Leon Edwards | Starting MMA, Fight Island Options & UFC Gold | Energized Show

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What is up and welcome to the latest Energized Show! On this episode we have UFC Welterweight Title contender Leon "Rocky" Edwards on the show to discuss Starting MMA, UFC Fight Island & Chasing UFC Gold. Check it out, enjoy, subscribe for more and as always Stay Energized!…

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okay what's going on guys and welcome to a brand new episode of energized today we have a very special guest on the show we have the normal one contender in the UFC welterweight division Leon rocking Edwards very very good very very good good are you famous okay go for quarantine so good yeah of you baby babies together to have a spawn purpose conditions um my phone's up martial arts go we do much martial arts yeah you're keeping up with the cardio yeah anyways yeah Robert strength conditioning press about it really that's we don't really does not um obviously we might as well kick off with how did you get into mixed martial arts MMA on my age of 16 I think 17 my mom brought me up to a local gym that was building in my area well I was walking past it does build in a gym I said I'll give it a go um keeping me out keeping out of trouble basically kept going again and told my friends and um she said I'll give it a go I gave it a go in a little bit no I never fall in the world yeah did you do any other sports in the bin the before he got into makes Paris arts as well oh no not much not um martial arts anyway I did football as a kid in school and [ __ ] football that's about it father martial arts though styling or something so yeah how he's important burn more villa creative yeah yeah I'm not really a big football here so you know the time ah you don't have the time exactly to be the training and let's come get into it into into my watching it day in day out yeah well the stuff you're doing our team renegade is just unbelievable okay what like you've obviously been there to the Roy's Birmingham Emma Mayen Burroughs but especially you and your brother actually kick in a house as well yeah it's amazing um to see like known from martial arts and I mean and now to have to mitigate and what what what we're doing now and on the world scene I think it's lesson in in the UK now will were one in a bit if James I mean well Yoshi files up medical files champion I mean so is this a it's a very good setup um I'm happy with the with the gym and the guys and what we're cheating yeah obviously obviously you were fightin embalmer like your brother and then you got a call up to the USA and heard of the the you see called combat um so I became bomber world champion but my mom just the man just said if I'm with one more fight which is honor Sean Taylor for my last fight in banner he said I should beat this guy then a UFC will give you to give it a shot you know I mean so a full of fortune teller I'm not tonight inferred or anything and then um Mitchell Latifah except that my manager called me to the gym and said DLC on able to call up but it's in four weeks in Brazil you know I mean let's go I'll do it that's all those obviously the call you're waiting for like your whole mixed martial arts career like when they actually find you happens because that doesn't have to do a lot of people naturally when you happen like him like what watch your head yeah just like I said if he only can work forces he started martial arts in I mean so going from head although it's a big thing just known that I'm headed in the right direction in well if that's not where it stops and I mean my angel USC world champion I'm just one far away if not shop now so um yes not anymore champion I think if with the divisional landscape and obviously now with UFC and the crown lawyers from Floyd Island I think I'm Maris here the number one contender or I think while jaurim as well as dawn in terms of his actions and so for that it's almost weird you know if he almost got rewarded for the time he socked you in the face odds cards Anand at that time you know me Nance he's been like portly they've put the wrapping his back up and we'd be till and he be an 80s and like if you're really honest where the majors and read or motor warm seventy and though he's number one contender as opposed to your on what set them a fight win streak [Music] yeah I mean I think he's like free like friggin I love fight one forever I mean so I'm gonna a fight clean win streak which is the second most now to current champion so I clearly deserve the number one slot we'll see where your last three ones are unbelievable cowboy or Nelson and then or da like you mean like yeah former former champion and everything exactly these all killers in the division you know I'm a man four more chambers I could say good announcing either one of the best jujitsu guys in the division I mean it's about it grab him like I did my thing that proved a lot to people of Arlen and some cowboy cookies about Cowboys he's a legend yeah I get stuck in the mob can keep going yeah we actually we actually first met you in the build-up to your fight against cowboy that was it we were like best look will be matching Doubletree arena well like well like in the build-up to it was you see London when you were taking on corner Nelson and like giant his head on the card against my stuff and like all the attention was put onto our steel and like you were saying you were the best he was saying like you saying Deuter but then like in hindsight when you look like you went there in dinner and Donatella got nothing like stone cold and like that was that was the I think that was a real moment where people like right they an average is number one in the UK yeah for sure sure I think I have to lead not to the fast and that would've been great little still certainly the best in UK then we can go from there different ways and well like I said I got a victory that might eat the middle right now so my resume what I yeah I think