Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington Full Fight Reaction and Breakdown - UFC 296 Event Recap

[@the-mma-guru]

Colby really let himself down with that performance, he literally would rather cope and pray for a robbery than actually hustle when he needs to for certain rounds or even for a finish. IDK who I want to see him fight next he arguably should hang up the gloves. If he fights again I'd at least want him active in like 3 months.

[@trumpflavourednugget9325]

Feed him to Shavkat. Something tells me he'd duck that fight though.

[@Ktmfan450]

First Responders love when people use dead parents as ammunition in a fight lead up Coward Colby

[@chadzard4]

Colby's a sad little boy.

[@stonecold316339]

Stop making excuses! The most UNDESERVING title challenger got put in his place! Now we get to see an actual deserving contender like Belal fight for the belt! Yet you thought he was going to fight Shavkat?!?! Lol😅😅

[@ConnorSecor-xi8pl]

I think he has symptoms of CTE. Two wars with usman, gets jumped and didn't even look that good against masvidal tbh. Wasn't even the same person.

[@someguy4046]

Colby literally threw away his entire prime waiting around. His career's finished

[@86lanzo]

Exactly ...he was rusty...because hes spent so long just trash talking and not fighting...

[@xavierb9061]

Yes and no...he avoided khamzat by waiting. After seeing his wrestling vs leon...he would ha e been destroyed

[@markredford84]

He was in his prime vs usman. Lost twice. So he didn't throw away his entire prime he used his prime and was still not good enough

[@nyteowl8069]

@@86lanzo I dont think he was rusty. Leon is just that good. Remember Colby had this ussue in the 2nd Usman fight and started to try when it was too late.

[@iBussTooQuick]

@@86lanzo Copey Cuckington wasn't "rusty" he was exposed and EASILY outclassed. Thats why he never fought a contender.

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Leon was treating it like sparring, grappling and striking with colby without any sense of danger

[@CCS565]

He was like walking a puddle 🤭

[@joebudi5136]

But also never got his "revenge" for his Dad comment. Leon is champ but I just don't see him as great. Time will tell.

[@forwardmoving8252]

@joebudi5136 he isn't a great and never will be. He chose to defend against a guy in his mid 30s who was inactive for almost 2 years and had no relevant recent wins. That says everything. Leon gets dogwalked by shavkat

[@UsykWillBeatFuryViaEzDecision]

⁠​⁠@@joebudi5136cope more, his revenge was beating colby, he doesnt need to do more. Like i said, cope

[@UsykWillBeatFuryViaEzDecision]

@@forwardmoving8252this has to be satire

[@poke9768]

Colby called out another 40 year old wonderboy to gain his 4th deserved title shot 💀💀💀💀

[@martyfakenewsman101]

i couldn’t believe my ears when he went for wonderboy.

[@grind709]

Wow he completely tried to dodge Shavkat to get to the guy Shavkat just finished 😂, colby is coping

[@noodles7011]

Colby is to old for Wonderboy....the nonce

[@fnpa2203]

Already Diaz is ready for the title shot😂😂

[@cipherP9]

Looking to capitalize on somebody with a big name and less risk like his past opponents

[@atiermma]

Congrats to Colby for winning the WORST gameplan of the year award 👏

[@AJAXMMA]

Belal is more entertaining than both of these guys and I can’t believe I’m saying that

[@Ethan-ct7uk]

@@AJAXMMA belal vs shavkat for the title shot

[@stevez2309]

Belal vs Ian Garry's wife's Ex husband.

[@AJAXMMA]

@@Ethan-ct7uk Fr though

[@DyingBreed8]

He was that Colby but not until the 4th and 5th rounds

[@christophersebastion2861]

With how this card turned out, I’d rather have seen Thompson vs Edward’s despite the rankings

[@katatista]

Wonderboy literally got smoked by shavkat Shavkat will get the next title shot

[@iljagro772]

Chill out, he subbed him after 8 mins of clinching and failed takedowns. Even tho he git the subbed it still

[@Temerio]

@@katatista Smegwards is ducking Shavkat

[@katatista]

@@iljagro772 wtf is that argument you casual? Shavkat won an easy fight and is the first person to submit wonderboy You pathetic guys shouldnt even watch this sport

[@Joshua-do3go]

@@katatista Smoked? What fight did you watch? He got got a slow growing submission win. The fight was boring as hell and I'm someone who can tolerate watching pure grappling matches.

[@Daisy.Flower]

Woke up at 4am in South Africa to watch the Card and loved it. Wired. Started sweeping the living room floor during the 3rd round of Colby v Edwards and did house chores while waiting for DeSean & Dricus footage.

[@woahblackbettybamalam]

Guru traveled to South Africa for you and you didnt even meet him.

[@jamalram8744]

@daisyflowersuperpower I enjoyed the card, too. Granted, I was getting pretty drunk during the whole card😂

[@gtt8428]

​@@jamalram8744I was drunk and hated the main events but the pub itself was fun, the prelims were dope, basically everything after paddy and Tony sucked imo 😢

[@Researchthejoos]

Based in the kitchen like a real women

[@BIG_BULIAN]

LETS POUR ONE OUT FOR THE HIGH HOPES WE HAD FOR THIS CARD😔

[@atiermma]

@BumDandy-jb1ml I was this 🤏 close to buying it lol. The only time I’ll ever consider buying ppv is if Charles, Justin, or Conor is on the card.

