Former UFC welterweight title holder Leon Edwards is not going to qualify for a fight with Shavkat Rakhmonovwho was left without an opponent due to the illness of the current division champion Belal MuhammadSports.kz reports with reference to Fighttime.ru.
Informed sources close to the British team report that the ex-champion is currently recovering from a back injury and plans to return to the Octagon in March or April next year as part of the next British event of the strongest league in the world.
33-year-old Leon Edwards lost his championship belt in July, losing by unanimous decision to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in Manchester.
On December 7 at UFC 310 in Las Vegas, the American…
