As initially expected, the match between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz will take place on May 15 at the upcoming UFC 262. This is the first match in history but even though not the championship battle, nor the main match of the event but it was lasted in 5 rounds.
Unfortunately, the Diaz team has recently announced that Nate Diaz is suffering from a number of small injuries during training. That made him unable to be in time on May 15.
Therefore, UFC decided to move Leon Edwards vs Nate Diaz to UFC 263 on June 12.
If it is possible to surpass Nate Diaz, Leon Edwards will be in a firm position with the Kamaru Usman champion – who has just performed the battle to protect the belt against Jorge Masvidal and does not have the next schedule.
Edwards is the only one in the weight of the weight that owns a series of 9 consecutive wins, although the recent match between England and Belal Muhammad had to become no results after the eyes of the eye.