Leon Edwards Explains Why Ian Machado Garry Was Kicked Out of His Gym | The MMA Hour
#UFC welterweight champ Leon Edwards talks about his appearance as a goalie at Soccer Aid, why it's taken him so long to return to the cage, Colby Covington fighting him after a two-year layoff, whether the UFC wants Covington to win at #UFC296, Belal Muhammad serving as a backup fighter, the best part about being welterweight champion, the drama surrounding Ian Machado Garry and his gym, how he'll treat Machado Garry when they see each other at UFC 296, and more.
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Leon's awesome. MMA needs more people like him around. No shtick, no corny act, just a straight shooter, hard worker, talented martial artist and classy as hell.
That's what 90% of the roster is. You must just focus on the guys like colby,Jorge and Conor. Which makes you a mark for their shtick. Lmao
we need champions who fight at least 2 times a year...really three baring no injuries
@@myratsaladWho cheated against another cheater
Point fighting plagues the ufc and that’s all Leon does
@@deeznutz1261 What about Colby?
The real reason he was kicked out of his gym is because his wife told him he couldn't train there anymore😔
😂😂😂😂
Hahahahaha bro wot a comment😭😂😭😂
Why would everyone else be covering that up for him?
Because she was getting trained there duh😮
According to the book, it’s not cheating unless you go raw! 😂
9:23 for herp lip Garry part
Thanks
Perfect analogy for him. If herpes was a person it would be Ian Garry
Leon “yea, a hundred pacent.. hundred pacent..” Edwards lol love this dude
😂
Literally heard him say that on the vid as I read this lol
as much as Sean says "heres the thing" , as much as Holyfield says "momma said"@@user-vi9zm5ss4f
@@user-vi9zm5ss4fbro Volks use of obviously really is next level. I think on average he really does say it in like every other sentence. And once u start noting it in your mind, u cant ignore it anymore and next thing you know, youre not even paying attention to what hes talking about in his interview and your just counting obviouslies
Leon seems like a good humble dude and is very confident against Colby! This fight is gonna be a banger
He is a real one
@@BruceWayne18529 No he's not - Colby will set that wrong right -
Colby bout to drown this nerdgin
Im a huge Colby fan but Leon seems to be a stand up guy. Regardless the UFC will have a class act champion regardless of the winner.
@montyrayza7220 @nunyabizwacks6711 that aged well🤧🤧
Ariel starts every interview with “I thought we were beefing” love him but the most sensitive guy ever
what was that about?
You have to love what he does. But at the same time we all know he’s a little weasel of a human and a snake..
Leon’s done they got aspinal now for over there
You can’t be sensitive and have the career he has. No possible.
@@MikeySkywalkerI haven’t seen any other MMA journalist cry live on air
I’ve never been a “Leon fan” but I have to be honest that I’m really enjoying his interviews. He seems very genuine and not about a bunch of BS and acting. It’s like talking to a friend at the bar. I’ll be routing for him.
if he didnt mumble all the time maybe we could actually understand what hes saying. nate is more understandable at this point.
He's always been like that! The problem is people like you that don't like people that don't look like you!!
@@alypha737he doesn't mumble at all he has a very clear brummie accent
@@briannoble1022 If you’re referring to being a darker skin tone, I’m African American. So I don’t know how you made that assumption with my profile pic being right here in your face. You’re misinterpreting. Maybe his PR doesn’t put him out there enough for people like me to pay attention to?
@@alypha737 I’ve never had an issue understanding Leon. Nate on the other hand…🙄
The fact that fight week the headline of a champion interview is Ian Garry drama
They want them clicks
Leon is so interesting that it’s actually hard to come up with any title…this is the best they could do to get some clicks
People really underestimate Leon’s size and its factor in this division. Was the first time Usman looked the smaller fighter in WW. For this reason, his takedown defence, and top level striking, I just can’t see colby winning this.
