The Welterweight division is getting heated at the absolute top in the UFC. Leon Edwards last fought Colby Covington and pieced him up throughout the five rounds. Edwards has now beaten two of the best Welterweight contenders in the company. Leon Edwards last fought in December of last year.
The Welterweight contenders in the company can’t help but call out the champ in rather innovative ways. Recently, Joaquin Buckley poked fun at the Englishman.
Joaquin Buckley has the title of the best knockout ever given to him by the MMA community.
Joaquin Buckley pokes Leon Edwards
There’s been a heavy debate on who will fight Leon for the Welterweight gold next. Many believe Leon owes Belal Muhammad a fight, given their history in the octagon. When Leon and Belal last scrapped, the fight was declared a no-contest because of the eye poke that Belal suffered at the hands of Belal. As it turns out, contender Joaquin Buckley I not a fan of Edwards running away from a fight with Belal. A journalist claimed to have found a poster that poked fun at Leon. The poster wrote,
Most Inactive fighter on the UFC roster. 10 years in UFC with only three knockouts.
The poster claimed Leon’s biggest fear was losing the belt to Belal Muhammad. He also claimed Leon was on his back in the fifth round of his last fight. Leon Edwards has yet to respond to Joaquin’s antics. No one could have predicted what Buckley did to Leon, given that Buckley is not really in the top five of the Welterweight rankings.
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Belal Muhammad and Edwards also recently exchanged words on social media. Muhammad was not happy to know that Leon was chasing a fight with another contender and not him. Many would agree that Leon deserves the title shot more than anyone else. It will be interesting to see what happens at the company’s top of the Welterweight division. Will Leon Edwards fight Belal in an upcoming fight for his title defense, it remains to be seen.
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