[@UsykWillBeatFuryViaEzDecision]

This card wasnt that bad

[@heisenb3rg]

The card was fire up until paddy vs Tony

[@CoNiCuZn]

This card was good overall. Calm down 😂

[@macdaddysteeze1659]

I cant beleive so mamy people expected a welterweight fight to be exiting loool

[@micahbablitz-li9qt]

This is what happens when you just give a guy title shots he hasn't earned

[@duceleaf2376]

Colby is a disgrace. If only bro didn't waste his prime he could've been better than second fiddle

[@emperorpalpatine4681]

He’s your brother? Wtf tell him he wasted years

[@JohnJohn-yp7ex]

Everyone except for trump d riders already knew Colby was a bum. Glad you now know it

[@TheTexasBrotha]

He didn’t waste his prime, Usman was just better.

[@Romanus-]

@@TheTexasBrothahe could have fought 3-5 times over the past few years. Instead he sat around for a year and a half and now his career is over

[@youngog9150]

Maga

[@romeorlov]

I really think that Colby was more affected by the dad comment than Leon was

[@GhoodVibez]

Agreed

[@MRios1128]

🎯🎯🎯

[@ezradaiquiri11311]

Exactly right. His careless trash talk backfired badly this time. That's the beauty of free speach, we the people get to make cringe A-holes censor themselves by making them feel worse than the person they insulted. There was a moment in the post fight speech that colby actually looked like he wanted to cry. Sad man. The first responders and trump deserve better. Leon fought like trash, too, though. Sad main event. Sad end to the year.

[@gtt8428]

​@@ezradaiquiri11311that's the other thing too, I don't like politians but clearly Colby does ... Imagine going out there and performing that bad Infront of trump ? Seriously .... And this fool wanted trump to walk into the the Octagon ? Are you serious? Imagine if that happened in hindsight ....

[@audit_the_fed]

Not enough discussion of this even from the Colby haters who admit they know he’s playing a character. He looked like he knew he went too far

[@OhShiverMeTimbers]

It is kind of wild when you have a WOMEN'S FIGHT ON THE PRELIMS turn out to be infinitely more entertaining than both your headlining title bouts. Shouts out Irene "Stone Leg" Aldana (who, coincidentally, also chose to do nothing when she challenged for a belt lmao)

[@Richerrr-g6g]

Not necessarily, the higher the skill the more cautious and calculated the fight will be typically.

[@Richerrr-g6g]

@@1EY3King spoken like someone that definitely doesn’t train martial arts. Cry harder AND STILL!! 🤴🏿

[@jericho-tube]

​@@Richerrr-g6gMamamamama 😂

[@borisrobokov7002]

prelims almost always turn out to be better than the main card, it's weird

[@cappy2282]

Chicks fights are rarely entertaining but that fight was decent

[@isaacw6900]

It’s the same thing with izzy. He took the path of least resistance. Edwards did what he needed to win, and Covington was scared the entire 25.

[@Habib_Osman]

? You mean kickboxing and counterstriking. Those are specialties, not everybody can do them.

[@jamesthompson9003]

@@Habib_Osman Don't try and butter up Leon and Izzy for their snoozefest performances. Those first 2 rounds had a similar strike output to Lewis vs Ngannou. The fact that Leon was told his dead dad was in hell, and then he just slightly out-points Colby in the first 4, and then gets controlled and GnP'd on the ground... it's kinda pathetic from both. 1/10 performance from Colby, and 2.5/10 for Leon

[@thequinlanshow3326]

​@@jamesthompson9003pathetic analysis. Champ won dominantly. Cry harder about it. Is the entire point of a title defense not to secure the win? It was already in the bag at the end of the 3rd. Jesus christ you people are hard-core casuals. Pathetic

[@FTFT-03]

all leon needed to do was beat colby. you white boys are pathetic making up reasns to hate on leon hahaha @@jamesthompson9003

[@Richerrr-g6g]

@@jamesthompson9003nothing you said disproves his comment

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Seeing Covington with ice packs on both knees struggling to walk afterwards was hilarious.

[@worldview6218]

That was great but ffs him literally choking up and literally trying not to cry during the press conference when one of the reporters asked him if he spoke to trump yet after this loss was quality shit man

[@goofygoof212]

@@worldview6218fight showed welterweight wouldve gotten spread wide open by khabib and islam....even charless would beat a few people

[@wkr420]

@@goofygoof212your inbred boys would not win bro, maybe they’d win the welterweight goat fucking title but not the ufc one

[@Ktmfan450]

@@AndrewR0 Trump wanted his hat back after that performance

[@russianbot2630]

@@goofygoof212not at all . There were no wrestlers in the lightweight division. Welterweight has the most wrestlers

[@akiratrolliyama4062]

No urgency to win the fight even though he knew he was losing, he used to grind for those takedowns, his fighter spirit is finished he is a politician now. He should retire.

[@Shooooooop]

his aggressive nature has gone since he joined mmamasters... He's no longer chaos

[@akiratrolliyama4062]

@@Shooooooop what part of his game has he improved since he joined the mma masters i don't know.

[@beastlad]

Colby talking about always putting on a show for the fans then proceeds to dish out that trash performance

[@Habib_Osman]

That's not on Colby.. if he went in to make a show he wouldve gotten knocked out. Colby was simply too small (as always), he should cut weight and be an average sized lightweight.

