How did Belal beat Leon? He got lucky.

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Belal fake gloves touched Leon is round 2/3 and it was downhill from there. Leon is better than Jack De Renegela, he is a better striker, better grappler.
 
Leon Edwards said:
Belal fake gloves touched Leon is round 2/3 and it was downhill from there. Leon is better than Jack De Renegela, he is a better striker, better grappler.
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Leon has all the physical tools. He breaks and is generally mentally weak when it comes to the high-level fights. When we see guys like JDM, Buckley and Paddy, it's hard to say his is better than so and so. When it comes to those 3 and others like them, they are working hard and improving every fight. So maybe Leon is better than the JDM we've seen in previous fights but Leon isn't better than the JDM that fought Belal on Saturday.

I'm wondering if you might have a slight bias towards Leon based on your handle/Sherdog name?
 
Leon was whooping that ass in their first fight, but he kinda lost his fire once he got money, as soom as things get tough he gives up, I would say the end of that second fight proved that he can beat Betal if he actually...fights.
 
Leon is weak at boxing range, doesn't fight great off the back foot and doesn't use angles anywhere near as well as JDM did last night. Leon has several bad habits including backing up straight and accepting TD attempts with relatively weak "first order takedown defense"


Jack did his homework.
Give him the respect he deserves for that performance.
 
Belal is a really good fighter. A couple tweaks in his performance on Saturday and he would have walked out with the belt.
 
Leon Edwards said:
Belal fake gloves touched Leon is round 2/3 and it was downhill from there. Leon is better than Jack De Renegela, he is a better striker, better grappler.
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Belal fought Leon while healthy, Belal fought Jack while coming back from his death bed 7 months ago.
Belal never has stamina problems but he did this fight, stop pretending getting sick to that extent doesn't effect you.

Watch Belal next fight after he fully recovers, he will dominate again, Jack is the champion until Islam beats him in the first round of his reign.
 
Leon has no dawg in him. Guy throws 5 strikes a round. Props to him for holding the belt for a quick second but he's one of the worst champions ever.
 
Leon Edwards said:
Belal fake gloves touched Leon is round 2/3 and it was downhill from there. Leon is better than Jack De Renegela, he is a better striker, better grappler.
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Leon kinda shoulda defended those takedowns lol
 
Pechan said:
Leon was whooping that ass in their first fight, but he kinda lost his fire once he got money, as soom as things get tough he gives up, I would say the end of that second fight proved that he can beat Betal if he actually...fights.
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Nah Belal improved a lot between their two fights and Leon was absolutely flabbergasted by Belal’s jab.
 
ElLunico said:
Leon has no dawg in him. Guy throws 5 strikes a round. Props to him for holding the belt for a quick second but he's one of the worst champions ever.
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Leon wouldn't have gotten that finish over Usman if he didn't have it in him. He would have just backed up to the fence and let Kamaru do whatever he wanted. He's just another basket case that cracked under the pressure of holding the belt.
 
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