Edwards happy to put an end to 'coward' Covington at UFC 296

Leon Edwards successfully retained his welterweight title against American Colby Covington in Las Vegas

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00:00 I thought it was one of my best performances, you know, but I thought it'd be a way more active fight.

00:06 He just went on his back foot straight away and I thought, "What's this guy doing?"

00:10 You know, after talking all that s*** that he did this week, I thought he'd come out and more and do more, you know.

00:15 But I feel like he's done it before. He gets to fight up and just show up and just don't show up, you know.

00:20 A murdered parent should definitely be out of it. I don't get how he used that as a way to self-fight or entertainment, you know.

00:27 And I think that's what put him in the shower. I think my reaction to it kind of threw him off a bit.

00:34 No one was feeling what he was saying, you know. The fans turned against him and the media was like, "What are you doing?"

00:40 But he's a coward and he's always been a coward.