I think people who ain’t hard core don’t watch Leon or most quite guys. But he is elite everywhere. His opponents realize they doomed pretty fast when they can’t get him down. Usman only one who did well vs Leon 1st fight but Usman is also bigger then most and best welterweight ever. Leon gone finish Colby and dominate this division
@@DudeWithTheFro1 George St Pi’erre is the greatest WW of all time, chill tf out dude
His size will definitely come into play. There's a clip of Bisping talking about how shocked he was when he met Leon for the 1st time. He said Leon is straight up bigger than him. Dude's 6'2" at WW...
@@DudeWithTheFro1GSP the GOAT!
I agree 100%. But comparing Usman to Colby doesnt make sense. Usman is content with holding someone against the cage. Colby is going for the takedown constantly. I still think Leon’s takedown defense holds up and he gets the win, but this wont be the same as the Usman fight
He’s getting the title shot because daña didn’t want him taking masvidal through court. 13:28 Ayo chill Helwani
Ariel thinks he's beefing with everyone he doesn't speak to for more than a month
If you don’t talk to him every 2 days he probably thinks there’s beef going on 💯🤣🤣 stay blessed
Very womanly trait
He was clearly joking
🐀🐀🐀🐀
Ariel is a teenage girl
Ariel: “it’s like an hour glass” 🤣🤣🤣
Leon seems very confident. Its good to see
They’re both confident, should be a good scrap
@@jamesjedi3960colby is fake confidence lmao
The guy beat arguably the second best welterweight twice and in his prime ofc he'd be confident against any contender.
@@carlt9265 I’ll be sure to come back to this comment Saturday night lol
@@jamesjedi3960 the mma gods surprised us more than once this year :D
Colby got a shot because it's a win win for the UFC. If Colby wins they've got a guy that can sell fights/talk as champ, if Leon wins, he beats the guy that talks/sells fights and it makes him a bigger star for his next fights. It's all business. Leon could have fought and beat Belal, and have half the amount of people care then if he beats Colby.
I mean if Leon wins which I believe he would Bumlal is next anyway.
He’s getting a shot to appease the US conservative psychographic that watches the UFC. That’s why Dana does walk outs with Tucker Carlson and Donald. He’s not a draw until he’s getting Masvidal ppv numbers
Colby ran through the division coming up. He has been where he belongs in title contention for the last few years. Leon will have to fight him eventually anyways, so enough of the bs about Colby not deserving a shot. Its nonsense.
@@AlwonDomz Ufc want PPV buys, Colby brings that, Leon isn’t bringing in anything
@@michaelbuettner1487 Leon’s last fight got more ppvs than covington has gotten.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 05:11 🚫 *Leon Edwards confirms that Bal Muhammad is the backup fighter for his upcoming match against Kobe Covington, but he remains focused on the current opponent.* 09:49 🥋 *Ian Gary was asked to leave Renegade Gym by the coaches, and Leon Edwards supports the decision, finding it odd that it has become such a major story.* 12:34 🥊 *Leon Edwards predicts a second or third-round victory over Kobe Covington, citing his superior skills and confidence in his ability to handle Covington's aggressive style.* 13:54 💪 *Leon Edwards addresses comments about his physique, stating he's in great shape and fully prepared for the fight against Kobe Covington.* 16:10 🏀 *Leon Edwards shares his experiences attending an NFL game and NBA tournament, expressing the excitement of being in different arenas and witnessing diverse athlete reactions.* Made with HARPA AI
Thanks, Kobe
Thanks, Kobe
Said Kobe like AI been watching Papa Chael
@@JWolf-nh9uw I was wondering why TF everybody kept saying that lmao, blame the AI
Ai is so cringe
Leon ' 100 % Rocky ' Edwards !!! 💥💥💥💪
Leon gotta finish him, if it’s close and goes to decision dana will screw him over.
facts bro
I believe that to its sad because leon is a way better fighter
DONT LET COLBY BULLY YOU SON!!
Colby will severely bully him and he can't escape.
@@paulphoenix6512yeah colby gets dropped every fight
@@comesmokewithusit’s called taking a knee for the first responders u gonk
@@Wargeeeu cringe mate
@@paulphoenix6512 Colby gonna get knocked tf out
Leon via UD. I think Colby will be relentless with the takedown attempts but the Usman fights were perfect preparation for Leon.
