Daniel Cormier expected more from Leon Edwards and Colby Covington at UFC 296. Welterweight champion Edwards (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) retained his title in a lackluster unanimous decision win over Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) in this past Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena. Considering their build-up during fight week, which included them being separated at the face-offs , Cormier thinks Edwards’ fight with Covington failed to deliver. “If I’m being completely honest, while it was a completely dominant performance by the champion, I feel like it left me wanting a little more,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel . “Because generally, when we have these grudge-match type of fights, we have really fun, exciting, all-action fights and then we have a little bit of stuff afterwards. “I think Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, I think Brock Lesnar when he told Frank Mir he’s going to shove something up his ass

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Daniel Cormier: Leon Edwards dominant vs. Colby Covington, but performance ‘left me wanting a little more’ – MMA Junkie

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