“100 percent,” Leon Edwards confirms his first title defense against Kamaru Usman following dialogs with UFC
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LEON EDWARDS VS KAMARU USMAN
Leon Edwards is currently focused on his upcoming trilogy fight with Kamaru Usman and has been training hard for it. The UFC welterweight champion recently did an interview with Michael Bisping on his official YouTube channel.
During the conversation, both the Brits talked about UFC, training, and future fights. When asked about his fight with Usman, Edwards mentioned that he and his team are all set to face Usman next. According to the fighter, he’s training hard and wants to successfully defend his title.
He said: “Yeah, 100 percent. That’s what I’ve been told. Me and my team spoke to the UFC last week, and they said the fight is on. It’s all the training for the fight, so I was like, Perfect.” Edwards revealed that he would like to make some changes in the game plan before the fight takes place on his home turf in London.
“I’m aiming toward that, and if something changes in the meantime, then we’ll go from there. But now I’m focused on that trilogy against Usman in London,” said Rocky. Edwards was able to pull out a surprise move from his pocket against Usman in their last encounter. He certainly knows that repeating the KO won’t be easy when he faces Usman for the trilogy and hence he has changed his training regimen accordingly to stay in the best shape for this fight.
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Leon Edwards shares his off-season training regimen
The fight between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman will take place at UFC 286, Edwards hasn’t gone into proper training camp for the fight however, he’s been staying busy in the gym.
In the latest interview with the Men’s Health YouTube channel, ‘Rocky’ talked about his training program. He said: “Off-season training. I’m not beating my body up, it’s more just about maintaining a good level of fitness. Obviously a good level of strength. A lot of strength conditioning because they help prevent with injuries.”
Usman will come at Edwards with everything he got because he has nothing to lose and it will be a massive challenge for the champ to hold his throne. It is definitely going to be an amazing clash among the best welterweights in the world.
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