How Difficult is Leon Edwards to Work With? 

he still should have fought him 6 months ago and defended his belt against another top contender on UFC 296 for the sake of both his legacy and his bank account.

Chael is a jealous bitter pos.

@@JB-xz6dthe defended against pound for pound best fighter, can he take 2 months off ? After that literally all the cards were booked. lol

Casual comment. Colby went 5 rounds, hit him more, and controlled him on the ground more, and won a round. You are very low iq if you think that means he doesn’t deserve to be there.

@@ceasgoat8977they can always add a big fight and push an earlier one down. These champs need a defined timeframe for defenses and def shouldnt have a say in who it is

100% If Colby had come at him like a madman you’d have seen a different Leon. He is smart. Rarely takes damage, in his prime and working at getting better. Also has a great team behind him. And why shouldn’t Leon have pushed back v the Colby fight, someone he didn’t think deserved. He still fought him.

Gsp did the same. Jones does the same unless its a terrible mismatch.

That may be the case. Leon is an intelligent guy even if he fights like a pussy. Lol. Jon Jones does similar and raises his level the moment he needs to. People really are overrating Shavkat imo. I've seen his last few fights now and I don't see anything that beats Leon.

the difference in literally every single one of his pro fights is that he goes for AND GETS the FINISH. even standing, he will get a submission, like neal. holy shit, you are dense Leon went majority point fighter/decision winner much earlier.@@jamesnm21

Any narrative to help you sleep at night

Chael will never admit that lol

Can't make people the the fights

Sounds like khabib

Bro pls don’t make Chael face the reality of Colby

He had to wait for the title fight bozo

Journey man

The only stock he had was delusional Americans saying he’s a monster.

Hopefully gonna happen to the Donald soon, too.

​@@mattbrooks90 oh yeah sure the economy and everything it's way better now

Bro fought not to lose and lost anyway. Woulda been better off getting meme KO'd.

I'm a Leon fan & will root for Leon. Shavkat is consistently finishing people though so I expect him to win

You're forgetting about Makelchev.

Islam and Shavkat both beat Leon, even Belal has an okay shot at beating him.

@@europa1111now you just must not liek Leon or somethign because shavkhat sure but Belal hell no he has absolutely no finishing ability despite constantly going for finishes and while Islam can finish fights he’s also way smaller and dealing with a physical specimen in Leon who’s hard to finish. Shavkhat isn’t smaller tho and he’s elite at finish fights so that’s fun great match up

@@JPT_2007 Washed up Nate Diaz almost finished Leon, and when does Leon ever finish fights? He's a literal decision merchant.

Has nothing to do with merit. If it did he wouldn't be turning down the Belal fight. Leon didn't want to fight Colby because he was afraid he would be facing the same guy Usman fought twice and he was scared. Luckily for Leon it appears that Colbys best days are behind him.

​@@MG-cd7wi Scared ahahaha no one is scared of Colby.

Youre so full of it... he was calling Colby out for yrs, yrs and he always dismissed him, he avoided everyone...nobody was scared of Colby​@@MG-cd7wi

As LEON stated, Colby didn't deserve the title shot. He hadn't beaten a top contender and had sat out two years. He said Colby was getting Dana privilege. Why would he be afraid to fight Colby after he beat Usman twice?

this makes 0 sense, why would you be scared of a man that lost to a guy you just beat TWICE and spent the last two years preparing? Whatever worked against usman would work against Colby. Usman is faster, stronger, more precise, better wrestler, we know because Usman won TWICE against Colby including a TKO. Usman said it himself, Leon would win because he has the confidence that Colby can't beat Usman.@@MG-cd7wi

He alreadly is special he's the only person to ko karmaru out cold , kamzat barley beat Kamaru on few days notice.

Islam would finish him

@@ductrung3993Islam is a weight bully, should be at WW in the first place - won’t have the same advantage when he’s fighting much bigger guys

I used to think that these new welterweights like usman and edwards etc were next level...but i agree with makachev..they arent special. Gsp is still far and away goat at welterweight. Im more interested in islam makachev comimg up and taking the belt from leon and than defending it against rakmanov

@@richeneflowease3622 GSP was a “boring” decision fighter most of his career aswell, too many people put him on a pedestal who either never actually watched him fight or they don’t truly remember how he actually was perceived at the time, don’t forget that Johny Hendricks was robbed against GSP and also got caught by Serra 🤷🏻‍♂️ Leon is virtually a copy of GSP in their fighting styles except Leon strikes more where GSP wrestled

I totally agree with this. That’s such an easy point to forget.