[@clutchhattrick8767]

Only thing interesting about him is his “talk”. Dudes a WWE character

[@kenwood2682]

Get WWE out of martial arts

[@jericho-tube]

​@@kenwood2682Both are for entertainment only.

[@M0VER]

What a let down, can’t believe I stayed up until 7-8am to watch what looked like a light spar. Colby didn’t even turn up, he looked awful. Happy for Pantoja he’s really growing on me, it was a-bit boring but he’s a good influence on the division I think.

[@chrisgroth2949]

Yeah too bro, and had to pay £20 for it

[@theo4014]

Basically forced to stay up and watch it as a UK fan cus of the PPV

[@NicolasDalby-g3g]

Leon looked just as bad. A wrestle kick box’s with you and you can’t even hurt him.

[@Mr97stangGT]

Nate gave leon a harder fight then what colby did 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jamesthompson9003]

To be fair Masvidal gave Colby a harder fight than Leon did. Jorge made him take a knee for the first responders, Leon just leg-kicked from a distance against the guy who said his dad was in hell, and then held on to bottom position while getting ground and pounded to secure a boring decision

[@Isaac30.]

@@jamesthompson9003bro every comment you make just screams you hate Leon lmao. How can masvidal put up a harder fight yet lost? One KD makes the fight “tougher” I guess.

[@thenedsmmachannel8970]

​@Isaac30. Atleast Masvidal dropped him. Leon literally just stayed at range. You would expect him to put on a severe beating on the guy who said your dad was in hell.. pathetic performance by him honestly

[@vanguardprime4636]

​@thenedsmmachannel8970 Lol. If he fought aggressively, you would have said that he's being reckless and Colby was in his head. He fights calculated and outclassed Colby for 4 out of 5 rounds, and you say he should have been more aggressive. Colby got humiliated. End of story.

[@vanguardprime4636]

​​ @jamesthompson9003 LMAO. Leon got 2 takedowns against the supposedly superior wrestler in Colby. That's just embarrassing. He tagged Colby one good time in round 1 and had him scared shitless for the rest of the fight. The fact he was able to just stay at range and pick Colby apart shows how trash and overrated Colby is. He fooled all of you clowns. Accept the truth.

[@daltonmorgan7269]

Covington talked himself into a title fight that he didn't deserve and threw it away😂

[@Sesh422]

He dropped the masvidal lawsuit in exchange for that shot. Earned it fair and square😂

[@Asiyah2000]

​@@Sesh422didn't earn jackshit 😂 he straight up got crowned in front of his sugar daddy 😂

[@fezii9043]

I actually really enjoyed the Pantoja vs Royval fight, was super dynamic and fun to watch. Not a slobberknocker per se but two masters of their craft creating art

[@bigsmall2842]

I don’t know why people were complaining. Good display of jits, wrestling, and striking. And Royval made a hype little comeback in the end

[@Romanus-]

@@bigsmall2842who likes watching two midge’s fighting.

[@twelve_thirteen]

Lame fight

[@unknown-em6ly]

It was a good fight for flyweight. let's stay active Pantoja and generate some hype for the division!

[@thequinlanshow3326]

Guru is turning into a super casual fan lately. It's pretty sad to see. The flyweight title fight was a technical masterpiece by both fighters but especially Pantoja. Awful analysis of both title fights honestly. This is the first one of these videos where it feels like Guru is way off and saying what he thought happened instead of what actually happened.

[@cn2490]

Colby waited so long just to prove to us that he's not a contender anymore.

[@P1015532oni]

I felt I was robbed for buying the PPV. Emmet knock-out was the best part of the main card.

[@leandroantelo7154]

You were robbed

[@realife1542]

Colby looked old af, Leon barely broke a sweat

[@SwampOperator]

It wasn't even close. Leon looked like he was taking it easy on a sparring partner.

[@danielwaters191]

I bet the cartilage in colby's knees is gone. Hurts like he'll to try takedowns

[@godbyone]

Colby was boring. Leon was 2nd boring

[@Datacorrupter234]

leon barely did anything regardless

[@jamesthompson9003]

@@SwampOperator And you think Leon looking like he was taking it easy is impressive? Colby said Leon's dad was in hell, and as a response Leon throws a few leg kicks and pulls an Izzy vs Vettori/Cannonier snoozefest out? Are you suggesting Leon didn't want to drop or finish Colby, and preferred getting taken down and ground-&-pounded to secure a boring decision?

[@gotdatgudikfr]

Colby talked so much and did so little. I don’t know where his head was at. Fair play to Leon though.

[@imadedmeme3742]

@BumDandy-jb1ml he outgrappled a wrestler

[@Researchthejoos]

@@imadedmeme3742 he did nothing

[@UsykWillBeatFuryViaEzDecision]

@BumDandy-jb1mlhe shut colby down. 🤡🤡🤡

[@Howsnoah5]

Leon dominated. Americans are upset

[@gotdatgudikfr]

@BumDandy-jb1ml Leon’s the champ like it or not, and traditional standards dictate that to be the champion you have to beat the champion which Colby did not do and Leon did not allow. It’s simple, sort of like the Izzy approach.

[@hands_of_stone]

The early prelims and prelims were wayyy better than the main card. Some pretty good finishes

[@GhoodVibez]

Main card sucked compared to prelims

[@ColbyCuckboy]

I guess in the modern age people always find a reason to complain. Leon saved us from having Covington as champ. Have some damn gratitude.

