Leon Edwards is the reigning, defending UFC welterweight champion.
It is a position he attained through incredible will and resolve. Edwards (21–3, 1 NC) made his UFC debut in 2014, where he has won 13 of his 15 bouts. His ’15 loss to Kamaru Usman was avenged last summer, when he added a timeless replay to his highlight reel with a Hail Mary head kick in the fifth and final round at UFC 278. Edwards followed up that performance with a far more dominant showing last month in London, defeating Usman by majority decision at UFC 286, not far from where he spent his formative years in Birmingham.
With the Usman puzzle behind him, Edwards now searches for his next opponent. UFC president Dana White has repeated that Colby Covington is next in line, but Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad also make a compelling case for Edwards’s next title defense.
