{"id":473156,"date":"2023-12-17T06:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=473156"},"modified":"2023-12-17T06:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T10:49:17","slug":"edwards-defeats-covington-in-very-emotional-victory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/edwards-defeats-covington-in-very-emotional-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwards defeats Covington in \u2018very emotional\u2019 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards used as motivation all of Colby Covington&#8217;s trash talk before the bout, stayed focused, and delivered a phenomenal performance.<\/p>\n<p>Leon beat Colby via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) in the most anticipated fight at UFC 296 in Las Vegas. With the triumph, Edwards successfully defended his title for a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LEON EDWARDS BEAT COLBY COVINGTON BY UNANIMOUS DECISION \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ufc<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NQqgWUQCVV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/NQqgWUQCVV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1736271040362504466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leon dominated the fight from the 1<sup>st<\/sup> minute on the octagon until the end, with Covington unable to keep his opponent&#8217;s tempo and Edwards punishing him during the whole bout with kicks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This bout was very special for me,&#8221; Edwards shared after the victory. &#8220;Convington used my dad&#8217;s death as a show. He used my dad&#8217;s murder as entertainment. It took a lot of composure to calm down, stay focused, and be prepared for the fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cAfter the press conference I went back stage, I was crying. Just from the rage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>a victorious and emotional Leon Edwards spoke about Colby Covington\u2019s comments the other day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBpsQ18NFK\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EBpsQ18NFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1736270963644506499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Edwards used as motivation all of Colby Covington&#8217;s trash talk before the bout, stayed focused, and delivered a phenomenal performance. Leon beat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":473157,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[22382,21474],"news_category":[16710,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[22383,22384,21475],"acf":{"announce":"Leon dominated the fight at the main event at UFC 296.","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473156"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473160,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473156\/revisions\/473160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473156"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=473156"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=473156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}