Leon Edwards Next Opponent Should Be…

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Leon is claiming he is making plans to regain his championship by the end of 2025 which means he needs a fight asap. Seeing how Ian and Shavkat are already booked, it looks like the logical fight is Jack Della Maddalena. Does anyone else make sense? I think this would be an entertaining, 50 / 50, fight. Would do you say?
 
JDM is a good shout. I would have said MVP or Garry as well if they both weren't booked already.

Just want to see him fight an aggressive striker that will bring the fight out of him.

Sick of seeing him fight wrestlers constantly. It's been 4 or 5 straight fights now.
 
If Leon is serious, he'd be wanting to get on the any card, even against a lower ranked opponent just to remind everyone he's still near the top and use that fight to stay active while he waits for the contenders to sort themselves out in 2025 and go from there.
 
Leon is claiming he is making plans to regain his championship by the end of 2025 which means he needs a fight asap. Seeing how Ian and Shavkat are already booked, it looks like the logical fight is Jack Della Maddalena. Does anyone else make sense? I think this would be an entertaining, 50 / 50, fight. Would do you say?
Leon's not going to fight JDM next, He'll be given sean brady to lose to.

Carlos Prates

I know I know, too soon LoL

I don't think so, I think it's a sensible match up at this point
 
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Leon better start negotiating now, cuz they've been swirling around the idea for a while now of having Usman go to Australia to fight JDM at UFC 312 on 2/9/25.

If Jack is ready to go for that event, he's going to have his opponent scheduled within the next month, which means they're definitely working on it now or very soon. If Leon is ready to go by then too, he should be above Usman in the running, but early bird will get the worm if he's not careful.
 
Leon has barely fought many WWs that are ranked now. Usman/Colby only really, guess Luque too. But dude hasn't fought anyone.
 
If Leon is serious, he'd be wanting to get on the any card, even against a lower ranked opponent just to remind everyone he's still near the top and use that fight to stay active while he waits for the contenders to sort themselves out in 2025 and go from there.
Good take

I like Leon a lot, but he desperately needs a fight now
 
JDM is sexy, Leon is not.

Sean Brady got melted by, and shit his pants to, Belal.
Sean will be a laughingstock forever, because of this.

Leon has a "harmless tactician" vibe. It's not sexy.

In order to BE sexy, you have to BEAT sexy.

Leon needs to KO (or at least convincingly-defeat) JDM to get his vibe back.

It's the only option which will make fans want to see him vs. the winner of Shavkat x Garry.
 
Forever understated, even as Champion. His coach needs to Wake the fuck up, pull it out of the fire!!!! And get him the a fight.

I like the idea of a JDM fight which I think he'd win handily
 
JDM is sexy, Leon is not.

Sean Brady got melted by, and shit his pants to, Belal.
Sean will be a laughingstock forever, because of this.

Leon has a "harmless tactician" vibe. It's not sexy.

In order to BE sexy, you have to BEAT sexy.

Leon needs to KO (or at least convincingly-defeat) JDM to get his vibe back.

It's the only option which will make fans want to see him vs. the winner of Shavkat x Garry.
Even as big of a fight Leon vs JDM is, I gotta think winner of Shav-Garry gets a title shot. Only way they're doing Shav-Garry vs Leon-JDM is if Belal is out forever and an interim crowned.

But if the winner of Leon-JDM does need to fight someone, that'll definitely open up the question of who. There's an odd amount of guys at the top, so matching them up feels like someone's gonna get left out. I guess Brady-Usman is the next best fight to do, but man, talk about unsexy. That winner should feel a few steps behind Leon-JDM, but what else could we do?

*edit* Shit, completely forgot about Buckley too. I guess him vs Brady would suit
 
JDM is sexy, Leon is not.

Sean Brady got melted by, and shit his pants to, Belal.
Sean will be a laughingstock forever, because of this.

Leon has a "harmless tactician" vibe. It's not sexy.

In order to BE sexy, you have to BEAT sexy.

Leon needs to KO (or at least convincingly-defeat) JDM to get his vibe back.

It's the only option which will make fans want to see him vs. the winner of Shavkat x Garry.
Polarised views. Most fighters and coaches wax lyrical about Leon's style and ability for good reason. Here is a man with zero front, just flawless technical mastery. There's just no denying his ability albeit a tad mercurial in nature as evidenced in recent fights.
 
JDM is sexy, Leon is not.

Sean Brady got melted by, and shit his pants to, Belal.
Sean will be a laughingstock forever, because of this.

Leon has a "harmless tactician" vibe. It's not sexy.

In order to BE sexy, you have to BEAT sexy.

Leon needs to KO (or at least convincingly-defeat) JDM to get his vibe back.

It's the only option which will make fans want to see him vs. the winner of Shavkat x Garry.
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Man, you just have shit takes on everything
Usman and Colby and who else? Both of those guys are almost retired, the rest of the guys he beat are retired or not current top 15 fighters.
 
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