that tells bono pizzelle I mean like it's undisputed really yeah but I think was even when Taylor was there attended a all he do is win I think he you only have two last interviews he career once the current champ one was as I say Sean I was for you and I always think and when you for you again someone in their home country like the Georges easily you know I think Brazil UFC like actually stacked the deck against the way for all the time we went there in the first fight my fight was three in the morning to choose there to check in then I by the way you find a friend of mourning in reserve but like what but yeah yeah so you have to Clementine's you know basically you're trying to stay awake to a freedom on the floor in the morning train at 4:00 in the morning all week to try to amortize the South so you can compete comes out the night at 4:00 in the morning you know name so it was a torn different experience million well isn't it it's been one of the most difficult way courts as well having also climate or history yeah yeah exactly its climate are awake the way professionals terrible I want to find you again about the people was a nice place well I wouldn't like to cut the complete yeah yeah if we just look back it had you see London as well and like obviously done no it was you're annoyed and then it was overshadowed by that that situation where master DA which way an absolutely war like I'm in with automatically be made like pictures and stuff poor it seemed like after you got that win it didn't actually unlike I don't know how much he can speak about but it didn't seem like he gave you that Porsche after I think cuz whopping backstage is like that kind of overshadow the way you know I mean even for me it didn't feel like I had a fight I mean social media in and everyone's talking about walking backstage I mean no one mission that nicely yeah which is I which is nice no even to me most feel like someone got rewarded for a deal insulting what's actually Eagle really like you assaulted her like really see you wasn't in a cage a bumping page do it he just sort of came up happier and now he's been rewarded thumbs like you got punish her it's like I said is there common when it comes up I mean you just extended what's immiscible oh yeah did that fine not again makes or do straight away like you people are always looking for stories and that was just one big perfectly exactly exactly Oh in pushing for for the year say Salaam welcome to align to to have also to go up against from number one contender and far for water that would have been the perfect scenario you know some reason II didn't wanna fight me yes she was pushing it pushing it on him but you didn't wanna fight me yeah because like I see ot is more how's it going even like like it doesn't really like you wouldn't really see you do your work in the in your comp or that way you wouldn't be like yeah I can't see like doing all this stuff online and then like I said you almost got like bashed for it Lachie for none well then that was your moment I think that was your moment and then they just took away from you well like as you can see now like look what look things have changed now it's there you're really your route is now exactly my path now is clear you know I mean I am one far away from like I said over time x4 which out but I don't want to wait that long you know me especially what's going on now I don't know what a time for I'm quite intro a lot get one more in anyone above me so that's Woodley at all Colby and it wasn't does it all in--'cause above me know mean so any any of them above me I'll fight next then so just waiting to see weapon I'm made in I'm if the court actually happens there it does up and then I'll ask you to the air sea and sure we'll go from there they're nearly all growth matters nearly are just because you know obviously Woodley fear you feel like would least open here and Guzman obviously he'll be Edward newsmen too and obviously there's beat there with their mouth I think anyone who saw in the college fight hobby there's a media piece wasn't is the last press to be four or five years ago that's a good storyline then and then wouldn't Li you know name the former world champion so any of them will do to fire next yeah wanting to make Colby covenant because he seems to be able to almost get to pick and choose who avoids what he wants yeah it's weird about champion or nothing you know I mean no way because it's the way I don't know how to explain it no name is very very he says he wants to fight I don't breed that he wants to fight no I mean even I'm not but wasn't it cuz I didn't I didn't get knocked out blah blah bleh blaming the referee and running so he's a totally different person for me and I don't know I don't know I've taken yeah in like in the middle to this would be for Dobbs he was called off for all I care I saw your interview on BT I think was Adam yeah Kadir all yeah yeah I'm like I didn't know this whole backstory made yourself like obviously they come from to me here like we talked about with your brother but like yeah you've like an amazing backstory and the way you like just absolute grind yourself welcome to the into the top tier in the world and like like how does that make you feel knowing where you come from what you've drawn coming or commenting and they're now like like you're literally just about the like headline you see Dolan I mean you see Lana in London it's an amazing feeling I am very proud of myself for what I've achieved you know I mean and coming from where I come from like it's been a long a long passion to randomly like I said I mumble - Tom - what did about 17 and now here I am today is totally change my life mixed martial arts you know mean so it's an amazing feeling that I'm a Berber although he does bring me enjoying it with my broom my mom joy you know meaning yeah so a troyzan had that's had this made you feel um so yeah look insanely it was an amazing achievement for me and I'm very proud of my sergeant to me parents proud