The coach of UFC fighter Leon Edwards has once again questioned the 5 a.m. start hour following his loss against Belal Muhammad the previous year.
As everyone is aware, Leon Edwards lost the UFC welterweight title in his most recent bout. “Rocky,” who had previously successfully defended the title twice after defeating Kamaru Usman for it, lost to Belal Muhammad in London. He will now square off against Sean Brady on Saturday night in the English capital once more this year.
Edwards believed that having to compete at 5 a.m. because the UFC would not broadcast the London card at a regular local hour was one of the reasons he lost.
Edwards’ coach has now shared his opinions on that specific subject.
Edwards’ coach speaks out
“There were some major factors leading up to the fight, forget the minor injury apart,” Lovell said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.”. “In England, when have you ever heard of a sportsman performing 6 o’clock in the morning? It’s never been heard of before, and no doubt you’ll never hear of it again.
“It was just a freaky moment in time, and Leon had to deal with it. To lose to Belal in the fashion he lost to him, the world knows he’s a lot better than that. We know. Most and foremost, he knows he’s better than that. Yeah, it was a major setback, but we’re on the road back to gold. What more can I say to that?”
“It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but I take nothing from Belal,” Lovell said. “He won, he waited his time like Leon did, so let him make the most of it. Fair play to him, but it’s a bitter pill for me to swallow for the simple fact of how Leon lost it, the lackluster effort for whatever reason because we all know that was, what, 30, 35, 40 percent of Leon Edwards that night?”
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