Usman doesn’t depend on his wrestling nearly to the extent Colby does. Unless Leon catches him with a ko strike, he’s gonna get tired because of Colby’s pressure and take an L.
@@Chuck26814if Colby get his game plane all 5 rounds Leon gone tire. But he is so open Leon have something special for him I’m sure
@@Chuck26814 colby too small
thanks for the input casual @@Chuck26814
@@Chuck26814usman is on the decline
And that’s why Leon Edwards has the most aesthetic physique
where did this stupid meme originate?
@@chrishayes5755also curious 😂
@@chrishayes5755... I salute you for NOT knowing !!! 👍✊
@@oduyhoang7541... you TOO !!! Be proud you don't know where it's from !!! 👍✊
@@chrishayes5755KZheadr named Mario Rios. I love his content
Leon should love getting Colby, 1 its better for the PPV numbers so financially, 2 If he beats Colby then he gets the better of Usman and Colby which means he beat the 2 best of the previous generation, if he can take out say Shavkat, Ian Garry that would be the future, add in a couple of other defences like Belal, Burns and suddenly he’s in the running with GSP. He deffo shouldn’t do the annoying champ champ nonsense, he’s 31 he can do that at 35, build the WW legacy.
@@user-vi9zm5ss4f Nah so wrong Leon wouldn't get hit like Shavkat did in his last fight
its more that it sets a precedent, like he earned his shot meritocratically Colby got it through nepotism. were seeing it more an more and Leon sees that to, look at vera o malley or Jon vs stipe, instead of Aspinall and not vacating. its dumb that Colby with 1 win gets its over guys like belal and shavkat. like he should've had to fight at least one contender come on
@@jakelongstaff4102 I agree completely, I just try looking at the positives, what’s done is done
based, still dont like the idea but id be lying if I said im not already up at 7am because I can't sleep over it, really looking forward to this scrap. not too big on Colby but I like his style and we've not seen him in 2 years, should be a fun night@@Ryan-ys2bq
Ariel is quite a weird guy I have to admit. It’s a decent show tho but my god
I’m a fan but this made me laugh
Absolutely love that he's in on the Leon Edwards aesthetic meme. Gwan Leon
No one Ariel: are we beefing
Great interview, let's go Leon Edwards!!! #andstill
Im happy for this guy. Seems like a good dude.
How can you dislike this champion 🏆
I like Leon, just a good honest Brummie. I think he'll be too precise for Colby at the weekend. He just needs to keep his back off the cage the best he can. He turned Usman well in the clinches in the last fight, breaking with elbows at times. Hopefully we'll see more of that.
I think he can out wrestle colby. He's big and strong, and showed he can take down and control usman. Colby never managed to do that
@@HonkletonDonkletonhe took down usman once and controlled him for a round chill out buddy he cannot out wrestle a wrestling champion in Colby you casual
@@TheFatterGuru we'll see
@@HonkletonDonkletonMMA math doesn't work. He tripped Usman from the clinch. Additionally, Usman usually favors single legs, or takedowns from the clinch, not blast doubles like Colby. Usman and Colby have completely different wrestling styles.
@@TheFatterGuru wrestling champion 😂😂 delusional colby glazer
Rooting for Leon ‘yeah hundred percent’ Edwards this weekend
Thanks Ariel for the kinda questions outsiders will like to ask u doing a great job fam. 1 love ...
And still 🔥🙌
It's very obvious Colby got the title shot in exchange for not suing Masvidal over the sucker punch.
Agreed 😂
Smart man.
Why would the ufc care if he sued masvidal?
Get. A. Grip
He took Masvidal to court
Leon is a real humble champion-defo the ufc want the belt back in usa but this is Leon's time to prove why he's champion.. respect Leon Edwards 👏
Love Leon but Ariel is damn corny it’s ridiculous. His small talk is so damn cringe with everyone. Leon is a great guy so he laughs to himself
Ariel got WEIRD for a minute there😂😂
Leon putting on for the immigrants with their head down working hard daily. Inspiring.