I'm a mom Prada and I'm my brother also following into my footsteps in when I was in the street and being I was doing it was following me down the same path you know I mean I'm going down the wrong path and now to having to do basically one or two fights away from farm for water in Bellator it's an amazing feeling I mean I'm very proud of what I'm doing what I'm achieving and what my future holds so it's been good yeah obviously you became later Monday also but I haven't having a brother like Fabian as well what like they got Ozzy you don't give him too many shadows here border what's that remember Fabian and his mindset as well because he is definitely aligned to probably balance world champion as well yeah for sure for sure it's amazing to my brother that the understands though what I go for a mean I love the same push e push me there's multiple two trainers are you know I mean so that helps us out so it's good it's good like I said he's one or two fights away from fine for what all it would be a great story to have me me holding the issue at all when I'm in the Bellator that's exactly what I said to him with your mom in the middle with the two lads like in the next year or so and he'll play the two of you maybe but made yourself young to me probably use my friends for the younger me then for me leading up to the fight it oh yeah the cartel he had a car - you think so that was my son right so as he's dental I played a young comedian as a musical one as I was absolutely dying for a foible there we have to get into the top we have to get into the tyron woodley situation and you're also made a headline in in I mean first of all when you got the call to headline why won't your brain okay that's not what I mean so to get the cold for my Mandarin James right now they want you to head not London um even a fool and down to headline and Atlanta bill fans because I literally two minutes three minutes so it was time to taken away from me I know I know weeks now it says well it was heartbreaking and I mean to so hoping after all she's sorted out we can reschedule it and he could be the most dangerous person his vision really when you look at that when you look at a skill set is not have power and do you think he is as most names for you in the division he's been a world champion we achieve I'm trying to achieve you know I mean first is he saw a man you look for one or two shots not really like a high-volume pointer don't don't fatigue it doesn't get tired and so I think it would have been a perfect matchup to have him to be aiming to put in the morning I think we collected all the posters for Italy about daddy and you open the wall there yeah they open the wall there yeah but they're looking at Woodley now like that would be you not a Robbie Lawler I compared to woody who just after you destroyed by a Camaro whose when I don't know if this woody if they really would lead that once why still exists especially commonalities the music and story just focused Ross is a big man was music now like I actually or actually a big fan forum bully it as a boy here cause that like when he fought wounded boy both ones I actually enjoyed those boy because I thought it was like when the high level chess match and poor like ever since he started doing the music it's ah I'm just like oh no please stop it'sit's dreadful like I think I just think he's part of like a meme online and I don't like I don't even think personally pray the meme thought it was Woodley or like he's it I mean if I might be the terrible Robert like sorry towards already walking over to same song in a row I think this goes to show like in mixed martial arts like if you get too comfortable atop the hungry the hungry dogs come up and then that they like [ __ ] like they show you oh pretty like I mean like all you're doing now is just folks of training all time like if you're if you're off at Fabian's on you the Fabian's off you were a portion abortion portion where he's like as he's coming up with new toy ones coming out and infuse now saying like yeah he's been offered he has been concentrating bull like when you take a foot off the gas there's just one more people coming true and also wasn't that many years asking a meter yeah you got that much long yeah much long lifted I mean I'm a young I mean I'm a primate so so you can't they were out of Sun you know trying get away free Liam it's corner my apart from maybe she did that corner middleweights corner lightweights is just running just didn't want to fight which is a weird thing but I'm hoping that we can get it getting back in the Octagon but like I said if not I'll go anyone above me yeah and Leon obviously you see has this absolute bang and tired I'm annoyed to make I don't know if the scene yet UFC 249 and then I think they plan on doing one on the Wednesday the 13th and then at the 16th if all those cards go ahead are you gonna then look up getting over to America to fight oil and for a fight yeah for sure I don't get to America but I think hopefully do do not fall in June try get get on a fight go fight them this year otherwise I whole year off right so I need to at least get one or two fights in so let's see if they pulled made in my life our first and then we go from there because actually go through there yeah also also be good for you to like like hopefully gonna fight back in England as well because they're like fading be able I should be there the whole renegade squad will be there as well no gang let's say to give like Woodley Colby away whatever they do I forgive me anyone anyone top ten will make in Birmingham I know no main so that's one of my dreams is like the headline my actual in Birmingham well I think if we win the toil that's all undeniable the half to give the word yeah a dream come true two different evil madness what about a what about if if or when you'd say you get the world title first offense in Villa Park [Music] Boyka cream is Fiat repair good well Leon like obviously like we've been following your career and like like