Look at him now: Leon Edwards Seizes UFC Welterweight Gold
Talk about a fighter living up to his name. Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards shocked the MMA world with his stunning come from behind 5 th round knockout of #1 pound for pound fighter and welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. Unbeaten since 2015, blighted by bad luck and cancelled bouts, but always fuelled by self-belief, Edwards had always insisted he just needed one shot, and he could not have been more clinical when his opportunity came. In the altitude of Salt Lake City, where fighters across the card fatigued early, Leon Edwards came with a new gameplan, starting hard and fast. In the first round, he showed his full repertoire; stellar takedown defence, the ability to get up off the mat when Usman took him down, and even the ability to become the first man in the UFC to take Usman down. Not a bad turnaround for a man who "didn’t know how wrestle" when he came up short against Usman in their first bout in 2015. But, it was never going to be easy. On an historic night for Briti