Seriously. They should have him dropping his edits endorsed by them every Friday night/Sat morning before the PPV. Give him early access to the embedded footage so he can chop up the last episode and put it in the cut.
The edit from Kamaru getting off the private jet and into a Rolls Royce to Leon in a department store says so much without spelling it out. A contenders hunger for the belt is unmatched....
Man this is the fight that got me into UFC call me a casual but I cried after I realized what Leon has really done and where he came from. That post fight interview 🥶
Same here brother it’s rly cool to hear I’m not the only one. I remember during the build up all the talks of usman moving up in weight and potentially boxing. As well as his winning streak and all of that. And seeing that all gone within an instant I knew mma is a special special sport and I’ve been a super fan ever since.
@@bigg_benjis so many crazy things happened in this fight bro changed usman life and Rockies life so much. 2 giant fight streaks, usman about to pass Anderson, gets taken down for the first time in the ufc, Leon wins rd 1 after 2 year lay off, then gets cooked for the next 19 mins just to knock usman out as they say “that’s the not the cloth he’s cut from” everyone doubted him. Cejudo saying “easy money easy money” to abdelasleeze right before. They couldn’t do a better movie than this
On this day last year! This was special, the way it all happend. I never felt like i did when i saw that all come together and Leon finally becoming the champion.
Usman was well on his way to becoming the best welterweight of all time until Leon landed the head kick one year ago today, went through all those emotions with his corner 🥹 glad I was a fan before he was champ 🇬🇧🇯🇲
I watch this whenever I need motivation and inspiration. Any time when I'm feeling down and depressed, I play Jon Anik's quote in my head: "That is not the cloth from which I am cut." We can all have our Leon Edwards moment in our lives, no matter field we're in. Work hard and never give up!
Those last 2 kicks before the headshot prob gave him the confidence to throw the head kick with how hard usman was reacting to the body and leg kick dipping his head
Don't think so. Leon, in a way, is probably one of the most lucky champs at the UFC: he, alone, arrived at the peak of his most prime, at 30, when the last generation --- guys around 34 to 39: Burns, Colby, Jorge, Usman et al --- are still occupying most of the Top 5, with the rest of the more elite occupying the Top 10 (Wonderboy, Geof Neal et al). And Leon has already shown he easily outmaneuvered the guys who came up with him who had potentials, earlier on, to be champs... like gritty Belal, elite grappler Nelson, tough man Luque et al. If Leon plays it right, he could go on to defend his belt 3-4 times, easily... against older guys.... making him one of the really solid champs at Welterweight. He's already defeated 35/36 Usman twice in a row; now he's on to defeating 35/36 Colby --- who is another elite wrestler but also an older, smaller, and equally plodding like Usman but who doesn't have Usman's size, strength, or height ---- and so that'd be 2 defense of the belt. Next, Belal. That'd be his 3rd defense. Burns next; that's 4th defense. The really tough defense would be his 5th, against 30 year-old equally prime, equally big & tall, as Leon, around 6'2".... Shavkat... who, tough a bit less polished in the striking department than Leon.... is much better in BJJ than Leon himself, who is very good in BJJ, as a black belt..... I pretty much envisioned this being the journey for Leon, around 3-4 years ago, right after he defeated the #4 RDA, from his #12 ranking, the year right after Colby, the #4, defeated the #1 RDA.... Remember, 3 years ago, when he moved up from #4 to #3, he wanted to fight Colby. Colby, as the WWE clown that he is, pretended not to know "some unknown buy Leon Scott... fighting unknown guys is charity work; I don't do charity..." Dana giggled, saying, "See, what did I tell you, Colby's the man. Whatever he wants or doesn't, I can't make him do nothin'..." So, from 2021 to 2023 Leon has 4 fights; Usman 4 fights; Burns 6 fights; and Belal 7 fights (all wins except the NC Leon fight). Colby, just 2 fights, one loss to Usman and one win over grandpa Jorge.... to earn Colby's straight 3rd belt shot.
It’s crazy how everything lined up to make this the most memorable comeback win ever. His nickname is Rocky and this was the most Rocky moment ever with the trainer shouting at him with desperation then Leon gives the most emotionally moving post fight interview ever
The head kick heard around the WORLD. People where leaving the arena, this couple, edwards fan, so disappointed leaving behind me, fighting with his girl. they left, thank god.. about a minute later, BAM... everyone starts rushing back in from the tunnels the wildest in person sporting moment ive experienced. I was rooting for Usman... but I am a Rocky fan aswell now.
Mad props to Leon for his struggle, his pain, what he came from, what he overcame, what he's doing for his community, his rise to stardom, acceptance and being a world champion.
Even at the time Usman was under appreciated. Leon’s head kick wasn’t lucky, but it was certainly not normal for him to do something like that. Fans who are surprised that Leon’s not getting finishes don’t know his game. I thought that finish would be a turning point for Leon and he would have more urgency but it feels like an Aljo Yan moment where we were witnessing greatness and it got taken by a less than stellar successor.
Leon deserves respect but one of my favorite moments in mma history was when he ate the 3pc and a soda backstage and was left standing there bleeding and shouting after running his mouth
You got to admire with Leon has done for the children since he's been able to do so...... what has autism, and ganu, or Usman done for children of their country?? Speaks volumes of Edwards character by doing what he has done since he has been able to do that.
Belal has a problem with Lein because of the accidental eye poke, and you coukd see Leon was genuinely sorry for it....and now that Belal has the win over Sean Brady and has trained with khabib all of a sudden hes a killer and no one wants to fight him....I'd love to see Leon and Belal run it back and Leon would win hands down.....he was was winning in the striking in the fight until.....Leon deserves and has earned exactly where is he is....if Colby cant control him on the ground Lein wins..i think he wins anyhow, but it should be interesting.....like both fighters but i think because Leon doesn't has that background of life-long wrestling....he wont win the fight....Leons take down defense wasn't too bad against kamaru ,and since.....you know hes focused on just that....because his striking is on point.
