Leon Edwards came in undefeated in his last nine fights. He was a 5-to-1 favorite. Yet he was largely overlooked in the buildup to UFC 263 because all of the attention went to his opponent, Nate Diaz.
Perhaps Edwards has our attention now.
Edwards bloodied up and thoroughly dominated Diaz on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona -- for 24 of the fight's 25 minutes, anyway -- on his way to a lopsided unanimous decision in a bout that largely overshadowed UFC 263's two title fights. Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Marvin Vettori in the main event, and Deiveson Figueiredo puts his men's flyweight belt against Brandon Moreno on the line in the co-main.