Leon Edwards definitely wants the chance to become champ-champ in the UFC but he’s not planning on making that move as soon as expected. In the lead up to his fight against Colby Covington in the UFC 296 main event, the 32-year-old welterweight champion teased…

The matchmaking for Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett at Saturday’s UFC 296 event has been one of the more polarizing bookings in recent memory. The lightweight bout takes place on the pay-per-view main card, with both fighters on opposite streaks — Pimblett rides a…

Vicente Luque fought Leon Edwards in London in 2017 Josh Hedges, Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Vicente Luque was scheduled to face rising welterweight prospect Ian Machado Garry just hours before UFC champion Leon Edwards puts his title on the line against Colby…

Bobby Green on The MMA Hour Bobby Green isn’t counting out Tony Ferguson. Earlier this year, Green submitted Tony Ferguson with an arm-triangle choke in the waning seconds of their matchup at UFC 291. The loss was Ferguson’s sixth straight (fourth by stoppage) and…

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Drake is backing UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards at UFC 296. The popular rapper, who is known to place big bets for UFC main events, is putting up $250,000 on Edwards to knock out Covington in…

Ahead of possibly his last attempt at UFC gold, Colby Covington believes the third time is the charm. The soon-to-be three-time UFC title challenger headlines the final pay-per-view of the year as he challenges welterweight champion Leon Edwards at UFC 296. Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3…

World Boxing Council boss Mauricio Sulaiman wasn’t too pleased with a rival sanctioning body’s decision to strip Terence Crawford of his 147-pound belt. Crawford, of Omaha, Nebraska, fully unified all four belts in the welterweight division earlier this summer when he stopped Errol Spence Jr.…

Security guards again kept Leon Edwards from getting to Colby Covington, but the UFC welterweight champion promised to make his rival pay for his words at the ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC 296. “That man is as good as dead tomorrow,” Edwards said after he…

Michael Bisping’s final prediction is Leon Edwards retaining his welterweight title at UFC 296. Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) defends his belt against Colby Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view…