UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards is preparing to face Kamaru Usman for the third time in his career at UFC 286, and he expects the fight to be nothing like the previous meetings. This time, Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) will be entering the cage as the champion in front of a hometown crowd at O2 Arena in London. Knowing he will be the final man to make the walk to the octagon at the event, Edwards has not only been visualizing the moment he hits the curtain and crowd’s reaction, but how the fight itself will play out in his third meeting with Usman. “This time around it will be a totally different fight,” Edwards told BT Sport . “I’ve never lost in the U.K.
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