[@basedfemboi9401]

He's boring to

[@EliasRoy]

Leon Edwards sucks

[@Habib_Osman]

Colby is simply too small. And that's it, he was vastly undersized against Usman, and its the same vs Leon.

[@blockaderunner]

Colby fought the way you’d have to to win unarmed but with same rules in real life. If to the death he would’ve won. Look at round 5.

[@thequinlanshow3326]

​@@blockaderunnerto the death 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pillow hands Colby wins 1 round and now he could kill Leon. You are coping so hard

[@jericho-tube]

Leon was crawling on his back in the 5th round after getting insulted so much by Colby 😂

[@Joshua-do3go]

That's something that bothers me in other divisions, too. There are some massive weight bullies. Leon isn't a huge dude but the challenge was infinitely more significant for Colby. I guarantee Leon cuts atleast 20lbs, Kamaru cuts god knows how much. I'm as tall as these dudes, lean, not buff or shredded, and weigh 185. Anyway, it reminded me of Izzy vs Gastelum in terms of size differential. Hell, even Emmett vs Bryce difference was apparent.

[@omgjimmyboy]

@@Joshua-do3gothe most comical one was weidman vs Gastelum

[@brunoramos9747]

Shows you the brains this guy has... Leon Edwards is a champion but he doesn't have to do a thing just defend his title

[@BadTakeRisan]

Hope this isnt a pattern with Edwards. I don't want another Adesanya like , leg kick bandit as a champ.

[@HereForMma]

It’s BEEN Leon this will be his title reign

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

People like you have only watched his fights with Usman and it's shows, this is LITERALLY HOW LEON ALWAYS FIGHTS

[@BadTakeRisan]

I've seen every fight in his win streak. I was just hoping (probably delusionally) that after the Usman knockout, he'd become a more exciting fighter. Especially against a shit Colby with terrible striking and 0 pace that showed up today. Fighters can change, Usman went from a boring fighter to an exciting one. @@rajyavardhansingh4491

[@thequinlanshow3326]

Leg kick bandit? We making fun of leg kicks now? Fuck outta here casual. Go watch boxing.

[@raymanandeze]

"leg kick bandit" I'm in tears

[@friedboot42]

people hated izzy when he was point striking and winning boring decisions, but leon does it and gets praised lol

[@danabrownprivaledge]

leon dosent molest dogs

[@jordanphan2945]

​@danabrownprivaledge EXACTLY. Leon is a family man who does not condone beastiality already makes him way better than Israel

[@friedboot42]

@@danabrownprivaledge people were hating on izzy for being a boring fighter way before the dog stuff came out

[@youngog9150]

@@friedboot42bro this guy clearly started watching after the usman fight. Don’t address ignorance it only acknowledges them

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Izzy never fought someone as unlikeable as colby. That’s probably why. Very few people rooting for colby and they just happy he lost even if it was boring

[@pill1154]

Guru scared of Strickland schooling his boy

[@xancypillosi9497]

@BumDandy-jb1mlwhere do u c this

[@trumpflavourednugget9325]

Strickland mentally weak😂

[@Burger-s8z]

@BumDandy-jb1mlyou definitely made this up. Coping before the fight takes place.

[@slintisbased]

@BumDandy-jb1mlthis is an all time cope

[@slee2695]

Sean the pillow fisted snowflake

[@AJAXMMA]

Leon is adensayna 2.0 im sick of people pretending he had a good performance himself

[@Secret-Juice]

Blame it on the 10-point must system

[@donutman1101]

He did have a good performance. He outstruck and outgrappled colby. Just because he didnt rush in chin in the air for a finish

[@Howsnoah5]

Leon was the one going forward and dominated the fight. Cry more little guy

[@basedfemboi9401]

​@standardFifa who cares it wasn't entertaining

[@BorisZakharov98]

@@Howsnoah5because one was utterly horrible and the other did slightly better doesn’t make him that good, you simpleton. Both are embarrassments to the division. Just like you should be embarrassed to call yourself an mma fan.

[@AceWillliams]

The welterweight division makes me wanna die. Leon did nothing and Colby did less. Now we got belal getting the next title shot and it’s gonna be another decision.

[@trumpflavourednugget9325]

Once shavkat gets a title shot all will be right in the world again🙏

[@MMAGuruIsGayy]

@@trumpflavourednugget9325 Shavkat is the chosen one.

[@Ethan-ct7uk]

@@trumpflavourednugget9325 his stand up is good but not great just not impressive standup with neal and wonderboy he showed holes and leons tdd is good im sure he he loses so atleast 4 defenses for leon probably fights jdm if he beats gilbert so i guess thats the next maybe fight

[@cloudmamba5416]

@@trumpflavourednugget9325 Leon proved he's not getting beat by these dudes shavkat even is mid

[@JamesKP17847]

Don’t worry we got our savior Shavkat coming to put Belal in the clinch against the cage and knee to the body for a few rounds, but he’ll get a random submission at some point while they’re against the cage though yippeee!!!

[@Ladiesman217-.]

