Leon Edwards barely had to break a sweat to keep his UFC welterweight belt, beating Colby Covington
Leon Edwards didn’t have to struggle to keep his UFC welterweight belt after beating Colby Covington this weekend in Las Vegas (USA). The Englishman had a fight in which he dominated much of the match and had to deal with a rival who practically never enters the octagon.
Apart from the moments in the final part of the fight, ‘Chaos’ reminds little of the fighter who achieved great results that led him to be one of the strengths of the division in recent years, without engaging with his already known pressure and energy that puts into his game.
This fact was noted by Edwards, who made no secret of it when speaking about his rival in the post-UFC 296 press conference. Speaking about Covington, “Rocky” stated that he “expected more” from his opponent, who even behaved in an offensive manner. statements at the press conference regarding the champion’s father, who died.
– I know it wasn’t one of my best performances. I thought it would have been a better fight. He got defensive and I thought “what is this guy doing”. After saying so much bullshit, I expected more from him. But I have the feeling that he has done things like this before, he got tired and didn’t come to the fight,” said Leon Edwards.
– But Colby is a coward and always will be. After the fight, he made a lot of excuses saying that he won the fight. When (Kamaru) Usman broke his jaw, he blamed the referee. It’s not his fault,” added the Englishman.
Although the provocations of ‘Chaos’ created a different environment for this fight, Edwards preferred to downplay those impacts a bit, appreciating the fact that he remained calm in the face of everything that happened during the promotion of the duel.
– Fuck him. The focus must be on me. That’s what he wants, for you to attack him and for him to take you down. What he said was horrible, but we will go there to do our job. It was one of the fights in which I felt the most emotion, especially for the things he said, but I have a team that supports me and helped me in this fight. Inside I wanted to go to war with Colby, but by talking to my coaches and my mother, I decided to change my mind. I closed myself off for 25 minutes and now I can deal with these emotions – said ‘Rocky’.
Source: Terra
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