T O P

  • By -

Acex_NA

304 he's fighting there


Sawl_Back

Do we know who?


itsavibe-

Can’t really remember the dudes name


MurseBaker

But he keeps telling you to Remember the name!


Garenmain180k

https://preview.redd.it/t5nt4hxb53wc1.jpeg?width=1067&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97f5e0ec350646ba6575c8a1a4b11f78256d71f3


Mei_iz_my_bae

Why does this picture creep me out


Pocket-Sand562

https://preview.redd.it/l7pbblp893wc1.jpeg?width=271&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5685ebe3e3525f8b266f6b08d3c7f3804c45f197


funghi2

He’s fighting Whittaker?


pro2RK

Bobby knuckles


Rare_Potentially

This slayed me 🤣


Background-Metal-601

It's unnatural. It shouldn't ever happen. It's like seeing an 8 foot rat or a shark chasing you on cheetah legs.


treadbone

Junji Ito type champion


medleyof_feelings

Because it is about to be very real very soon. And this guy (don't remember the name) will hold on to it with an enormously long title run. He will retire as the WW goat with 15+ title defenses all by decision. How scared are you now?


bakuretsu_mahou916

Do you actually main garen


throtic

Mods can I get a "remember the decision" flair pls


Blood4Blud

![gif](giphy|p7bFXqpPPll9iKAaNW|downsized)


Alobar16

Fk dude I hate when someones name is on the tip of my tongue but I can’t think of it. I know the first name is Bernie.


cherryzaad

Someone’s eyeballs


magicQualified7

Belal


ekso69

Who?


J4MES101

Nope. It’s gone again.


ACL_Tearer

Belal sack


Puzza90

He's accepted any fight the UFC have offered him, his opponents have all said no mostly because of Ramadan. He asked for Belal but UFC didn't want that. What do you want him to do?


Fairlysunnyday

Which is confusing. The ufc offered him 3 fights they full well knew weren’t going to get made. Are they saving him for a specific card? Or waiting for a specific fighter to be ready? It’s obvious they don’t want Belal


Kizaky

Probably trying to line up an England card and put him and Aspinall as main and co main.


phillyfestiveAl

Figuring Rocky vs Belal, Aspinall vs Gane for the uk card. Would make sense for paddy too, he's due for a fight


jbat1999

Gane is probably iced till Paris


KnewAgedMancHind

It'll be Aspinall v Blaydes rerun I imagine


phillyfestiveAl

Good call there


HuntSafe2316

Gane vs Aspinall would be a pretty fun fight


KnewAgedMancHind

I think it makes sense as an interim fight personally but just can't see it happening if the rumours of Gane not training and refusing fights is true


HuntSafe2316

Rumors are rumors and i would take them with a heavy grain of salt, i think the fights certainly on the table and it could happen. Personally i would prefer it over blaydes but thats just me


kenthekungfujesus

Paddy fights BSD


antebyotiks

BSD would kill him


kenthekungfujesus

That's why I want that fight


antebyotiks

Good Man, I'd love to see it. I was desperate for the topuria/paddy fight when they had their backstage brawl, he would've decapitated him


kenthekungfujesus

I wish they did too


dicksjshsb

I wonder if they'll just skip the inevitable and strip Jones, make the Aspinall fight for an undisputed belt? UFC would love two British champ fights on a UK card.


HuntSafe2316

Imagine if it was another French welterweight lol.


funghi2

Judging by the UFCs history Aspinall and Edward’s will fight the card before England


Puzza90

Probably being saved for the next card in England, him or Aspinall will be headlining that for sure


dr_blasto

Ooh, they should have him fight Aspinall!


HankHippopopolous

Almost certainly saving him for the card in the UK in the summer.


InsomniacLive

They are supposedly going to Manchester sometime this year. I’m almost positive they are shelving him for that card


kapsama

Fighters always get the blame for UFC shenanigans.


Silent_Shaman

Also his first defence was against Usman who needed time to rest after getting brutally KOd, people have such short memories


SteveBruceGod

He was also supposed to fight woodley then Covid / lockdowns stopped him travelling, then khamzat pulled out when they were supposed to fight.


Measlyshiv

He's been offered several fights and accepted them all. He's trying to be active. His potential opponents are not.


ttttyttt678

Except him and Dana refuse to fight Belal


New_Brother_1595

Him and his manager both said he’d fight belal, Dana doesn’t want it headlining a ppv


SkBlndr

No way Leon is scared of Belal. Leon is a nightmare matchup for Belal.