@@bradleythompson2644 always gotta educate the sometimes fickle fans in our sport😂

He's saying it to wind him up cos belal is annoyingand hasn'tshut up abouthim, if the ufc wants belal he doesn't care, if they want shavkat he doesn't care, he doesn't have privilege like Jones, Mcgregor, O'malley who can fight whoever they want, whenever they want. He'll fight whoever they put infront of him

Cuz he knows its not up to him , it's up to Dana. Remember when he said colby had no chance n fought him next defence. I think Leon's still bitter he had to have an 11 fight win streak to get title shot lol cuz when they brought up belals 9 he said so what it doesn't mean anything proven by what I had to do lol. Belal deserves it for sure but I think he wants big fights that draw fans , thing is there aren't any in div apart from maybe shavkat or khazmat if he could make weight. Maybe islam moving up to become double champ that would be huge .

@@LJ-MMAcouldn’t be more wrong. Leon wants to hold onto the belt with fighting as little as possible. There are too many top contenders he’ll continue to dodge. He knows he got lucky with the kick on Kamaru.

@@kingkongsson1Leon isn’t a big draw so he needs someone to do it for him.

@@cgjohnst45 he's a big draw in uk but yes outside of that it's av , that's why Dana hasn't said who he wants for his next title defence n belal is the obv choice but would need a big co main to bring in the dollars.

shavkat overrated 😂

Ferguson took Gaethje into deep waters too 😂

Why do people always forget to mention that Geoff Neal missed weight by 5 pounds ??? That definitely played a part, and Shavkat still finished him

Leon wins easily

He used the rest of his life force in that fight. He took insane damage even compared to his recent fights but he also was swinging back and landed Hella good shots. Dude was literally shaking off stars. You don't see UFC fights get stopped often because someone is so outclassed its dangerous. Only Zombie and Ferguson and both of them never won again when they had that kind of loss

what he deserved = no title shot in the first place sure, we all enjoyed seeing him get pieced up. but he still got paid for a headlining match with leon, subject viewers to his arrogant personality even in clear defeat, and delayed other more-deserving contenders the only silver lining i see out of the whole situation is how universally hated colby is right now lol

@@360.Tapestry absolutely correct bro👍

Ye poor chap. Guaranteed if Brady or Burns had beaten him, they wouldve been in contention

It wasn't genuine though, Leon talked about how he was on a 10 win streak and didn't get a title shot which is completely false, he got his title shot after 9 consecutive wins, so for him to say Bilal doesn't deserve special treatment even though it's clearly not special treatment at this point is frustrating to hear

Colby has nothing to do with Leon's lies. Leon is the one who said in March that Colby didn't deserve it but Masvidal did! Then for months he said multiple times that Colby didn't deserve it but *_Belal_* did deserve it. Now all of a sudden Leon is saying that Belal doesn't deserve a title shot! Quit being so emotional about Colby for two seconds and just look at the lies coming from Leon. Leon is also the guy who hasn't fought anyone younger than 35 years old in 5+ years, and got his title shot after barely escaping a loss against a much smaller much slower and much older Nate Diaz! Leon is *_the last person_* that needs to be talking about how nobody deserves title shots!

*Blahall

Believe it or not Leon is well spoken for someone that comes from Birmingham, they usually sound thick as💩.

You can spin it all you want, but he was asked about Belal and his response was some mumbling about "skipping the line". The answer wasn't "Yes" was it? Leon is the king of ducking and stalling while hand picking his opponents. He has the nerve to talk about who deserves a title shot after barely escaping a loss against a much smaller much slower and much older Nate Diaz! And let's not forget that Leon hasn't fought anyone younger than 35 years old in 5+ years! Let's be real, he's going to sit around for the next 6-12 months mumbling about how nobody deserves a title shot.

For some reason, in spite of being the UKs second biggest city, Brum gets little shine.

