The former UFC welterweight champion still has a score to settle with one former foe.
Leon Edwards is set to make his return to the Octagon next month when he faces off with Jack Della Maddalena at the O2 Arena in London.
March 22 sees ‘Rocky’ enter the fight on somewhat unfamiliar ground considering that he’s coming off of a loss in his latest outing.
The Brit has tasted defeat on four occasions throughout his pro career with one defeat in his third fight and the other three coming inside the UFC Octagon.
Unsurprisingly, Edwards wants revenge and there’s one previous opponent of his that he is very critical of since they went head-to-head.
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Leon Edwards calls Belal Muhammad the worst of all time
It’s not hard to work out who Leon Edwards is labeling the worst UFC fighter of all time when you look back at the opponents that he is still actively pursuing.
The 33-year-old has already settled the score with Kamaru Usman and his loss to Claudio Silva wasn’t exactly the kind of setback that has haunted him ever since.
Losing his welterweight title to Belal Muhammad in Manchester last year on the other hand is something that is sure to fire the former champion up ahead of his return on March 22.
Edwards recently appeared on The Louis Theroux Podcast where he named Jon Jones and Anderson Silva as his top two picks for the greatest of all time.
When asked to provide the name of someone at the opposite end of the scale, he went right to the current 170-pound champion who got the better of him at UFC 304 last July.
“[Worst?] Belal [Muhammad]… I’d love to run it back,” Edwards said.
“Normal time. I’d love to run it back again next year (episode recorded in 2024).”
Leon Edwards places an emphasis on fight time
As much as Leon Edwards wants to face Belal Muhammad in a rematch, he has one specific request for the fight.
In their previous meeting, the matchup took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in England in order for the timing of the card to cater for a US audience.
Edwards has since spoken about how he believes that it impacted his performance despite changing his usual routines and working with a sleep specialist to try and counter this.
‘Rocky’ explained during the podcast appearance exactly how he believes the unusual timing of the bout affected him.
“Not physically tired, mentally,” Edwards said.
“You know when you wake up at five in the morning to get up and run or train, you don’t feel your best and that’s how I felt.”