“I have skills to do that,” Leon Edwards aims to take ‘GOAT’ status from Georges St-Pierre after dominating Colby Covington victory

Leon Edwards aims to cross over Georges St-Pierre's number of welterweight title defenses, with apt skills for the job.

“I have skills to do that,” Leon Edwards aims to take ‘GOAT’ status from Georges St-Pierre after dominating Colby Covington victory

Leon Edwards aspires for Georges St-Pierre's welterweight legacy, after UFC 296 (Source: IMAGO/Twitter)

Leon Edwards bagged a dominant win over welterweight rival Colby Covington this weekend. Before locking horns, in the lead-up to the bout “Chaos” had defamed his deceased father at UFC 296 Media Day conference. Correspondingly, Edwards had attacked Covington after the joke about his dead father. Now, the 22-3-0 reigning welterweight has his eyes set on the legacy of Georges St-Pierre.

St-Pierre has 9 welterweight title defenses; Edwards has 3 as of yet. Two of the previous ones were against Kamaru Usman. St-Pierre, at 26-2-0 is a former two-division champion at UFC (welterweight and middleweight). He is regardably one of the best MMA personalities; even for peers like Edwards himself, who had a lot of compliments on the veterans’ way. Speaking at the post-UFC 296 press conference, he said:

I consider him the GOAT, so I want to surpass him, and I [definitely] have the skills to do that...
Leon Edwards at the UFC 296 post-fight presser
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“Rocky”, who is on a 4-win streak has cued in that the UFC 296 headliner was not one of his “active fight” scenarios. The fighter had opened up with an orthodox stance, expecting Covington to charge forward and answer from Round 1. But “Chaos” had performed below sub-par, thus garnering a lot of stringent flack from the fans. He has thus been roasted for underperforming in front of the ex-POTUS.

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Edwards had wished upon knocking out Covington. But through the course of the 5-round title bout, Covington connected with half the strikes of his previous amount. Which was against ex-training partner Jorge Masvidal (UFC 272). Simultaneously so did Edwards, against Usman.

Colby Covington has no regrets about his comments on Leon Edwards’ late father

Colby Covington recently lost his chance to bag the welterweight gold against Leon Edwards. Building up to UFC 296, “Choas” had chosen to make degenerative remarks about the rival’s deceased father being in hell. Correspondingly a brawl has almost broken out, with Edwards initiating retaliatory blows at the pre-fight press conference.

Colby Covington has no regrets about dissing Leon Edwards' deceased father
Colby Covington has no regrets about dissing Leon Edwards’ deceased father (Source: Twitter)

Edwards also recently critiqued the fighting on expecting him to perform more at UFC 296. Regardless, of the incidence or the outcome of the bout Covington remains unhinged about the situation. Previously he had hinted at “playing a character” to rile up Edwards. Check out what he said more recently, in the face of defeat.

Many fans had peers had accordingly lashed back at the fighter for his deeds. Recently, even CEO Dana White voiced a concerned dissent over him invoking family members for a fighter promotion.

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