RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Fabian Edwards will get a second crack at Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen, and isn’t placing an excessive amount of into shedding the primary matchup.
At PFL: Battle of the Giants in Riyadh, Edwards (13-3) will look to avenge the loss to Eblen (15-0), which got here at Bellator 299 final September. All it took was one win, and “The Murderer” now finds himself days away from one other Bellator title shot.
“It feels proper,” Edwards informed MMA Junkie and different reporters at media day. “Some individuals say it’s too quickly and all of that, however for me, it feels proper. … “I simply have a look at it as one struggle doesn’t imply that’s how all of the fights will play out. I have a look at it as a brand new struggle, however I’ve felt him earlier than.”
The loss to Eblen snapped a three-fight successful streak for Edwards. He instantly returned to the win column in his following outing towards Aaron Jeffery, successful by unanimous resolution.
Trying again on the primary assembly, Edwards believes he was doing every thing correctly towards Eblen till an ill-timed mistake left a gap. Forward of the rematch, he studied the primary struggle and mentioned he watched the ending sequence “hundreds” of instances, which taught him an necessary lesson.
“The small particulars,” Edwards mentioned when requested what’s totally different going into the rematch. “That’s what this combating recreation is, it’s the small particulars that make a distinction. I look again on the final struggle, it was a small mistake that made a distinction, and I made certain I corrected these.”
The scorecards have been far and wide within the first assembly with Eblen. One choose had each rounds for Eblen, one other scored each for Edwards, whereas the third scored one spherical for both fighter.
This time round, whether or not it’s on the scorecards or by early stoppage, Edwards is assured he’ll go away Riyadh with the Bellator middleweight title.
“I get my hand raised by any means,” Edwards mentioned. “I really feel just like the final struggle, I used to be beating him. It wasn’t any areas that he was outclassing me at. But it surely’s MMA, it’s 4 oz. gloves, and also you get your self caught typically. That’s what I consider occurred.”
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