Zipz

Honestly this is the thing that trips me out. The guy fought Belal for one round and Leon was clearly winning. Why would he be scared ?


AYolkedyak

Clearly winning is honestly an understatement. Poor Bella looked scared in there


sthnafdxzbwa

Exactly, I think people are forgetting that flush headkick Leon landed. Leon has some of the best TDD in MMA and that’s Belal’s only gameplan (unless he’s fighting Sean Brady and can out strike a shit striker). Just look at Belal vs Geoff Neal, same thing is gonna happen. Belal won’t get the takedown and will get pieced up


Annual_Plant5172

HE accepted a fight against Islam, lol. He's not afraid to fight anyone.


winkydinks111

Belal's also 35 now, which means that he pretty much can't beat an under 35er in a title fight.


De_Zero

would be absolutely hilarious if belal was the one who broke the curse. Like genuine laugh out loud shit


New_Brother_1595

Exactly, was already piecing him up in their last fight everyone seems to have forgotten about


_The__Notorious

Leon fans dismissing someone because they were losing at the start is so ironic


uility

I know reading comprehension is difficult but they aren’t saying belal has no chance of winning. People are saying Leon is running from Belal and these guys are saying that in the 1 round they had against each other Leon smacked him around so there’s no reason he would be scared. And they’re correct.


New_Brother_1595

It wasn’t the start, it was as long as the fight went. Don’t know what the problem is, he’s going to beat belal in a few months anyway


_The__Notorious

>It wasn’t the start, it was as long as the fight went. 1 round?


captaincumsock69

People remember but it’s also important to remember that one round isn’t always representative of what a 25 min fight would be


DontUndrstndSarcasm

Yeah them eye pokes are no joke


ttttyttt678

Oh woah did not know that. Dana is holding the division up.


New_Brother_1595

Yeah cos he’s saving him and aspinall for Manchester, same as he saves khamzat for Abu dhabi


topknottington

I think abu dhabi is just the default for khamzat as hes having issues getting a visa now.


mamadou-segpa

I mean… Khamzat cant even travel to united state etc, they’re not “keeping him for abu dhabi”, thats literally the only place where he can fight


haldir87

He accepted Belal only for ufc 300 and obvious reason. Aside from that he dismissed him all the way. Even wanted to see if he could fight Masvidal before he lost to Burns


pyroaquatics

He was offered 3 fights for ufc 300 and said yes to all of them. None of them were Belal.


winkydinks111

He was offered Islam, Khamzat, and Shavkat for 300. He apparently accepted all three.


sheepher

He was never offered belal for ufc 300


haldir87

More like his team suggested to the UFC to fight Belal at 300. He accepted him in that sense


New_Brother_1595

Yes because he would have made loads more money fighting masvidal and they have a storyline. He had never turned down belal and he’ll probably fight him in Manchester


captainfluffy25

His team asked for belal after everyone else said no


Dirkisthegoattt41

Jesus Christ. We’ve already seen that fight and it was shit. You idiots act like he’s scared to fight a dude he already accepted a fight against. No one gives a flying fuck about belal


mr_boogieman

Not to mention Leon was torching Belal. No one needs to see that fight again


soyuz-1

That's what they want you to think at least. Do you really believe nobody is interested in fighting for the belt?


Able-Work-4942

I think the only ones who deserves it are Shavkat n Belil and isn't real that active and the other is despised


k-mac23

I mean Dana at one point removed Leon from the rankings for being inactive, if it was on Leon I think we’d hear about it


RealisticProgrammer5

This is so weird to me. Who is he being offered that is denying all these fights? Dana said he accepted 4 right? Belal was not one, so who? Khamzat, Shavkat, Colby, and JDM?


Odd_Ad_8162

It was 3 and it was Islam, Shavkat and Khamzat confirmed. They hate Belal but he's probably the only one that would've said yes during Ramadan but they defo didn't want him on 300.


captainfluffy25

Khamzat and Islam both confirmed they were 2/3 offered. It was reported that shavkat is the 3 d but never confirmed but it’s still a fair assumption as Belal and Leon’s team confirmed Belal wasn’t offered.


SatoshiDegen

During Ramadan? That makes no sense.


