{"id":69417,"date":"2023-12-17T08:12:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=69417"},"modified":"2023-12-17T08:12:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:12:13","slug":"leon-edwards-serves-colby-covington-technical-defeat-at-ufc-296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/entertainment\/leon-edwards-serves-colby-covington-technical-defeat-at-ufc-296\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Edwards Serves Colby Covington Technical Defeat at UFC 296"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking over T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada once again, the UFC put on UFC 296 with its latest pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. In the main event, Leon Edwards successfully put together his second UFC Welterweight Championship defense against Colby Covington.<\/p>\n<p>Building off of a heated prefight news conference earlier this week, Edwards met Covington in the Octagon and dominated for a technical victory. Shutting down Covington, Edwards controlled the fight even handling the fight on the ground. The result was a Unanimous Decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) for champion Leon Edwards (22-3, 1 NC), leaving Covington (17-4) with three losses in his last five fights.<\/p>\n<p>In the co-main event, Alexandre Pantoja successfully defended his UFC Flyweight Championship in a Unanimous Decision over Brandon Royval. 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