Leon Edwards retained his Welterweight title when he defeated Kamaru Usman in entrance of a raucous 02 Arena crowd in London throughout UFC 286 on Saturday.
During the post-fight interview, the victorious Edwards mentioned his subsequent potential opponent whereas throwing a stiff shot at Colby Covington when requested if the controversial welterweight could possibly be subsequent in line to face him within the octagon.
With Covington protesting loudly from his seat cage-side, Edwards superbly dismantled his bid for a title shot.
“That man sat out for like a year and a half, two years,” Edwards mentioned. “He ain’t fought nobody.”
Edwards continued to bypass Covington, hinting that he would possibly as a substitute tackle the winner of Jore Masvidal-Gilbert Burns, whose purchased would be the co-main occasion at UFC 287 in Miami, Flordia, on April 8.
Unsurprisingly, Covington had a rebuttal for Edwards. Returning hearth, the would-be challenger mentioned he “didn’t see anything special” Saturday evening. He additionally questioned the champ’s want.
“It looks like he got the title and he made his money, and he’s kind of cashed out,” Covington said. “Of course, he’s going to get some home-cooking judging. He got his little home affair. Now it’s time to come see the man.”
Despite the aforementioned shutdown dismissal by Edwards, an encounter between him and Covington appears imminent. After the struggle, Dana White informed reporters that Covington deserved the chance and that he “makes sense” as Edwards’ subsequent opponent.
Edwards entered Saturday as underdog to Usman forward of their rubber match, however toughed out a win by majority resolution (48-46, 48-46, 47-47) whereas enhancing his unbeaten streak to 12 fights.
As for the remainder of the principle card, Marvin Vettori and Jennifer Maia earned unanimous victories over Roman Dolidze (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) and Casey O’Neill (30-27, 29-28, 29-28), respectively.
Gunnar Nelson additionally defeated Bryan Barberena by submission (armbar) solely 4:51 into the primary spherical.
In the co-main occasion, former interim UFC Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje took a majority resolution (29-28, 29-28, 28-28) over Rafael Fiziev.
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