the heavyweights an rightly so
if he beats Colby that’s his 2nd title defense then 3rd title fight. I think legacy comes before anything.
Plus Tom is only interim champ
@@D1poxheavyweight champ will always be preferred
Tom will headline Leon co main
Lomachenko Style!!! Taggy tag tag!!
I like Shavkat and Leon, I’d be spilt during that fight if and when it happens
alex perira zero title defenses and fights for two belts. conor zero title defenses or rematchs and fights for two belts.
Just because the precedent has been set doesn’t mean it’s good
alex moved up divisions its not the same...conor is a superstar you cant compare....volk and usman had 5 or 6 title defences before that was even a conversation
True. Alex made his LHW debut against Jan Blachowicz though. A nightmare matchup.
@@evxlved9833Adesanya had 2. Cejudo 1, TJ 1 and Volkanowski got a re-match after losing.
Edwards at least finished the p4p king at that time
Edwards.... Yeah He Had a few same Records too!!
Beat Colby, Beat Belal, then honestly you can do whatever you want cuz we all know you aint tryna fight Shavkat
Styles!! Or difuse their style. Strickland diffuse. The puzzle box!!
Mr. AESTHETIC PHYSIQUE 🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lets go champ
Leon Edwards is the man! Excited to see him move up to Middleweight to challenge for the title.
Dude.. we need... Usman wrestle style to tackle the kicker izzy!!! Dangs...
Shavkat is coming for that belt.
I was fetching a Sports Contract. Later... Chaos joins. We Need Wins!! Make the City and Team Rain!!
Subtitles needed
😂😂😂😂😂
Great! It's the champion that never fights!!
After..... Leons Beat the Champ!!! His School Teacher... Got him Learning better style!! Vs a ThaiLand.... Colby Needed this Chase!! Doesnt know... Edwards has Grown after UsMan. Great boxing to kickboxing challenge!!
It's Colby Covington time
Not likely. Better matchup for him, in leon. That being said I think Leon’s athleticism and striking will be way to much. Colby’s best chance is to put a pace on Leon imo
Belaal is the next contender after covington ..usman 2wice so ..there's alot of contenders coming up
To think Leon snd Ian Garry saw eye to eye only momths ago...i think Leon tells it all here
Imagine the champ before u defending the belt 3 times in the span u haven't defended it once
UFC 286 was his first defence.
Lmao he defended against Usman stopid.
he did defend it..
I would say Leon not fighting in so long is more down to the UFC politics and Colby. Although tbf I know Leon wasn't keen on fighting Colby because he felt he hadn't earned it and rightly so
Needs subtitles...
Leon is doing the right thing being absolutely himself
Nice interview, just wished there was a translator
Into what language
Youre on borrowed time son, December 16th the 170 strap is coming to the US of A
Burner
Tbh i don’t think he gonna get past colby that pace gonna be to much usman suited him more as there was big gaps between each engagement
More work to do at Welter imo.
I'm the only one that miss dominant champs?
Top level mma fighter, world class only negative is the lack of defences a think colby all wrong for him a really do.
Love Rocky to win though
I'll be rooting for Covington
Lol, he aint beating Dricus Du Plessis. People still don't know what we know.
Great guy….humble and awesome…..unlike Garry 👍🏻
Colby been a Top Contender.... He Ruled Over.. America's TopTeam... Haaah..... And Bc He had 2 matches wit Champ... New achamp Colny can contend!! Top Contender!!
Ian being late to sessions. What has he done to think he can be late?
late to*
I need translation after 4:00
8:43 called masvidal washed yet wanted to fight him.
No one exciting in his division to fight? Guess he never heard of Shavkat Rakmonov.
The most humble and likable fighter in UFC rightnow, probably in the UFC history.
have a day off 😂
@Ricardo0777 don't worry about me b$tchboy
atleast in the roster rn he aint really lying@@Ricardo0777
top man
TNT & the UFC deal must be expiring soon . Skysports hovering around ready to pounce
I noticed too
Go champ😊
Big fan of Leon, but i have the hardest time understanding him sometimes. Always sounds like his voice is goin out
He is a Jamaican Brummie that's why
Why did sky only jump on the ufc once Leon was champ but always used to show boxing and American sports anyway
Champ champ? Is he out of his mind? You get that honour to challenge the champ in other weight divisions if you have cleaned out your division. Like Volk for example. He has earned his superfights. With Leon's level of activity he will get there in his next life.😂 And a middle weight like Dricus du Plessis would absolutely smash him into the shadow realm. Leon get past guys like Shavkat, Colby and Belal in your division. Maybe then you start talking about champ champ
Thats it should be, but its UFC's fault they let Conor with 0 title defense took Khabib's title shot at 155 lbs after Dana tweeted Khabib fighting Alvarez.
DC had 1 title defense after winning vacant belt without beating Jones.
Cejudo had only 1 title defense before moving up to bantamweight.
Adesanya had only 2 title defense at that time before moving up to fight Jan
Why can't these new champion just focus on defending their belt at their own division. It seems like they defend their belt one time and then they are chasing that Cc status.
Come on Leon 👊😴