Ian Machado Garry: 'Leon Edwards is not a | MMA News
Leon Edwards misplaced the welterweight title at UFC 304 final July, coming up short to Belal Muhammad by unanimous choice. He returned in March in opposition to Sean Brady and was defeated by guillotine choke within the fourth spherical.
Welterweight contender Ian Machado Garry wasn’t stunned that Edwards misplaced to Brady within the UFC London primary occasion. He believes when “Rocky” experiences adversity in a struggle he ‘quits’ as a result of ‘he is not a fighter at coronary heart.’
“We’ve seen in the Kamaru [Usman] fight, we’ve seen in the Belal fight, and we seen in the Sean Brady fight, when the going gets tough Leon doesn’t like to be there,” Machado Garry mentioned on the Ariel Helwani Show.
“I believe that Belal Muhammad put out the blueprint for everyone to go out and beat Leon Edwards. Put him on the back foot, take him down, smash him, control him and he’ll quit. He doesn’t want to be there. When the going gets tough, he’s not a fighter at heart.”
Edwards has misplaced back-to-back fights for the primary time in his 14-year profession. Entering the title protection agains Muhammad, Edwards hadn’t misplaced a struggle since 2015.
Machado Garry headlines UFC on ESPN 66 on April twenty sixth at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City in opposition to Carlos Prates.
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