Worst version of Colby ever and Leon still took him to a decision terrible performance by both

[@alexrojas2686]

What I notice about Leon is he fights down to his competition like how do u get rocked by Nate diaz and then smoke usman and then when convington isn’t throwing anything he just does enough to win but not to put a stamp on anything

[@ouruhuru]

I generally agree, maybe he feels that the head shot dead is the stamp of the ages and so he doesn't need any more. But he's not going to get away with being so passive agains some of the other contenders.

[@keion_arknights]

Both of these dudes were just waiting for the other to make a mistake on the feet.

[@edwardirwin3478]

Thoughts on Leon vs Belal and Shavkat?

[@keion_arknights]

@@edwardirwin3478 Belal has nothing for him. Shavkat would probably force a fun fight, two very good clinchers.

[@edwardirwin3478]

@@keion_arknights Agreed, Leon wins a comfortable decision against Belal and has a close fight with Shavkat. Shavkat likely won't get a takedown against Leon and it will be a fun fight similar to the Geoff Neal fight.

[@henzoko5946]

Leon to me is still vastly overrated. Hes in a dying division. When Belal is top 3 it says a lot. Shavkhat is the only hope. I think someone like prime Hendricks or GSP would run these mid WWs

[@danabrownprivaledge]

w take

[@lj2official882]

Belal is a good fighter look at the resume

[@DarkWarrior_1]

Belal has wins over current top 10 fighters unlike colby's wins over 40 years old washed up fighters with losing streaks.

[@MRios1128]

@@lj2official882he throws punches like a girl..

[@Brian-kp9mm]

​@@lj2official882Forget the name

[@georgeserrano1805]

Feel like Leon is the type of fighter where if someone isn’t giving him problems and a real threat he kind of coasts. He doesn’t seek to dominate or finish in brutal fashion. He’s at his best and shows all his technique when his opponent is putting him under pressure and he has something to react to

[@joestr8848]

Facts.. we didn’t even see his full arsenal like his elbows and clinch game

[@stillmyboy6708]

Colby is a fraud. Looked slow, rusty and scared from the start. All the guy did was back up and circle left for the 1st 20 minutes. No more Leon disrespect after this. Fact he was only -150 is nuts.

[@MrFring.]

Not really a fraud tho he did good against kamaru usman probably just overrated

[@Mox1990]

cuz theres a narrative lean beat an usman that is washed and way out from his prime. His gains in striking make up for his loss in wrestling big time. The usman today would still be 50/50 vs the usman who fought colby.

[@Romanus-]

Meh Edwards isn’t that good either. He gets murked by Shavkat

[@stillmyboy6708]

@@Romanus- Yeah dude, starching the P4P No.1 in the world at the time and then completely shutting him down in the rematch ‘isn’t that good’ Usman gave Chimaev all he could handle so not likes he’s washed either. I’ve taken Leon in the 2nd n 3rd Usman fights, in the Colby fight and if you guys wanna make him an underdog for Shavkat I’ll take him then too.

[@JUST_SOLE81]

I told Yen when Colby was walking out something was wrong. He lost already. He looked like he was gonna cry. No BS. Ive watched all of his fights. Never seen him look like that. He kept the heal role going. Leon obviously knew as well. Then I see him Babying his left knee. He didnt switch all fight. Just left that right knee out to get hammered. Couldnt take down off the left knee. Even Leon at the end of the second was like WTF? Watch at the end of round 1. Colby winces and grabs the left knee that wasnt even touched. He usually will switch orthodox and south. He did a few times, but only stayed there for a second. I think his left knee was injured and he didnt wanna pull out. Get well Colby. I think Leon knew and went easy on him. All that fake hate. I gained respect for Leon for not mauling him like that. Watch the entrance and the wince after the first. Tell me I am wrong.

[@shrektheogre2853]

Negative iq from colby. At least go out there guns swinging with crazy pace like michael chandler

[@canelo1728]

Leon DOMINATED the fight. Colby is a bum

[@RationalLlama]

Let's do Covington vs Shavkhat next. This guy had the audacity to call out wonderboy.

[@HughJaneis]

The worst part about it was Colby didn’t even try to fight his normal style till the end like he knew if he tried to take down Leon early it wouldn’t work.

[@rayyanabdur-rehman5263]

It seems like Leon shut him down. If Colby had any chance, It would have been to fight like Merab did against Yan. Just spamming takedown, punches, anything and everything. He seemed to be planning to do that, but the pressure and intensity never came. Disappointing as a Colby fan.

[@HereForMma]

Don’t let this distract u from the fact that welterweight officially has an Israel adesanya

[@lukebalek946]

I think Colby’s gameplan was to react to Leon potentially fighting emotional in the beginning but instead Leon was calm. I would say hopefully Strickland took notes but he left the building lol

[@gtt8428]

I wanna believe Strickland is playing DDP and his trying to lul him into a sense of security make him over confident So when DDP goes into the fight he thinks "oh this will be easy" But then it's not, 😂

[@Manuel_Chinaski]

Leon isn’t a killer . He’s a point fighter and Colby is toilet water bad at fighting . Send that sad little man to the prelims .

[@joneconomidis2125]

That fight was up there with izzy vs romero as 2nd worst title fight behind rose and esparza

[@EnrichedAirNitrox]

I think Leon overcompensated for his anger. Didn’t take risks on the feet because he was constantly telling himself “don’t get emotional”

[@TIMMYSSOUND]

AINT LIFE FUNNY...COLBY COULD HAVE WON IF HE DIDNT SAY THOSE WORDS

[@Noisycowonline]

So happy for Leon. EVERY BET I made tonight hit except Cody. I am absolutely blown away. For one night only, pretty sure my guesses were better than ANY betting channel. Even scored Emmett by KO. After each result I was like WTF? Who needs a time machine?

