Leon Edwards is raring to run issues again with UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad.
After dropping his title to Muhammad at UFC 304, Edwards (21-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) will look to rebound in opposition to Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) on March 22 within the UFC Battle Night time 255 headliner from The O2 in London (ESPN+).
With a win over the streaking Della Maddalena, Edwards thinks he can bounce proper again into the title image.
“I really feel like after beating Jack, positively,” Edwards advised Hyperlink Up TV of getting a title shot. “I feel he’s ranked (No.) 5 or 4 on the planet. Within the welterweight division, as effectively, there aren’t many individuals proper now which can be barking for a title shot.
“I feel Belal is preventing Shavkat (Rakhmonov) hopefully in April or Might. After that, there’s no person else for the title other than me. So if I’m going on the market March 22, placed on a fantastic efficiency, I can’t see why not.”
Together with his struggle in opposition to Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) going down in the midst of the evening to cater to U.S. pay-per-view time, Edwards says he wasn’t capable of carry out successfully. If he will get a possibility to rematch Muhammad, he hopes it takes place at a standard timing.
“Not struggle at 5 o’clock within the morning,” Edwards stated on what he’d do in a different way in opposition to Muhammad. “I really feel like that affected my efficiency. I didn’t really feel myself. … The sleep factor, the late hours, that made a giant distinction to me in that struggle.”
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