Friday, 22 November, 2024

UFC: Edwards make Covington pay for his trash talk, defeating him to retain title


Leon Edwards defeated Colby Covington to retain his welterweight title in the UFC 296 main event with former US President, Donald Trump in attendance.

Covington who had insulted Edwards father, who was murdered when Edwards was only 13 years old was battered for a large part of the fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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Edwards did not allow the pre match trash talk to affect him, and managed to stay calm while picking Covington apart on the feet and even mixing in some takedowns as well as a submission attempt to secure the win.

As for Covington, he didn’t do much in the fight and only came alive with a late takedown to prevent losing every round on the scorecards. When it was over, all three judges scored the fight 49-46 with Edwards retaining his title in a fairly lopsided fashion.


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