[@delmarreyna]

CONGRATULATIONS TO LEON EDWARDS!

[@ricardobjj24]

I thought Colby was gonna push the pace way more and even in the 5th round when Colby got a takedown he didn't have urgency to finish like dude sucks

[@joeschmoe3665]

Now Colby can fade away into irrelevance I'm no fan of Mcnuggets but at least he won belts

[@EliasRoy]

Nobody cares about your comment

[@Venomroos]

Dricus and Sean got robbed for fight of the night.

[@introtheartist5625]

Dude sacrificed friendships, personal relationships, high level training partners, and countless hours of hard work for a world title he'll never have.

[@dylanreyes6500]

What a way to close the year!!!! Absolute banger!! 🎉

[@rickyhernandez2412]

Ehhh debatable

[@memoo183]

@@rickyhernandez2412you must be fun

[@adamthebean]

@@memoo183 besides the Shavkat sub and Emmett's scary KO on Mitchell, the main card was terrible. Strickland fighting Dricus was better than the two title fights...

[@Z_Rodriguez13]

@@adamthebeanthe Shavkat sub wasn’t even that good either he held wonderboy against the fence for like 7 minutes until he got him down and got the sub every part of that fight sucked until the sub

[@adamthebean]

@@Z_Rodriguez13 completely valid, but at least he got the finish in the end. That fight was pretty boring up until that point.

[@KhanalSush]

If Leon hesitates like he did with Colby against someone like Shavkat or even Belal, he's going to have to say bye to that belt soon.

[@MariUrameshi]

I know mma math doesn’t work, but I don’t see how anyone thought Colby would beat Leon after seeing how Leon beat Usman in their 3rd fight. Colby is still worse than Usman as we saw in this fight. Usman coming off a KO loss did better than Colby who hasn’t takin damage for over a year and a half. As for Leon, dominant win but he should be getting the same criticism Adesanya gets for coasting in fights instead of going for finishes. I believe Belal has a chance against Leon but it’s just a matter of time before Shavkat is champ in my opinion

[@huang3741]

Shavkat beats both Leon and Belal in my opinion So technically versatile and high fight IQ

[@Twelvehourpowernap]

Agree

[@grandmasternarginder5435]

@@huang3741Leon would be a a little tough fight for him but he’s Belal’s worst nightmare lol

[@DAVINCI85-i4h]

I feel Belal will put alot more pressure on Leon than Colby did, but I just feel his striking just doesn't match up to Leon and he will probably get caught by Leon while pushing the pressure

[@jamesthompson9003]

Maybe if he didn't stand there doing nothing for the first 2 rounds? It was crazy to see him not attempt a single takedown in the first 10 minutes, when Leon consistently got taken down by Usman

[@hardnewstakenharder]

Colby "The Frozen One" Covington.

[@godofdreamzzz]

Edwards said it himself for the first 3 rounds he was hesitant bc he thought Colby’s inactivity was a bait

[@ItsameAlex]

daaaaaaaamn

[@Kirkaloozenstein]

Bro had Trump in the crowd, and decided to fight like Biden was there

[@Samsaraindo]

He fought like biden

[@basedfemboi9401]

​@@Samsaraindolmao

[@Jay-vr8it]

Lol Leon arguably won 50-45 and Colby had 0 chance. I wouldn't call that being barely better. It wasn't even close

[@mokiicustoms]

Leon was gassed & out wrestled in round 5, Colby won

[@tiantian8730]

Side note, is it me or is Leon’s fighting style vaguely similar to Andesanya’s.

[@GhoodVibez]

Yes unfortunately

[@EliasRoy]

It was

[@MT1974-w3x]

Covington was more interested in politics than fighting, hopefully his last title fight.

[@NevenKuzat-hb4xn]

Shavkat vs leon should be desent fight

[@Dondlo46]

Literally everyone I wanted to see win lost, what an amazing card, Strickland and Du Plessis fight was the most entertaining part in the whole event

[@GgCashh451]

Leon’s game plan was to position himself for Covington to come in. if he were to press the action and overextend he would be taken down. Covington felt threatened so he resorted to waiting for Leon. I understand wishing his arsenal was wider, but that’s how he had to win.

[@henzoko5946]

Its pathetic when people say MMA is evolving when you have champions like Leon & Sean. Sorry prime GSP, Anderson and Jones would run these divisions

[@jamesthompson9003]

Prime Jones lost to Reyes and got a split-dec against Santos who was at MW 9 months earlier

[@katatista]

What a casual comment Gsp was getting head kicked around by guys like condit and silva fought a bunch of bums And jones lost to reyes The division’s are much better thats a fact not an opinion There were like 2-3 good guys in each division Now its way more And gsp got ktfo by a midget and got submitted by hughes and he lost to hendricks

[@katatista]

Leon and sean would easily destroy the ww and mw at that time Most fighters were bums at that point

[@henzoko5946]

@@katatista guys like Condit lol??? casual as hell to discount Condit but its fine you just started watching MMA. You dont even know who Condit is or what the WEC even was

[@84slaughter]

@@henzoko5946 Yeah, Condit Was A Monster For A Long Time! Such A Stupid Comment. That Lawler Fight Was Amazing!

