UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards silenced his doubters after successfully defending the title at UFC 286. ‘Rocky’ defeated Kamaru Usman via a majority decision in their trilogy fight in London. Moreover, Edwards’ former rival and UFC veteran Nate Diaz took to social media to react to the British fighter’s win.
Fans swarmed Leon Edwards with comments about his UFC 278 win against Kamaru Usman as a fluke. With a majority decision at the 02 Arena, he proved everyone wrong. ‘Rocky’ displayed amazing striking skills, showcase great tactics in wrestling defense, and managed his distance well during the fight against ‘The Nigerian Nightmare.’
Still 👑 pic.twitter.com/QytwN2ucEL
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) March 19, 2023
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However, Edwards’ former rival Nate Diaz took a jibe at the reigning welterweight champion and posted a video clip of one of the moments from their fight at UFC 263 on Twitter. The Stockton native’s video showed the flurry of punches he delivered on Edwards in the last round of their fight, which saw the British fighter visibly rocked and almost lose to a knockout. Many fans reacted to it on social media. Diaz captioned the post: “Still.”
Fans react to Nate Diaz’s tweet about Leon Edwards
Let us take a look at some of the reactions from fans on Twitter.
One fan made a hilarious remark about Nate Diaz and claimed that he’d start bleeding if a cellphone hit him on his head.
You’d start bleeding if your phone fell on your face.
— austin williams (@austinxwill) March 19, 2023
Another fan commented that Nate Diaz always wins, even if the results do not favor him.
No matter what happens somehow Nate always wins lol
— 이사야 (@OGICEY) March 19, 2023
One Twitter user suggested to the Stockton native that he should have gone for the kill against Leon Edwards at UFC 263, while the current champion was wobbled
You lost but you should have countered that punch while he was staggering!
— Aye Lace (@ARealzOfficial) March 19, 2023
One fan believes that nobody can defeat Nate Diaz in a proper fight.
if it's a real fight you never lose
— n8 (@loveandnate) March 19, 2023
There were some fans who claim that Leon Edwards is a champion on paper since he believes that both Kamaru Usman and Nate Diaz beat him.
Both diaz and usman beat Leon . Leon is a Paper champ
— 2ToneDaSupastarclone (@Cloroxfan_) March 19, 2023
A Twitter user commented that Diaz is always busy talking to those fighters who are in the spotlight, rather than being in the spotlight himself.
Nate will spend the rest of his days never being the spotlight but always be talking about the spotlight.
For a fighter of his calibre, this moment is his knowledge of himself. Him failing to capitalise on this moment is reality of his self.
— Omar Little (@youneed2rethink) March 19, 2023
Laughed and pointed at him instead of finishing him though 🙈🙈
— Jay (@Lynchyboy_89) March 19, 2023
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Moreover, another fan shared the same sentiment that Diaz should have finished the fight against Leon Edwards instead of mocking him.
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Nate Diaz did put on a tremendous showing against Edwards. It went the distance but didn’t convert into a win for the UFC veteran. On the other hand, ‘Rocky’ had a successful title defense at UFC 286 and would look to carry the momentum onto this next fight. He has been called out by the UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev after defeating Kamaru Usman. We will have to wait and see what follows.
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