Leon Edwards responded to rumors that he could also be going into UFC London with a staph an infection.
On Saturday, the previous welterweight champion returns to the Octagon for the primary time since surrendering his 170-pound crown to Belal Muhammad final yr. Assembly ‘Rocky’ within the night’s essential occasion on the iconic O2 Enviornment can be No. 5 ranked contender Sean Brady.
Forward of his extremely anticipated return, images of the UK fan favourite coaching at his gymnasium sparked concern when it appeared that Edwards had a moderately nasty-looking staph an infection slightly below his proper elbow.
Throughout his look on the UFC London media day on Wednesday, Edwards was requested in regards to the images. ‘Rocky’ revealed that he did seem to have an an infection of some sort, however declined to substantiate whether or not or not it was staph. Regardless, Edwards made it clear that he had already gone via a spherical of antibiotics to deal with the an infection and that it on no account impacted his coaching camp.
“I really did have it, this was about six weeks in the past,” Edwards mentioned. “Took antibiotics for it, it’s gone. I had no results cardio-wise, I used to be tremendous. I don’t even know if it was staph, it was like a chew or one thing however yeah, that was 6 weeks in the past, nothing affected nothing, I’m good.”
Leon Edwards May Be One Win Away from One other Crack at UFC Gold
Regardless of arising quick towards Muhammad at UFC 304, ‘Rocky’ nonetheless sits atop the welterweight contender’s checklist, placing him doubtlessly one stable win away from getting one other crack on the division’s high prize.
Nevertheless, that one win must come towards a person who’s solely misplaced as soon as in his total MMA profession.
Sean Brady is sitting on a stable 7-1 report contained in the Octagon and rides into ‘The Huge Smoke’ with massive wins over Kelvin Gastelum and Gilbert Burns in his final two outings.