Well said

100% correct

You have the class colby lacks. Good on you 👍

@@mattbrooks90 what do you mean? he didn't have a scratch on him and didn't really even feel like he got touched (had bloody nose, glaring cuts on his face, limps out of the octagon)

leon just gotta keep winning eventually everybody will respect him😂

I got to be honest. If he was a White American he would be considered the best thing since sliced bread with what he has accomplished. The disrespect is wild.

@@draco2xx That's clearly not true!! Lol. He's been winning for 8 years!

Reminds of Volk in the early days of his championship run.

It took a while for people to start taking to Usman as well

Leon's Jamaican and Tom's interim. Just sayin.

Leon represents Jamaica and the United Kingdom

What about Islam moving up for double champ status , he's said he wants to, that'll be huge in uk n big ppv. I gotta feeling you know that'll happen lol

@@kingkongsson1hmmm you’d have to think they’ll keep using Islam for Middle East shows

he represents uk on his fights and lived in uk for 22 years @@scotscottscottt

Has it been announced how bad the injury is? I was hoping it was minor because I’d love to see Shavkat get a title shot

Islam will jump him..

@@user-ul6xt3dc6q probably but if Shavkat is hurt he will be out anyway

@@nyyankeesfan9865 not exactly sure but could be a year before he fights again.

only person dodging fights is Colby

@@pats6658colby aint getting another title fight after that pathetic showing unless he runs through the whole division.

@@pats6658 Well that too the contenders too need to stop avoiding fights, but more so on the champions because they're the ones out to prove their dominance and solidify legacy.

Who has Leon avoided exactly ?

You explained us things of the business, which we didn't see before.

Dana is still salty that his boy Colby got beat up.

That's not how it works. The main concern is that you're basically stalling two complete divisions for two guys who didn't even clean up their own divisions yet. If leon wins there's basically a division that will probably not have a title fight for a whole damn year

You saying that Leon had to do "more than anyone else" to get his title shot is hilarious! 😂😂 Leon hasn't fought anyone younger than 35 years old in the past 5+ years! He got his title shot after barely escaping a loss against a much smaller much slower and much older Nate Diaz! Leon talking about who "deserves" a title shot is rich. Also let's go through his ducking and stalling this past year. In March he said that Colby didn't deserve it but Masvidal did! Then for months he said that Colby didn't deserve it but Belal did. Now all of a sudden he's saying that Belal doesn't deserve a title shot! The UFC always schedules fights 3+ months in advance. Izzy vs Strickland was considered a "short notice fight" for Strickland because he only had 7 weeks to prepare. Yet the king of ducking and stalling, Leon himself said that he told the UFC that he was ready in September but claims that the UFC was making him wait till the December card! He gave the stupid excuses about how fight cards were all filled etc. Leon's fans aren't known for being a brilliant bunch, but his own words prove that he's all about stalling and ducking while waiting for the perfect matchups.

I like Leon (and I'm a Brit so I'm somewhat biased towards him) but I don't think Chael is out of line saying he's not a draw, he's quite measured both in and out of the ring, which gains respect but not necessarily excitement. Leon vs Belal is a tough sell for a headliner although it's definitely the right fight to make if we're being fair.

It's almost a formula by now. 3 straight times.

I think he said he was too exhausted after the fight.

He said post fight jokingly that he was so tired by the end he forgot to do it. Which was funny.

Exactly…I said this on another video.

Chael is ignoring these facts because it goes against the narrative he is trying to spin.

Ya might as well who cares anymore right rankings dont mean anything anyways

mid? he beat the goat and absolutely can beat belal, losing to shavkat is nothing lol

If he was a champ he should be asking for Belal or Shavkat, take those contenders head on.

​@@lawrence4301mid is too much, he makes Belal seem like a star

I think either of them could be Leon. I think Gilbert would have a good chance as well.

​@lawrence4301 when did he fight gsp dummy

Pause ⏸️

Which means nothing

Obviously the layoff didnt help Colby, but Colby has been floored in 3 of his last 4 fights so I wonder how much that fear factored in to his performance.

not that puzzling if you just consider that he and dana are buddy buddy - wasn't a fight most fans wanted at all

😂 That's harsh lol

Dana didn’t seem to think it was that obvious Belal is next.

Dana didn’t seem to think it was that obvious Belal is next.