UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards is targeting potential fights against Conor McGregor and Islam Makhachev. Edwards will make a third defence of his title when he takes on Belal Muhammed in Manchester on July 27 in the main event of the UFC 304 card. The fight will be a rematch of their meeting in March 2021 which ended in a no-contest, following a poke to the eye in the second round left Muhammad unable to continue.
The 32-year-old claimed the welterweight championship in 2022 in a rematch against the then-champion Kamaru Usman. Edwards knocked the Nigerian out in sensational fashion to become the first British UFC champion since Michael Bisping in 2016 and only the second in history. McGregor will make a long-awaited return to the Octagon on June 29 in the main event of UFC 303 against Michael Chandler in Las Vegas.
For Edwards, a win for McGregor will set up a potential headline Madison Square Garden bout between himself and the former lightweight champion. Image: Edwards wants blockbuster fights against McGregor and Islam Makhachev "To add McGregor to the list of opponents that I've defeated would add to my greatness," Edwards told Sky Sports News. "That's a great fight for the audience, it's a fight that would get everyone.
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