[@JGunn7799]

People shitting on Leon for not going for it and finishing Colby is wild to me. Going into the fight everyone said he needed to keep his emotions in check and stick to the game plan. He does exactly that and big brother’s Colby for 25 minutes and people complain saying he should have taken more risks.

[@user-mg5hk1ts3w]

Don’t really blame Leon there weren’t many openings cause Colby just sat there. Would have been nice to see a finish for sure but can’t really blame him

[@TboneSTEAK111]

Leon said the first 3 rounds when colby did nothing he thought it was bait

[@EliasRoy]

Now Leon’s been proven to be boring

[@closinginonclosure]

2:44 "Covington really lost me as a fan" 🤔 So you were a fan before, but one performance where he didn't look like his usual self and he lost you as a fan? You were never a fan then. Or you're just a fair weather fan, which is the worst kind of fan. No fighter or any figure with fan support, wants those kind of fans anyway. Such a wishy washy take.

[@SonnyUFC]

Colby and Paddy looked disastrous for some reason all of my parleys were paddy by finish so I lost big on the man it’s hard to like paddy when you’re gassing out in guard against a 40 year old man on a 5 loss streak

[@Cucumberdrx]

It was six straight, but we get your point 😅

[@anon2427]

Paddy looked pretty decent he just needs to work on his shot placement

[@SonnyUFC]

@@Cucumberdrx wow I thought he was 5 down from the Bobby loss wow I wish paddy went for more than 1 takedown

[@auroradash3676]

⁠@@SonnyUFCGaethje, Charles, Dariush, Chandler, Diaz, Bobby, now Paddy. I always forget about the Diaz fight

[@guusgeluk3693]

To be fair to you, that diaz fight was weird af and unremarkable. Easy to forget lmao

[@declan92100]

Why did they keep Colby in the cage for a post fight interview? He kept deflecting to saying "Trump 2024!" when he was getting boo'd

[@ezradaiquiri11311]

That was so cringe. The first responders and trump deserve better than that embarrassing excuse for a patriot. Trump was trying to leave. He looked so uncomfortable having a trashy bully like colby trying to represent him.

[@icyhot8873]

Colby really played it bad but don't get distracted by the fact that we just get rid of an Adesanya and we arledy have one back as the WW champion... leg kicking to the victory, i was hoping the KO against Usman awakened his fighting spirit but no, he couldnt finish a pillowhands ringrusted Colby, not even wobble him once in 25 mins 🤦‍♂️

[@infrared6973]

The reason why covington froze is he knew had he been darting in all night he wouldve been koed eventually so he decided to fight hesitant so as to not get knocked out.

[@the_dunks3770]

I guarantee he felt like crap after what he said. It shows in his performance.

[@daviz088]

Possibly. Both guys looked weird tonight: the energy during build up vs the octagon was like night and day. It's as if both men were afraid to engage one another.

[@praveshsingh3515]

Ready for "when trashtalk goes wrong" compilation.

[@matthewtaylor8435]

Colby looked scared of the power and speed

[@Habib_Osman]

Yep. Understandable because Leon is more powerful, faster and has a longer reach.

[@Bdhdheksnsb]

The whole weekend was a PR disaster for Covington.

[@slintisbased]

Leon is a counter striker first and foremost. I guarantee that if Colby actually gave an effort this would have been a way more entertaining fight. He was also clearly dominating so there was no reason to put himself at risk of a lucky KO opportunity. And despite all of that, Leon still went for takedowns, and submission attempts, in the last 2 rounds when Colby clearly has a better wrestling game. He kept his composure and played the cards Colby dealt him while still winning every single hand. Can’t knock him for that. If anything, I came away more impressed with his mental strength

[@forwardmoving8252]

Massive meatriding here. Colby fought terribly and Leon still showed no ability to finish or push the pace.

[@fezii9043]

Absolutely agree

[@tc6025]

@@forwardmoving8252He literally went for a finish but didn’t get it 😂

[@forwardmoving8252]

@@tc6025 so you proved my point?

[@Asiyah2000]

​@@forwardmoving8252Islam would have easily finished both of them 😂

[@easingthroughspace194]

Personally feel Edwards is over-hated at this point. Everyone got on him for not being an active champion yet he fought twice this year, the same amount of times as Islam, Aljo, O’Malley, and we can even throw in Izzy. Everyone is running with this narrative that Edwards wasn’t impressive in that fight but he did everything he was supposed to and more. Nobody expected Leon to out grapple Colby and most of the moments Colby ended up in Dominate position was from Leon showing off. It’s hard to get a finish on a guy who is literally trying everything in his power to not get finished, not to mention Leon has the Nate Diaz fight under his belt where he was winning the whole fight and got caught and almost lost at the end. The commentary glazed tf outta Colby all night and especially in that 5th round when they were making fun of Leon for losing 1 round due to his own choices.

