Career
Early career
Edwards began his professional fighting career in 2010, making his debut as a amateur at Bushido Challenge 2 - A New Dawn. Fight United Kingdom Mobile Marketing Association
Edwards then signed a contract with the Fight United Kingdom Mobile Marketing Association . He debuted for the promotion against Damian Zlotnicki, winning via technical knockout in the first round. He then went on to have two more fights for the promotion, winning against Pawel Zwiefka and losing against Delroy McDowell via DQ by way of illegal knee.
Post-Fight United Kingdom Mobile Marketing Association
Edwards obtained a 2-1 record after leaving Fight United Kingdom Mobile Marketing Association . He then fought Craig White at the Strength and Honor 14, winning by decision.
Edwards then went to fight for "Bamma" where he went 5-0. Ultimate Fighting Championship
Edwards made his promotional debut against Cláudio Silva on 8 November 2014 at UFC Fight Night: Shogun versus
Saint Preux. Silva defeated Edwards via split decision.
Edwards faced veteran Seth Baczynski on 11 April 2015 at UFC Fight Night 64. Edwards knocked out Seth Baczynski in 8 seconds with a straight left hand after timing a kick.
The result also earned Edwards a Performance of the Night bonus. Edwards faced Pawel Pawlak on 18 July 2015 at UFC Fight Night 72.
Edwards faced Kamaru Usman on 19 December 2015 at UFC on Fox 17.
He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Edwards, grew up in Birmingham, England but is originally from Kingston, Jamaica. He started training Mixed martial arts when he was 17.
His nickname was given to him by his friends in school.
Leon went to Aston Manor Academy along with West Bromwich Albion striker Saido Berahino and cricketers Ateeq Javid and Recordo Gordon. Mixed martial arts
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Performance of the Night (One Time) versus
Seth Baczynski
BAMMA.
