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Leon and coaches now saying they almost pulled out of 304 due to a recurring back injury

Honestly, maybe it’s true. I don’t see how he beats Kamaru and Colby then gets absolutely destroyed against Belal. Belal is good enough to still win, but he’s not that much better than Leon’s last 2 opponents.
 
LeBron said:
Honestly, maybe it’s true. I don’t see how he beats Kamaru and Colby then gets absolutely destroyed against Belal. Belal is good enough to still win, but he’s not that much better than Leon’s last 2 opponents.
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Kamaru in the second fight was doing even better than Belal did until the headkick. Third fight was way too early for him but in moments he pressured Leon he did.
Colby kept the fight clean and Leon excels in that. Belal made it dirty.
 
TerraRayzing said:
Kamaru in the second fight was doing even better than Belal did until the headkick. Third fight was way too early for him but in moments he pressured Leon he did.
Colby kept the fight clean and Leon excels in that. Belal made it dirty.
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Leon defended the TDs and even took Kamaru down in the first before gassing out due to the altitude.

But yeah I don't get why fans hate "excuses" so much, if a fighter is still aiming for the top maybe he can't mentally admit that someone else is better so they look for reasons why they lost, its why Izzy believed he could bear Poatan, why Whittaker believes he can beat Izzy, why Max still believes he can beat Volk, etc, some guys need the "excuses" to keep the motivation to compete at the top.
 
Excuses. Leon got owned by Belal after disrespecting his game & now they all look like jackasses. Leon & his team know his relevancy at 170 is slipping away with guys like Shavkat, JDM, & Garry coming up. So making a lame excuse is the only way to try & get a rematch without having to go thru any of the three fresh contenders I just named.
 
It's definitely possible. Guys come in injured all the time, and a back injury is a huge disadvantage in a grappling match.

However, he was the A-side and the champ, he could have withdrawn if it was that debilitating.

I understand the pressure of fighting at home, but this wasn't Khabib vs McGregor where the anticipation for the fight eclipsed MMA itself and broke into the mainstream. Dana would have gotten mad, but give him a kilo of grade A and he's happy again.

It is what it is, I think Belal would have won anyway just because the game plan was extremely effective and Belal executed it almost to perfection.
 
Only Here for Attachments said:
Sounds like a rematch is in order. #healthyleon
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Hopefully this doesn't happen. I really don't want a title eliminator between Shavkat & Garry. JDM, Shavkat, & Garry are the life of the WW division right now, & with JDM being out right now due to injury, Shavkat & Garry don't need to fight each other unless it's for the crown imo.
 
Pechan said:
Leon defended the TDs and even took Kamaru down in the first before gassing out due to the altitude.

But yeah I don't get why fans hate "excuses" so much, if a fighter is still aiming for the top maybe he can't mentally admit that someone else is better so they look for reasons why they lost, its why Izzy believed he could bear Poatan, why Whittaker believes he can beat Izzy, why Max still believes he can beat Volk, etc, some guys need the "excuses" to keep the motivation to compete at the top.
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He gassed from one round where he controlled Usman on the ground? He looked fresh at the start of the second and started gassing when Usman kept pressuring him.
It is what it is. Leon's weakness is a pressure heavy fight with fighters who can mix up striking and grappling. Kamaru did that in the first fight too way back, did it most of it in the rematch until the KO. Belal implemented that gameplan and won.
 
LeBron said:
Honestly, maybe it’s true. I don’t see how he beats Kamaru and Colby then gets absolutely destroyed against Belal. Belal is good enough to still win, but he’s not that much better than Leon’s last 2 opponents.
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Usman was dominating until the headkick, and in the next fight he fought scared because he was coming off his first ever KO

Colby had visibly lost 2 steps and couldn’t bring the pressure he relies on.

Belal wasn’t scared, stayed in Leon’s face in the standup, and had the cardio and pressure.
 
Leon 100% Edwards wins a soundly decision.
 
So he came in with back problems and was “very tired all week“?
 
LeBron said:
Honestly, maybe it’s true. I don’t see how he beats Kamaru and Colby then gets absolutely destroyed against Belal. Belal is good enough to still win, but he’s not that much better than Leon’s last 2 opponents.
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This is reasonable but it's also what confirmation bias looks like. You, "don't see how..." therefore perhaps something was off.

What troubles me about it is Leon got dumped on his head and fought for 18 more minutes including a third round where he got a take down and had dominant control/position for the entire round.

IMO "back injury" + "slam on head" do not = fight 18 more minutes LOL but I admit that's naive w/out knowing any specifics.

Like I said...could be....Leon's about the toughest dude there is if that's the case and he absorbed that slam (+ 5 others) to an already injured back and kept going.
 
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