big data time for you as I mentioned earlier well Adam but I could go with a custom of the detail and also quo I did not expect this you know what like phone your crates just been great and like like as I said famous well I think only cool teens a common I kind of a wave to see a photograph with you and your mom on the middle with the toys you broke our record and there's no really for it not to happen you know name so happen and then you'd be the oldest viewed best Brewers in the game in the game there's no like I don't have to or tiles in now you biggest organizations in the world only think like the Diaz brothers the Miller brothers and the Lausanne brothers as like brothers who like fallen both father on my level okay all in the gars well I don't think both were taller than two in two different organizations it's like a story to tell you know I mean it's gonna happen I know it after that I became a brochure company you seen it yeah all right Hubert so I decided be some for that probably yeah yeah like that's the thing like it you and your order like still on that climb and you haven't even hit your like your peak whereas like obviously like my rose have any problems with his knees like I mean Colby is so I think just sort of found out like mass Rhode Island has been through the wringer he's been gone for years you know obviously tyron woodley as well he's like he's pushing on and then like George st. Pierre Zafira Tourer so I mean like you were Liz she knocking on the door like that it's a it's right there if it reaches like I said one or two fights the rain for one more time it's not right I can wait for a time yeah on your soil is also brilliant to watch as well like keeping a low the elbows the way you did we hit the autonomy elbows they're just they're just like they're sharp man yes isn't good to my coach is the last few last three four fights good now say okay you know I mean say sir one get like a clean that cat with it on and I've been trying to the tiny up a little bit get like a clean the clean that was it you know I mean it's landed its landing one I'm not cleaning that yeah I underground a credible especially when you're going up against these guys who are you know come from a rest back down door GG to bathroom like no I mean you're really shown you know Europeans can wrestle well I suppose yeah for sure I suppose if your goal isn't the takedown will of European forests like they don't sort of go in to take down all the time the Reston's almost always underestimated like even if you look at when could be honored I'm I got kind of defense in the first round was incredible okay but I yeah everyone's like I can't wrestle which is like weird a weird thing I think over time it's changing slowly we we can hang with some of the best wrestlers in the world and so I think after after whoa yeah obviously recent you saw blade paradigm as well have that come about and also how they look after you I'm problems pretty quick partnership on the co mrs. Jimmy Manila because he's a friend of mine with Ellen I think he manages them I'm so paranoid so to get in contact we didn't now given our a year and a half two years what did they get they're very good in so sharing I was a boy 1c recently he's got the itch to come back Jimmy yeah yeah I don't actually carefully I feel like Tina's gone and like if your team's not right someone you want to be frightened yeah see and just where your would be for as well did you get compensated for did you get extra compensation being the main event well the 20 room the gaming for the cat you should show money at least yeah they did it I can covertly knocker I obviously yeah we thought that maybe them I look after main event a bit better yeah look you know me well at least you're a fit and healthy and ready to go so whenever no foil ins comes around June I'm sure you'll be ready and we won the first names on my card yeah would be like obeys authority to file up a random alley somewhere yeah each and so will say I'm ready to go I'm trying in any way keep weight down yeah hey boy said he's gonna stay in a tent website.com he's gonna for a week [Laughter] was that hard for it name because I'll obviously you probably know him going into play is a hard for me like you know I can I put it all to the side because that leading up to the fight you can't try not talk to you every minute and it's kind of like drinkin we just children either very human gonna Nelson data to nice life let's go does it yeah just what you just watch it on that as well do you do any like a training like pro if your minds like in lately it up to like sort of like blank out stuff because like it's a highly pressure if you do anymore until I came from felis life has made me who I am today kidding now where I am you know means I mean all that um kind of train my brain and train me to UM do high pressure situations and say I say I'm saying the same and strong like me you know I mean maybe speak to him the same as me he's followed in the mind so I think it's bring in what we have to go through and what we over comment just no nobody is yeah it's almost like you your therapy you they'd almost yeah exactly like mixed martial artist taught me a lot a lot about being a man you know I mean and taught me a lot my family a lot I love the Jamaican sensation doesn't get that fazed at all it was called who's more famous Leon Edwards are you saying bolted Jamaica you see he lives there right well yeah Leon it was actually great having you on deck can be late we're late this is cool crack your brother as well he's an Asian ball there in the middle - next we're gonna have to try and get into get you back on you know I mean you're gonna we're gonna see if you the Jamaican sensation is stuck no guys thanks million for check email and make sure to give Leo a follow on his road to becoming UFC welterweight champion and go over and watch their favorite words I give him photos well if you are enjoying the video make sure to like share subscribe and as always stay energized