Leon Edwards ... the 29-year-old, #3 ranked welterweight.
"[Leon and I] literally had one round! Nothing happened in that round. There's 4 more rounds to that fight and you saw theRewind about 100 days ... Belal and Leon's UFC Fight Night main event fight was ruled a no contest after just 5 minutes -- when Edwards accidentallyMuhammad says Edwards had an opportunity to get himself a title shot when he fought Diaz at UFC 263.
"For a guy like [Leon], you had a chance to earn your title shot against Nate Diaz, steal his fans, but you blew it because you played it a little bit safe, you didn't go for the finish." Of course, Edwards won via unanimous decision ... but was close to being finished by the Stockton superstar during the final minute of the fight."Let's keep this training going, get you another fight this year. Let's get a 5 rounder. Earn your title shot!"
Bro was getting his ass folded