After a long, hard road to the top, Leon Edwards is ready to beat Kamaru Usman to win the UFC welterweight championship this coming Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah, providing a major boost for the burgeoning British mixed martial arts scene.
With Liverpool-born fighters Paddy "The Baddy" Pimblett and Molly McCann electrifying the crowd at a recent sold-out UFC event in London, British MMA is on the crest of a wave, and Edwards can put the cherry on top with a victory at UFC 278.
"I'm excited man, it's been a long time coming, it's been a long, long road, so the time is now and I'm excited," Edwards said in a Zoom interview from Salt Lake City as he prepared for Usman, whom he lost to by decision to in 2015.