Former UFC welterweight title challenger Stephen Thompson shared his expectations from the fight between the champion Leon Edwards And Colby Covington.
The confrontation will headline the UFC 296 show, which will take place on the night of December 16 in Las Vegas. Thompson will fight with the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov as part of the same event.
“I choose Edwards. As for Covington, we saw what happened in his fights against Usman. Of course, Colby had a hard time recovering from his tough knockout from Kamaru. It should also be taken into account that Leon is a larger welterweight.
I think Leon will not be affected by Colby’s pressure and the fight will continue. His fight will also not have the desired effect - even Usman was not able to hold off Edwards. Leon got up every time and eventually knocked out Kamara in the first fight, which Covington failed to do,” MMA Fighting quotes “Wonderboy.”