Cringe
No he’s not stop living through another man accomplishments because you came to a country illegally
Leon has awesome personality
Leon vs WB would be awesome
Let's go champ 🥊🥊🥊🥊🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Come on Leon Do in for 🇬🇧🇯🇲💪
I can’t wait for what Ariel says if Colby wins
He won't colby talks to much
@@comesmokewithus he’s a workhorse
Ariel is a follower … he’ll follow him more and say he knew it would happen all along 😂 typical Ariel
A workhorse that got owned@@dennis3224
And STILLLL!!!!!
He really earned his 'ROCKY' nickname when he beat Colby!Actually when he beat Usman!😃
Great interview!
Can tell these 2 r real friends, Ariel always believed...shout out 2 u both from Nottingham England
Rooting for ya Leon
Only 17 mins interview? Its too short 😢
Ariel drooling over his waist size 😅😂
can't wait for ian v guru at 300
Let’s go Leon!
And new flyweight champ
"We're not like everyone else here" then proceed to make the click bait hahaha
13:18 lmfaooo
Love Leon
8:11 lmfaoo
I actually see leon putting him on his back, tiny waste on a muscle physique is very good i always remember body builder sergio olivia
this press conference LMAOOO cant f*** wait
DONT LET HIM BULLY U!!!
😂Ian is getting ko’d this weekend fam let’s go!!
My guy👊🏾
Let’s go Rocky, another no bs fighter who shows up
I think I'ma wait for the english version
The real reason he was kicked out of his gym is because his wife's ex-husband/roommate told him he couldn't train there anymore 😔
i got a dirty mind, i saw train and my mind went deep into another world
@@draco2xxNot as deep as Ian's wife's boyfriend went
' The Mon Nay ' .... 💰💰💰 😂
Yeah 100%
Ariel with the SUS questions again lol! Like when he said hmmm when Rampage showed him his abs. What's your wife's name Frank? - Rampage 🤣
Lets go Covington!
Dana gave this fight to Colby because he trained a full fight camp as a backup fighter to the Leon vs Usman fight. Dana said it and is keeping his word. No need to speculate why he's getting this shot. I'd personally like to see Belal against Edwards but it was Dana's call.
Genuinely curious why you'd rather see Belal Fight Leon over Covington bro, because the sole fact Belal earned it over Covington?
@@nickolasfrost6655 hey Nick, there was something about Belal’s performance against Burns in May. Belal took that fight on short notice and immediately after fasting through Ramadan. Though he didn’t KO Burns, he really put on a clinic.
the only reason it came up is because ariel is biased towards fighters he doesn't like lol
Leon's a beast "100 percent😀"
damn Ariel rizzing up Leon about his waist is wild
Idont have a problem with Colby fighting for the belt, but honestly, I would’ve loved to see him fight at least one contending matchup first, like Belal or Gilbert, if he beat one of them this fight would of been even bigger
I agree, but TBH I really want to see the reamtch between Leon and Belal beacuse I think that fight was closer than people remember.
Colby fight Belal or Gilbert would’ve been more justified than a title shot at this point but him losing in a non title fight would be worse for business than him losing a title fight. He will bring way more PPV buys than either of those guys, and even if he had fought Belal or Gilbert and lost, neither would really turn into stars off that victory. This is the best business decision for the UFC.
@@jackthegreek6092 Belal was getting his ass kicked lol. Thats not to say that a fight today wouldn’t be different - I expect it would be a lot different and very competitive - but to say the first fight was close up until the eye poke is ridiculous.
@@mikeymouse3941 Belal was landing back and pushing Leon against the cage. Even the headkick didn't affect him that much. Leon couldn't even capitalize.
closere then people remember ? think you need to re watch that fight ....@@jackthegreek6092
15 mins, give the UK fans base your time man. When Tom is selling out 80k you will want to be on it.
Huh?