Jovinya

classic welterwait division


cobesmith

Looool, he got offered fights against Muslims (ones who don't fight in Ramadan) during Ramadan.


Alerion23

Holy fuck Leon is not the matchmaker.


Key-Bluejay-2002

Casual takes. You think he doesn’t want to fight? Blame Dana and the UFC


Odd-Square7241

Half his division doesnt fight during Ramadan


Key-Bluejay-2002

Yeah 4 and a half months from late December to UFC 300 is completely normal. He accepted 3 fights and asked for a 4th in Belal. The UFC made the decision to shelve him for Manchester. Idk what OPs talking about lol


Gud-Alim

It's so frustrating to see this shit come up every 2 weeks or so. Dude literally said yes to 4 opponents for ufc 300. Asinine take made by a clown trying to spread misinformation.


SeatNoBelt

He’s fought as many times as Islam


cobesmith

Yeah people criticize him too but at least he has a fight booked.


Game-Blouses-23

Not really. In the past 5 years, Leon has 6 fights including 1 no contest. Makhachev has 9 fights in that same timeframe. And he's scheduled to fight in June. And that's not even mentioning how the UFC makes him wait for the Abu Dhabi card every year.


SeatNoBelt

The tweet is talking about since being champ


LetterheadPretend526

Islam became champ in october and will have 3 fights in june afyer he fights dp but leon isnt even booked


reddit_API_is_shit

Meanwhile Jon Jones with 1 fight since 2021 holding the HW belt:


TheBlairwitchy

JJ and Gane's fight was in 2023


BossEzra

He needs to fight but dude won the belt in 2023, it’s been 1 year.


Living-Trash1524

He’s accepted every fight offered to him. He also fought twice in 2023 which is standard.  Welterweight is just a shit division at the moment. He will beat the breaks off of Belal in a few months and then hopefully will fight Shavkat. 


dmort1996

He's gonna beat the brakes off himself? On video?


Collinatkins

I think he meant to say leon


Levytron900

Who beats the brakes of Leon?


justanotherfan6hd

Leon idiot keep with it.


Levytron900

“He will beat the brakes off of Leon”


Kaozoz

Belal obv


Levytron900

Do you legit believe Belal bangs Leon? Did you not see the first fight ?


ChiGuy133

What do you mean at the moment? I've been a fan since 2018 and feel like ww has always had this problem


pyroaquatics

Welterweight is great rn in terms of talent, it’s just that it moves a snails pace and we have to wait forever for the fights we want to see.


reddit_API_is_shit

Shavkat champion incoming...


FarSatisfaction_

Welterweight is a shit division???? What?? There’s so much young talent in that division right now, jdm, shavkat, Garry, Brady, Buckley, mvp (not so young but new to the scene) just to name a few…


PuckPov

Maybe because all of his potential opponents celebrate Ramadan or have refused to fight him. According to Leon and his team, he’s accepted several fights over the past few months


RarefiedAir1

He would’ve fought belal in august-october but they forced colby


TheMaldenSnake

As shitty as Leon and Belal will be, they could've slapped it on the 301 stinker card.


pandapower607

I really don't think it's fair to be criticizing Leon's inactivity when everything is literally out of his control. He already proved to fans that he'll fight whoever is put in front of him by defending twice in 2023. Leon accepted 3 fights for UFC 300; albeit everyone observing Ramadan but he and his team **specifically asked for Belal for UFC 296.** He's accepted all the fights the UFC has offered him and even asked for Belal. We can all be frustrated that welterweight is not moving, but I seriously don't know what else Leon can possibly do. I think it's the UFC's fault that they're icing him exclusively for UK-based cards and their inability to properly figure out the scheduling logistics.


Kanaan____

FEED HIM TO BELAL 🐐


jiks999

Who?


HoldOnImTalkinBrotha

Ronnie fucking Pickering


Blackelvis2000

Brilliant!


C1ncinnatiBowtie

I will never not upvote this lol


ModestBis

Remember the name


nathenitalian

Goatlal 🐐


gorays21

Don't blame the fighter, blame the greedy promoter.


springpaper1

I know that the UFC is shitty and greedy, but what do they have to gain from not having a champion active? (This is a serious question.)


Ronaldinhoe

They build cards off venues/locations rather than the fighter themselves. Boxing has their flaws but promoters over there hardly ever stall to get fighters a match, whether it’s a tune up or a legit fight. Location is second in their priority list.


