Leon Edwards isn’t swerving from the obvious matchup for his first UFC welterweight title defense: a trilogy bout with Kamaru Usman.
Edwards (19-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is just more than a week removed from one of the most shocking championship victories in UFC history. After losing three of four rounds and with less than a minute remaining in the fifth, “Rocky” uncorked a perfect head kick that floored Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) for the knockout and led to the belt changing hands.
Although winning the belt gives Edwards a degree of power on input for what makes sense, he is offering no pushback regarding the most logical move. UFC president Dana White said he wants to do the trilogy in the U.K., and Usman has said he would be happy to oblige going overseas for the rubber match after he won the first fight with Edwards by unanimous decision in December 2015.
