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Leon Edwards shuts down Colby Covington at UFC 296
Leon Edwards’ second successful defense came easily against Colby Covington at UFC 296 this past Saturday. Throughout five rounds, ‘Rocky’ completely controlled ‘Chaos,’ who turned in perhaps one of the oddest performances in a championship fight.
Here is how Round 5 went, courtesy of the play-by-play provided by our own Stephie Haynes:
High kick lands for Leon. Left by Leon. Colby with a high kick that gets blocked. Colby gets the single and manages to trip Leon and dumps him. Colby trying desperately to get a hook in but Leon is defending well and now back to his feet. Leon takes Colby down and is on his back with one hook in.
Colby fighting his hands. Colby turns over by Leon has a triangle locked in but Colby reverses and is now on top in Leon’s guard. Colby on top trying to punch but Leon has pinned his arms to his chest. Colby lands a shot to the back of the head but it’s missed by Herb Dean.
Colby in half guard now as Leon nails him in the ribs. Colby trying to secure better position as the crowd boos. Colby is working Leon’s ribs from the top as Leon works Colby’s from the bottom. The crowd is so mad right now. Colby just landed two more shots to the back of the head. Herb Dean is oblivious. Colby hanging on till the clock runs out the last several seconds. Round over. Terrible fight.
Thank you, Stephie!
Twitter reacts to Edwards’ win, Covington’s odd performance
As expected, fans and fighters were not impressed with Covington whatsoever. See how Twitter reacted to Edwards vs. Covington at UFC 296:
UFC 296 Full Results
Main Card
- Leon Edwards def. Colby Covington by unanimous decision (49-46 x3)
- Alexandre Pantoja def. Brandon Royval by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov def. Stephen Thompson by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:56 of Round 2
- Paddy Pimblett def. Tony Ferguson by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
- Josh Emmett def. Bryce Mitchell by KO (punch) at 1:57 of Round 1
Preliminary Card
- Alonzo Menifield def. Dustin Jacoby by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Irene Aldana def. Karol Rosa by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
- Cody Garbrandt def. Brian Kelleher by KO (punch) at 3:42 of Round 1
- Ariane Lipski def. Casey O’Neill by submission (armbar) at 1:18 of Round 2
Early Preliminary Card
- Tagir Ulanbekov def. Cody Durden by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:25 of Round 2
- Andre Fili vs. Lucas Almeida by TKO (punches) at 3:32 of Round 1
- Shamil Gaziev def. Martin Buday by TKO (punches) at 0:56 of Round 2