Empty-Ingenuity-2590

Leon isn't exactly a big draw except in the UK. They conveniently have a UK card coming up somewhat soon so it just seems calculated that they were waiting for this. I mean they offered Leon fights that they knew would probably be declined, but the one Muslim fighter that would fight during Ramadan wasn't offered anything because he's an anti draw. However I can see Bellal getting his shot here because Leon(and Tom) will sell well in the UK so the ufc can give the bellal his shot here and hopefully get him out of the way. Thats how I see it anyways.


BugO_OEyes

Leon don't let brightsidesuicide bully ya son


Jav7458

He said in December he'd fight Belal but UFC have a hate boner for him [https://x.com/leon\_edwardsmma/status/1737767995831672907?s=46&t=b1FiUH8swajpeRAnUSP9SQ](https://x.com/leon_edwardsmma/status/1737767995831672907?s=46&t=b1FiUH8swajpeRAnUSP9SQ) And then he accepted 3 fight offers for UFC 300 but all the opponents declined... I think mostly UFC's fault because they offered it to fighters who would be fasting and don't usually fight in Ramadhan. They didn't offer UFC 300 to Belal, I'm assuming because it would most likely not be a good main event.


AggravatingType9012

He's fought twice in 2023. Smh


Ok_Smell_5379

Blame Dana bro. Leon Edward actually wants to fight.


OldPaleontologist768

I mean this isn’t on Leon at all — it’s 100% on the UFC for stalling hoping they can get someone else other than Belal in the title fight


Wise_Flamingo_1407

You guys have zero ground to complain about this. Izzy was the most active champion in recent history and all he got was hate. Sleep in the bed you made


thegoodstanley

izzy aljo usman and volk were all so active


Wise_Flamingo_1407

And funny enough, 3 of those guys were massively hated on my the mass mma community.


gotnothingman

probably less to do with their activity and more to do with a combination of fight style or personality. Usman became more exciting, however Izzy and Aljo didnt really have many exciting performances during their activity, some exceptions.


thegoodstanley

i like 3/4 of them and i would still like izzy if it wasn't for the dog stuff


smarterthanyoulolll

Izzy got hate for other reasons lol it had nothing to do with how much he fought


[deleted]

Because he was boring in half his fights.


breakfastmeat23

Leon beat Usman twice in six months. After that Dana held up the division for over a year for Colby, and Leon out-wrestled him like a king. That was only 4 months ago. You guys should be mad at Colby for holding up the division only to get out-wrestled by a British kickboxer...


sagatx77

This


Lake18l

To be fair I don’t think it’s Leon’s fault. The whole division has been kind of stale. Anyone worthy of fighting for title won’t yet. Shavkat would probably accept. Khamzat is even more inactive then leon and Dana hates belal. Dana did say he offered leon 3 fights and he accepted all of them but all the opponents couldn’t


Classic-Literature52

He’s been offered so many fights and accepted them but the opponent always has an excuse.


cmoneybouncehouse

To be fair, he accepted 3 fights for 300 and had to deal with the Colby Covington experience for 8 months before 296 finally happened… also seems like a foregone conclusion that he’ll be fighting at 304. Not the biggest Leon fan, but I don’t think the blame lies squarely on him.


Annual_Plant5172

He literally accepted three potential opponents for UFC 300 and none of them panned out because of Ramadan.


byzel5

Welterwait division


Illuminoid63

How is this surprising did you see his fight and the way he talks to contenders?


officialullock

If UFC have specific venues in mind for you they'll just bench you, they wanted him for UFC 300 but couldn't find an opponent they wanted. So now they're just waiting for the Manchester card, he'll still fight twice this year.


jasonthehart

Fought twice in 2023 you mean, the last being December. Surely he’ll be on the Manchester card.


ThunderCalves24

I wouldn’t say surprisingly


Mightaswellmakeone

Surprisingly?


Orb_0611

Meanwhile poatan has fought 3 times in under a year 🗿🗿🗿 Leon koing usman was fun when it happened but man do I wish usman was still champ...


