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Yeah, it seems like for business reasons they should milk the "Only UK champion" thing a bit. I'd rather have some more interesting title fights than immediately revert to Usman.
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Ameraves
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That is fairly close, but I was further to the right
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Leon Edwards says body ‘just shut down’ at UFC 278, credits coaches for comeback: ‘They knew how to press my buttons’
Leon Edwards gives his coaches credit for his epic comeback knockout of Kamaru Usman at UFC 278.
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“In the back of my mind I thought, ‘Why is everyone getting tired?’ I was watching it thinking I won’t get tired because I’ve been here for two weeks, I slept in altitude at home – I probably won’t feel it,” Edwards said on The MMA Hour when asked how he felt warming up beforehand. “So I was watching it backstage, and I was thinking in the back of my head as I was warming up, ‘S***, why is everyone getting tired?’ When we went out there, after the first round, I can’t explain it, my body just shut down. It was just a weird feeling. It wasn’t cardio, it was like my body just wasn’t reacting. In my head I could think what I wanted to do, but my body just wasn’t doing it. ...
“My 10 fights I had to get to this point to fight for the championship, I never looked like that in a fight, ever. Even when I was fighting, I was looking ahead like, ‘Man, what the hell is going on? Just keep pushing. I know he’s crafty and the body is feeling it, but just keep working and stay focused. It’s never over until it’s over.’ I stayed in there and got the clean head kick KO. ...
“If my body was reacting the way it was in the first round, the fight would have gone a totally different way. The first round I felt normal. Then after that, my body just kind of shut down on me. If I would have felt the way I did in the first round, it would have been a totally different fight.”
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Sounds like he had an adrenaline dump after round 1.Leon Edwards says body ‘just shut down’ at UFC 278, credits coaches for comeback: ‘They knew how to press my buttons’
Leon Edwards gives his coaches credit for his epic comeback knockout of Kamaru Usman at UFC 278.
“In the back of my mind I thought, ‘Why is everyone getting tired?’ I was watching it thinking I won’t get tired because I’ve been here for two weeks, I slept in altitude at home – I probably won’t feel it,” Edwards said on The MMA Hour when asked how he felt warming up beforehand. “So I was watching it backstage, and I was thinking in the back of my head as I was warming up, ‘S***, why is everyone getting tired?’ When we went out there, after the first round, I can’t explain it, my body just shut down. It was just a weird feeling. It wasn’t cardio, it was like my body just wasn’t reacting. In my head I could think what I wanted to do, but my body just wasn’t doing it. ...
“My 10 fights I had to get to this point to fight for the championship, I never looked like that in a fight, ever. Even when I was fighting, I was looking ahead like, ‘Man, what the hell is going on? Just keep pushing. I know he’s crafty and the body is feeling it, but just keep working and stay focused. It’s never over until it’s over.’ I stayed in there and got the clean head kick KO. ...
“If my body was reacting the way it was in the first round, the fight would have gone a totally different way. The first round I felt normal. Then after that, my body just kind of shut down on me. If I would have felt the way I did in the first round, it would have been a totally different fight.”
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Jozu
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Sad that Liam Harrison got fucking tooled inside 2 minutes.
The guy is so fun to watch and is a genuine competitor, sucks to see him come up short in such an embarrassing fashion. I didnt see if Nong-O broke something with the leg kick or what, but Harrison had a weird reaction after he went down, like looking to his corner in frustration. He must have broke something.
edit: He blew out his knee....lol wow.
The guy is so fun to watch and is a genuine competitor, sucks to see him come up short in such an embarrassing fashion. I didnt see if Nong-O broke something with the leg kick or what, but Harrison had a weird reaction after he went down, like looking to his corner in frustration. He must have broke something.
edit: He blew out his knee....lol wow.
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