I like Leon
Leon using a Nokia 3310 black country brother✊🏾✊🏾
if you know you know (walsall / birmingham)
He's in the US tho....and using Laptop but okay
💜
Alot ppl underestimated Leon. The champ has had a tough upbringing, London is a difficult place to grow up for the youth, Leon has fought so hard & deserves respect. Look wat he done to Usman, made hin look normal. Look wat he done to Nate Diaz. Colby in for a tough night. Good luck Leon Rocky Edwards. Humble & not fake. Wat U see... but in octagon , hes a vicious fighter. 😎👊🏾❣❣
He’s not from London
Leon Edwards is originality from Jamaica and raised in Birmingham area of England
Colby has compromising photos of Dana, it's the only logic.
Or he does compromising things to Dana … remember the girls he comes out with are all paid for advertising 🤣🤣
@@KING-RICO.Colby is trumps Monica lewinsky
@@THEDOGFATHERL11 🤣💀
That's why Liam Edmunds has the most aesthetic physique
😂
13:29 Gurgle Gurgle Gurgle
Glop glop glop
@@SonOftheBattleCry Gleek Gleek Gleek
Crazy how many used to hate on him and Usman, now it’s a 180, love to see it.
Leon “100 percent “ Edwards 😂
100%
Champ should take any fight
Leon scott your time has come. The colby train is on the tracks and Saturday thats when it all goes down! 👊
Colby needs to get lucky to beat this guy.
@@anarchy1090 your smoking rocks. Colby dominates him to a unanimous decision easily. Could possibly finish him if Leon completely gasses out like I think he will
@@bigvsouthphilly2156Colby hasn’t finished anyone in 7 years. Leon only gassed out once, at elevation and who has Colby dominated that’s younger than 37?
@@bigvsouthphilly2156 literally no one knows what’s going to happen in this fight anyone who says they do it is guessing
ah you american colby fans are funny bro, you are just hoping for this outcome but its not going to happen
I'm surprise Ariel didnt say hmm and lick his lips to Leon body like he did with Rampage lol
Ariel, how do you tell Leon that you’re not going to be like everyone else by only paying attention to Ian Gary getting kicked out of the gym but then you go ahead and put this title?
That’s why leon edwards has the most aesthetic physique that everyone dreamed of.
🙏🏾✌🏾🐜rocky✌🏾🙏🏾🐜
ariel not beating the allegations with this one 13:20
Ariel really asked about his amazing aesthetic waist lol
Yeh and interrupted when Leon was talking Ian Garry to ask about his damn waist
Leon needs to remind everyone tagt he's on a 13 - 0 streak and that he's undefeated in over 8 years! I love Leon and really enjoy his fights, but I didn't know that he was 13 - 0!!
Yeah a hundred percent …
4:36 "This is his 3rd" 🤔 It's actually his 4th because the interim title Colby won is still a title. So it's his 4th title shot overall, and 3rd shot at the undisputed title.
who cares. leon is the champ and colby is the chump xD
Interim title is not a real title oh my God this is his 3rd shot
@@WKk-qt2eg You may want to go tell that to the Dana and the UFC because Dana and the company all refer to it as the "Interim TITLE" and they call interim title fights "championship fights" and consider interim belt winners champions. That's all the exact same stuff as the undisputed title. The only difference being "undisputed" vs "interim".
@@closinginonclosure DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE WHAT DANA SAYS LMAO
@@KiJu04 Huh? 🤔 It's not like we're talking about some one liner comment Dana said at a press conference that you have to choose whether to believe or not. Are you suggesting that Dana has been calling it a championship title for years and he's just lying about it the whole time? 😂 It's not just Dana either. Bruce Buffer announces it as interim champion and "interim championship of the world". The UFC social pages and website call it a championship. Everyone surrounding the UFC and all of the commentators. You name it. Are you saying they're all just lying? That's hilarious.
bro....please put subtitles with Leon. I'm getting like every other sentence.
Send Colby to the shadowlands
I think the majority of UFC fans want Leon to win this one. Colby is a really despicable person.
Whoop his butt Leon..😊😊😊
Great match-up, but I'm rooting for Colby. Glad that Leon is doing well.
respect
The money 💰 😂😂
Got back to the “hood”😂 British guy gets stabbed: “Ay mate, a bit rude to put that knife in me chest innit?”