Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas, a fighter I and many have espoused as the most underrated fighter in the game over the last five years, Leon Edwards, took a bigger step into the limelight and UFC title contendership, thwarting former lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos over five handy rounds. And it couldn’t have come in a better venue.
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Edwards is 10-2 in the UFC. In his career, he’s 18-3, and frankly, should probably be only once beaten: his first stoppage was a lukewarm downed knee disqualification against an opponent he was drilling, and his UFC debut against Claudio Henrique da Silva was a ripoff split decision.