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 important occasion on the iconic O2 Enviornment shall be No. 5 ranked contender Sean Brady.
Forward of his extremely anticipated return, images of the UK fan favourite coaching at his health club sparked concern when it appeared that Edwards had a moderately nasty-looking staph an infection just under his proper elbow.
Throughout his look on the UFC London media day on Wednesday, Edwards was requested concerning the images. ‘Rocky’ revealed that he did seem to have an an infection of some kind, 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 actually did have it, this was about six weeks ago,” Edwards mentioned. “Took antibiotics for it, it’s gone. I had no effects cardio-wise, I was fine. I don’t even know if it was staph, it was like a bite or something but yeah, that was 6 weeks ago, nothing affected nothing, I’m good.”
Leon Edwards Might Be One Win Away from One other Crack at UFC Gold
Regardless of developing brief towards Muhammad at UFC 304, ‘Rocky’ nonetheless sits atop the welterweight contender’s listing, placing him doubtlessly one stable win away from getting one other crack on the division’s prime prize.
Nevertheless, that one win must come towards a person who’s solely misplaced as soon as in his complete MMA profession.
Sean Brady is sitting on a stable 7-1 document contained in the Octagon and rides into ‘The Big Smoke’ with massive wins over Kelvin Gastelum and Gilbert Burns in his final two outings.