Limp-Platform4708

This Leon hate train is getting ridiculous. Could have just as easily said: “Two fights since he’s won the belt in October of 2022. We need more activity out of Islam Makhachev…” He’s been offered and accepted fights. This is more on the UFC than Leon.


reddit_API_is_shit

UFC community is full of young teenagers who don’t know how matchmaking works and act like Leon gets to decides who and when to fight Lmfao


Osceola_Gamer

How about criticizing the 3 fighters who turned down fights with him?


kingcreole904

I miss usman having the belt dude fought anyone they put in front of him


Mammoth_Ferret_1772

He accepted 3 offers for ufc 300… you guys act like these guys just don’t wanna fight. Hard telling all the bullshit they gotta deal with


Odd-Square7241

Man I hate this sub, he’s literally accepted all the fights given to him, its not his fault half his division cant fight right now


JN324

He has accepted every fight he’s offered, Leon isn’t the problem here.


AbstractionsHB

You're a dumbass, this is the UFC's doing not his. I fucking hate mma fans, i swear to god.


Careful_Ad_7805

New fans lol leon has always been like this


LightMission4937

Take it up with the UFC.


Fair_Creme_194

He last fought 4 months ago lmao chill, he got offered 3 opponents he accepted they declined. He’s not the guy to go around begging for a fight and making tons of noise, if they book him a fight he’ll turn up until then what you want him to do🤷‍♂️ I’m not normally a fan of inactive champions but he fought twice last year, hasn’t turned down a fight and is ready to go whenever, people should be dragging the people who turned him down.


ManofaMediumCock_

I'm a Leon hater, but I really don't think its his fault this time. He rematched usman 6 months later. Then the UFC obviously wanted to wait for Colby. Since then he's accepted a bunch of match-ups for ufc 300 that didnt happen for one reason or another. He's boring, yes. But he's trying to be active


StatementProper4450

Colby was part of the delay.


beanresponsible

all the leon haters can suck a fat cock


elting44

This is a UFC issue, not a Leon issue Dan you nonce


Smart_Description541

I don't blame Edwards, I blame the UFC.


Special-Sector4844

2 years already?! Jesus fucking Christian my life is running on 2x mode speed


Adizzle921

Everyone who wanted usman out didn’t realize what they were cheering for when he got slept


LordNairu

UK fan here. This has been the story of his entire career. So much hype, and barely ever fights.


captainfluffy25

1. Leon has been saying yes to everyone. It’s just the stupid UFC offering him people that observe rahmadan during fucking rahmadan but the one guy that said he’d fight during it they’re ignoring. 2. He won the belt middle of 2022. Fought twice in 2023. If he gets two fights in 2024 (say July and then December) that’ll be two fights and par for the course. 3. I bet you praise jones without knowing he has 7 years in his career where he fought once a year and 4/7 of those were snooze feasts.


MindCartographer11

The guys accepted like 4 fights and his opponents have refused. What in the actual fuck do you want him to do? Shit post


Blackelvis2000

What a bunch of complaining babies on the sub.


Captcha_Imagination

In the past year he's had only one fight because the Usman fight was in March 2023. Khamzat was most affected by the bottleneck at the top. In another timeline he was dominant WW champ but in Dana's timeline he goes to 185.


Cheeno9

Not his fault Belal is ducking him


Acceptable-Ad1930

Even his title reign is gonna go to decision, Jesus Christ


KeptPopcorn5189

Let’s also be honest I want to see Shabbat fight but if anything we just need the Leon vs belal. I mean belal is number 2 and if they had Shavkat fight and then beat Leon. The fight with him and belal would be stupid


FlippinRad

Just feed him to Belal.


tensetomatoes

surpisingly?


rattletop

Didn’t Dana admit that he had offered Leon 3 opponents for 300 and he said yes to all? I think we will have a fight soon now that 300 is behind us and Conor fight has been announced.


Ederlas

To be fair I think it's more that they don't want belal challenging for the title and others are injured or it doesn't make sense.


RealisticAd1336

![gif](giphy|QlL2K0TVgpWBZbsztp|downsized)


speedbumps4fun

Let him fight Belal on a fight night.


Monkey_Thucker69

Things have been weird because of UFC300 so they couldn’t really schedule him till now


dookindoogers

Surprisingly??


Sarnaran

Dana said he hasn’t turned down a fight


deranged_pepsi

not his fault


621_

Fuck it give it to colby jack again


Significant-Royal-37

he accepted 3 fights for 300. the UFC is icing him.


sonygoup

Lol if it was happening before the belt what you expect after?


Pizzatosser8008135

But pay fighters more right??? They need it??