UFC great Tyron Woodley takes on Britain’s Leon Edwards in a London Fight Night special next weekend.
The world of MMA returns to the UK capital as welterweight star Woodley headlines a huge night of action at The O2 Arena.
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Leon Edwards is headlining UFC London and will fight former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley
The ‘Chosen One’ lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 in March last year and will be eager to put on a show in London.
But he faces a tough test against ‘Rocky’ Edwards who has won his last eight fights and will have the home fans cheering him on.
UFC 248: Date and time
UFC Fight Night 171 takes place at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday, March 21.
The prelims will begin at 6pm with the main event expected to get going at around 10pm.
UFC 248: TV channel and live stream
UK fight fans can catch all of the action on BT Sport 2 on TV for subscribers.
The show will be live streamed or on BT Sport’s website and app.
The early prelims will be shown on UFC’s Fight Pass for subscribers.
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UFC 248: Full fight card
Main card
- Tyron Woodley vs. Leon Edwards, Welterweight
- Jack Marshman vs. Kevin Holland, Middleweight
- Danny Roberts vs. Nicolas Dalby, Welterweight
- Darren Stewart vs. Marvin Vettori, Middleweight
- Jack Shore vs. Geraldo de Freitas, Bantamweight
Preliminary card
- Paul Craig vs. Ryan Spann, Light Heavyweight
- Lerone Murphy vs. Gabriel Benitez, Featherweight
- Molly McCann vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith, Women’s Flyweight
- Mike Grundy vs. Makwan Amirkhani, Featherweight
- John Phillips vs. Dusko Todorovic, Middleweight
- Bartosz Fabinski vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov, Welterweight
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Tyron Woodley will be in action against Leon Edwards
UFC 248: What have they said?
Leon Edwards: “I believe he was forced into it, I think he knows the risk of the fight. He knows after I beat him he will have nowhere to go.
“He was campaigning for a world title fight rematch but I think he was basically told, ‘you have no choice, fight Leon in London. Or you get moved down the rankings.’ I feel he was forced into it and now he is f****d.
“I’m prepared for the best Woodley there has ever been. We’ve seen him in his prime, on his way up. And that’s what I’m preparing for. I don’t care what he brings to the cage, I’ll be the better man that night.”
Tyron Woodley: “Leon says a lot of stuff. He needs to focus on how he is going to get back to the drawing board after he loses and what is going to be the next fight to get him back in the mix.
“All the other s***, I’ve been guilty in the past of looking too far down the road. How are you going to talk about a title shot when you are about to face the greatest welterweight of all time? He needs to re-shift his focus because he is about to get hurt.
“I don’t plan on doing it quick, I want to put a beating on him to the point where people are thinking ‘Why is he even in the octagon?.’ Dana White, you’re going to be ashamed of yourself for doing this.”
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