The UK’s own Leon Edwards is set to defend his welterweight title for the first time at UFC 286. He captured it from the king at the time, Kamaru Usman at UFC 278. The 31-year-old won his first UFC gold after serving a desperate yet perfectly-placed head kick to ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’. It was a fight that Leon was visibly losing on the screen and the scorecards until he wasn’t.
Despite achieving overnight fame and money post-title fight win, Leon has continued to stay humble and true to his roots. Leon has a history of showing sweet gestures to his mother after every big fight wins he’s had. On one occasion, he bought his mother a brand-new car. After his title victory, he used some of his earnings and opened up a Jamaican takeaway restaurant in Birmingham for his mother, a lifelong dream of hers.
However, the Jamaican wasn’t always how he conducts himself now, or at least that’s what his tweets from the past would say. The MMA world has its fair share of weird fans, some of who dug deep into Leon Edwards’ Twitter, only to find shocking behavior and mindset of ‘Rocky’ at the time. It is noteworthy that the tweets date from the year 2012 to 2014.
I love big ass that's my fucking problem!!
— Leon 'Rocky' Edwards (@Leon_edwardsmma) December 29, 2012
This weather makes me want to cuddle up to a fat girl đ đ
— Leon 'Rocky' Edwards (@Leon_edwardsmma) January 17, 2013
If a girl ever cheated on my and blame in on the alcohol I would uppercut her where she stand đđđ
— Leon 'Rocky' Edwards (@Leon_edwardsmma) May 13, 2013
While some of the tweets are hilarious, others reek of questionable behavior from the welterweight champ. While we cannot really decide whether the Leon we know today is a completely different person from a decade ago, his behavior certainly substantiates so. Leon has never been public about his relationships, so we don’t exactly know if some of these tweets are directed to his girlfriend at the time or other women in general.
Leon Edwards’ old tweets draw mixed reactions from fans
As always, it took little to no time for these tweets to make rounds all over the internet. Leon wouldn’t prefer these tweets to resurface right before his first title defense, but the fans are adamant about expressing how they feel about them. Some fans seem to defend his character, pointing out the fact that the tweets are a decade old. The rest of them have not-so-good things to say about the Jamaican native.
Some of the fan reactions are quoted below –
“Sounds like these Instagram bots” says a fan who goes by the username ‘juzorh’.
“The future champ does what the f#uck he wants”
“Darren Till hacked him”
“And this man is repping the title and inspiring young kids lmao. Such a disgrace” argued a fan, questioning Leon’s character and personality.
“You are searching thru Leon Tweets from 2022 until 2012, You don’t have life”
“This was 10, 11 years ago. Calm down” says a fan while insinuating that Leon has changed for the better today.
“He was still a grown man. No excuses” fired back another agitated user.
“Leon confirmed Jamaican”
Do you think it is fair to correlate decade-old tweets with an individual based on how they are today? Let us know your thoughts on the subject.
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