[@conner-rob]

Is bryce Mitchell up yet

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, THE MMA GURU

[@removelimitbreak7524]

I really have to say this pick was unbelievably easy to predict. I had Leon 4-1 since it was announced and honestly it went almost exactly how I saw it playing out. Just a confused Colby for 4 rounds and then a desperate Colby in round 5. Good on Leon man. Dude looked really good kept himself safe and he was very smart in the grappling situations

[@Gurusson-qr5np]

Colby pulled a Danis

[@rainchazzer6308]

You cant land combinations on guys running backwards. Leon chased him all night and kept cutting the ring so because of it you are going to get more singles and he was working the legs to slow him down. Colby left with ice packs wrapped on both legs

[@Shooooooop]

Stop making excuses for a poor performance. This is what Leon is, one mighty head kick doesn't change his career. He's always been hesitant, this is a guy who went 5 rounds with Cowboy at a time when everyone finished him..

[@declan92100]

I don't like Colby, and that performance was a disgrace. But i hope Colby stays around and fights Ian Garry soon just for the press conference

[@ezradaiquiri11311]

I've been a fan of colby for a long time, but I'm having a real hard time being a fan anymore after making leon cry for his dad. That's the only time I can't make fun of leon for crying cause he always looks like he wants to cry. Terrible fight by both men.

[@NewRealityPill]

Colby brought a really nasty atmosphere to this card. His poisonous comments really infected the whole event.

[@brobocops]

Lol no

[@thegreatahgou6100]

Yeah, made Leon cry like a bitch at the backstage and after winning the fight he admits to it. Personality of a door knob.

[@PatkaBoy831]

drama queen

[@Africanrootz]

Why because he spoke the truth about how Africans abuse dogs eachother and everything living and have horrible fathers?

[@paprikash8574]

Edwards is the new Adesanya (in fighting style)

[@blueelephant4971]

4:47 It wasn't exactly a secret that if you just stand there and do nothing Leon's winning strategy is to just do a little more than nothing to get the decision. That was particularly infuriating to watch vs. a washed up Nate Diaz.

[@African_prince7]

Disappointing ass main and co main fight how is a wmma fight gonna be more entertaining then those 2 😂

[@innsmouthresident7719]

Shavkat sleeps both and gets Sanko’s belt now 🇰🇿

[@Zeddy11]

1. Genuinely embarassing performance from Colby. I'm embarassed that I was ever a fan of him. That was his chance to prove everyone wrong but NOOOOO now everyone's gonna have sympathy for Leon because of Colby trashing his criminal POS dad and going out to fight like that. 2. Leon is such a filthy pointfighter. I picked him to win by decision, but how do you not just beat up Colby and KO him when he's looking so open and you're the one backing him up? I unironically hope Belal smokes this dude. I just wanted the last event of 2023 to be great.

[@UsykWillBeatFuryViaEzDecision]

Leon doesnt look to beat guys up. His main goal is just to score

[@thegreatahgou6100]

Cope harder, rednecks.

[@BorisZakharov98]

Agreed. Both are embarrassing. Leon never takes a risks even if he has a gun pointed to his head. So much for “this man is as good as dead tomorrow”. And not even gonna start on Colby. Welterweight is in the gutter right now. Worse than middleweight.

[@aarpoonwaify6694]

The facts over feelings guys get in their feelings when their boy gets clowned.

[@Epoch-vu8cj]

I don't get all the Leon fanboys praising his performance. It was abysmal. Leon couldn't KO an aged out bum coming off a 2yr lay off. Get a new hero

[@UsykWillBeatFuryViaEzDecision]

It wasnt abysmal, he completely shut colby down lmao, quit coping. The sport isnt about finishes. Keep crying 😂

[@Howsnoah5]

Type it without crying bud

[@that8968]

@@Howsnoah5 😭😭😭

[@tabb5818]

Not enough credit went to Leon for clipping him early on every time he stepped in. Leon earned the fact that Colby seemed weaponless. The lack of respect for his ability is sad to see.

[@Immortal_Kombat]

While not the most entertaining fight, it’s still a solid win for Leon, it’ll be interesting to see who he’ll fight next…very disappointing performance by Colby, besides all the factors that played, idk who he’ll fight next but I think he should retire, I don’t see him beating anyone outside of Burns maybe….it just played out very differently then what I expected from Colby but nonetheless both fighters gave a lackluster account of themselves…

[@rickyhernandez2412]

Burns would KO Colby clownington

[@Z_Rodriguez13]

@@rickyhernandez2412burns gets KO by a gust of win

[@forwardmoving8252]

Solid win is a stretch 😂 colby fought with negative IQ and Leon still never did much to him.

[@vaughnhunkele188]

So the new rankings on Tuesday should read C Edwards 1 Usman 2 Belal 3 Shavkat 4 Burns 5 Colby For Colby to get back into a title fight he would need to fight a guy lower ranked than him, and then 2 ahead of him. I’m thinking he should fight Luque, Gilbert Burns, and Sean Brady before getting another title fight.

[@kerzu1947]

Colby trying to takedown Leon with zero setup was just weird. Idk the fight seemed fishy maybe it was a rigged fight?

[@thatguyyouseeatmcdonalds3153]

It’s not a rigged fight, Colby just was too hesitant because he was biting on all of Leon’s feints. That mixed with the almost 2 year layoff and his one dimensional skill set

[@thatguyyouseeatmcdonalds3153]

It’s not a rigged fight, Colby just was too hesitant because he was biting on all of Leon’s feints. That mixed with the almost 2 year layoff and his one dimensional skill set

[@SwampOperator]

Cope.

[@ItsameAlex]

@@thatguyyouseeatmcdonalds3153 he got a concussion from jorge's sucker punches, he would've won if he didn't get that concussion