The former UFC champion Welterweight still has a score to settle with one former enemy.
Leon Edwards will return to the Octagon next month when he meets Jack della Maddalena in the O2 Arena in London.
March 22, 'Rocky' sees the fight taking on somewhat unknown land, given that he is losing in his last outing.
During his professional career, the Brit has tasted the defeat four times with one defeat in his third fight and the other three who arrive within the UFC industry corner.
It is not surprising that Edwards wants revenge and there is an earlier opponent of him about which he is very critical because they went against each other.
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Leon Edwards calls Belal Muhammad the worst of all time
It is not difficult to find out who will label Leon Edwards the worst UFC -hunter of all time when you look back on the opponents he still actively pursues.
The 33-year-old has already arranged the score with Kamaru Usman and his loss against Claudio Silva was not exactly the kind of setback that has chased him since.
Losing his welterweight title to Belal Muhammad in Manchester Last year, on the other hand, is something that will certainly dismiss the former champion prior to his return on March 22.
Edwards recently appeared on the Louis Theroux Podcast, where he mentioned Jonies and Anderson Silva as his top two choices for the greatest of all time.
When asked to give the name of someone on the other side of the scale, he went directly to the current 170 pound champion that improved him in UFC 304 in July.
'[Worst?] Eager [Muhammad]… I would like to walk it back, “said Edwards.
“Normal time. I would like to decline it again next year (delivery included in 2024). “
It was a huge pleasure to speak with UFC legend Leon “Rocky” Edwards, world champion hunter, survivor of a non-time-easy youth in Jamaica and Birmingham, and the man whose iconic headkick against Kamaru Usman launched a thousand memes (especially the One of Joe Rogan … pic.twitter.com/qfh3ln7e9t
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Leon Edwards emphasizes fighting time
As much as Leon Edwards wants to be in a rematch to Belal Muhammad, he has a specific request for the fight.
In their previous meeting, the matchup took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in England to have the timing of the map served for an American audience.
Edwards has since spoken about how he believes it influenced his performance despite changing his usual routines and working with a sleep specialist to prevent this.
During the appearance of the podcast, 'Rocky' explained exactly how he believes that the unusual timing of the competition influenced him.
“Mentally not physically tired,” said Edwards.
“You know when you wake up at five in the morning to get up and run or train, you don't feel your best and I felt like that.”
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