There is no such thing as beating Leon Edwards in the O2 Arena. Of course Sean Brady will put to the test this year during this year's UFC London.
The former UFC champion Welterweight is unbeaten in the iconic English location where he returns to the main event slot against top candidate Sean Brady.
4-0 In the O2 Arena, Leon Edwards of Birmingham is not used to losing in his back garden, only beaten by the current Champion Belal Muhammad in his last 14 fights. That fight took place at 5 o'clock in the co-op arena in Manchester.
Besides Muhammad, Edwards has only been defeated by one man for the past 10 years: former pound-for-pound Koning Kamaru Usman.
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The latest history of Leon Edwards in O2 Arena
No victory is greater in Edwards's career than the main kick Ko He has used Usman Bitoned at UFC 278, so that an incredible comeback was mounted to win the world title in the fifth round. From 2015, Edwards had delivered an earlier decision loss for Usman.
Nevertheless, Edwards was a 2-on-1 Underdog to beat Usman in the Rematch on UFC 286 a few months later in the O2 Arena. A return to sea level for Edwards after fighting at height in Salt Lake City.
There were more than 17,000 fans present with British stars such as 'Spider-Man' actor Tom Holland and 'Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams Cageide to see how their fellow countryman Edwards proves that the Rematch was not a comme.
How Leon Edwards (again) pulled the upset
With the threat of his fight-ending main kick, Edwards has postponed a relatively more rifle separation of Kamaru Usman with leg kicks and body kicks.
Usman held Edwards on the backfoot as he did on UFC 278, but the former champion could not really get his struggling to the big effects of the first two fights. Edwards worked his boxing, raised his shots and threw low stairs from the outside.
Edwards threw 11 Takedowns from 15 attempts.
Edwards would take the trilogy 2-1 and beat usman by a majority decision of a razor-close.
Edwards was confronted with controversy after the result, because 'Rocky' had withdrawn a point through a fence in round 3. He also grabbed the gloves of Usman, but also polluting him twice, but it did not make it of the welterweight about a pound-for-pound of legend. An eight -year -old chapter finally closed.
Leon Edwards tries to go 5-0 in the O2 Arena when he meets Sean Brady in the headliner of UFC London.
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