Leon Edwards Next Opponent: OLBG followers give a 68% chance that the Usman rematch happens next for the UK's LATEST UFC CHAMPION!

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Leon Edwards Next Opponent: OLBG followers give a 68% chance that the Usman rematch happens next for the UK's LATEST UFC CHAMPION!
Jake Ashton Senior News Editor

Jake is a Football and Entertainment betting expert, with a Man City season ticket and a deep knowledge of reality TV betting angles

  • Leon Edwards became UFC Champion on Saturday night and OLBG followers expect the Usman rematch next
  • Edwards became just the second UK UFC Champion after Michael Bisping
  • Edwards was 33/1 to win at the time of the KO

Leon Edwards became UFC Champion on Saturday night and OLBG followers expect the Usman rematch next

Birmingham's Leon Edwards became the new UFC Welterweight Champion on Saturday after his knockout win against Kamaru Usman.

Despite being down on the scorecards and against all odds, Edwards stunning head-kick with 56 seconds left of the final round won him the belt.

Bookmakers haven't yet given odds on Edwards next opponent so we asked the OLBG Twitter followers who he'll face next.

OLBG followers make it around a 4/9 chance that the rematch against Kamaru Usman happens next, with the odds made through the percentage chance given by our followers. 

The winner of the Khamzat Chimaev v Nate Diaz fight is expected to be next in line for the belt.

Leon Edwards chances of fighting Kamaru Usman next is around 4/9 according to OLBG's Twitter followers.

Jake Ashton - MMA Betting Expert - OLBG.com

Edwards became just the second UK UFC Champion after Michael Bisping

Leon Edwards became just the second UFC Champion hailing out of the United Kingdom on Saturday with his win.

Michael Bisping was the first, winning the UFC Middleweight belt in June 2016 against Luke Rockhold.

Bisping stepped in on 17 days notice to fight Rockhold and ended up shocking the world by winning the belt.

Edwards was 33/1 to win at the time of the KO

Before the fight against Kamaru Usman on Saturday, some bookmakers were giving odds of around 14/1 that Edwards would win by KO.

Leon Edwards odds just to win the fight was 3/1 and he came against all odds to win by KO in the final round.

In-play betting put Edwards odds of 33/1 at the time of the fight to win, with Usman well in control of the fight.

All three judges had Usman 39-37 up at the time of the knockout.

At the time of Edwards KO, the Birmingham fighter was around 33/1 in-play to win the fight.

Jake Ashton - MMA Betting Expert - OLBG.com

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