UFC's Leon Edwards Interview - Nate Diaz Win, Usman Title Fight, Hard Upbringing + More

THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas

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Fights, Sports, Training, Ufc, Boxing, Mma

4.8 • 881 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Leon Edwards joins Teddy Atlas and co-host Ken Rideout to discuss his recent win over Nate Diaz, his desire for a rematch against champ Kamaru Usman, his hard upbringing and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the fight with Teddy Atlas presented by Dynamic Striking. I'm Ken Rideout joined as always by one of the greatest minds in combat sports and today's very special guests we've got the
0:14.7	Marvin Hagler of MMA Leon Rocky Edwards Leon welcome to the show
0:19.0	thanks for being with us thank you guys thank you for I was a pleasure to be on a show, you know, so I look forward to it.
0:26.4	You know, before we even really get into the fighting part, Leon, first of all, congratulations on your last win with the very
0:36.5	experienced and very popular in 8-D-S. That was a great great win and I hope it catapulch it to a world title fight you deserve it and I'm sure it will and we'll get into all that in a minute but you have a great story and a great journey, a difficult journey.
0:55.0	Your dad was murdered when you were 13 years old and as you said yourself, it led, which
1:00.5	it would lead anybody, but it led you to a downward spiral in your life getting getting into trouble and fights
1:07.0	But you found an mMA gym which you credit with saving basically saving your life.
1:14.0	Can you can you take us through some of that journey for the audience and for us?
1:19.0	Yeah, well I was born in Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica.
1:24.0	My dad was a leader of a gang from the era came from it,
1:29.0	so growing up, all was around crimes, gang stuff basically you know so from there
1:40.0	my dad came to you to. He brought me, my mom, I'm my other borough Fabian to the UK from
1:48.8	Jamaica to start a better life to try to give his kids a better life, you know?
1:55.0	Yeah, from there, like I just said,
1:58.5	he passed away, when I want to turn just to
2:01.0	a 13 years old, then you look like like it is you come the man of the house, you know, and you try be the man for your mom and try try try try to help around the house you know and
2:13.4	that kind of laid you down to Daniel Sparrow which is getting into trouble getting
2:18.0	in the same throat that was getting involved in and then I found MMA at age of 17 I think 1617 and from then I've kind of stuck to it in
2:29.4	I've lost many friends to to to that lifestyle and I'm very happy to now be able to do help my show my friends a different life
2:39.0	show my family a different life.
2:40.0	I've now got a son that's eight years old and he's also doing martial arts and also
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