Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington | Dan Hardy Breakdown, The War Room Ep. 291
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- The War Room, where Dan Hardy breaks down the UFC 296 Main Event, for the Welterweight Title, Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington.
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Apart from Usman, when Leon fought another swarming pressure wrestler in Belal, he was dribbling Belal's head like a basketball before the eye poke, his ability to fight well on the back foot is something impressive
Belol is more one dimensional than Colby. Colby mixes a plethora of strikes to mask his takedowns, Belol moves forward with pathetic "strikes" like drunkard on a Saturday night not in full control of his body trying to fight a bouncer. Leon is going to struggle with Colby
@@dude9038 Colby's striking entries stink. He dips his head and doesn't even look at his opponent sometimes.. plus, he has no power in his strikes. He's going up against a sniper of a counter striker.
@@dude9038lol that's a stupid take. Colby entries are woeful. He easily gets caught Usman and masvidal landed flush. Colby isn't some elite grappler . He plods along and relies on cardio
The Muslim gay community agrees with you
Yep, if the Leon that was dominating Bella shows up then Colbys in for a very long (or very short) night. He was constantly moving forward, lots of head kicks and some counter offensive grappling
come on Dan
we want one of those long versions of war room with detailed break down
Maybe he doesn’t have time for whatever reason?
@@professorlean3733he's doing breakdowns for all five of the main card fights.
He makes money on TH-cam. Long form videos are not where the money is.. I agree. I loved the long format breakdowns
He is saving it for the main show with Veronica
speak for urself lol
I feel like whoever is getting the better of the clinch wins this. If Colby can constantly shoot and press against the fence he wins. If Leon keeps catching Colby dipping and landing strikes from lowered posture he'll do enough to win the rounds.
Leon has to utilize knees in clinch and when colby shooots.
no way leon outwrestles/outclinches colby, I think colby puts on a typical night at the office for him
@@caspar_gomez He out clinched Usman who's technically a worse wrestler than Colby but much bigger than him. The knees up the middle from double collar after Usman dipped was what gave Edwards the advantage in a few of those rounds.
I think he caught usman by surprise in that sequence, I don't think leon's size will factor in, the more strength he uses the more he will gas, the knees are there but I don't think it will phase colby, he'll just hang on him and keep his head safe@@ajg9937
Leon is a South paw and with that can...use his distance...leg kicks..switching sides
The war room let’s go
Go where darlin?
Hardy is a stud
Very little technical analysis like the old days. I feel like Dan has been phoning it in for a while. These are more like fight previews with quick stat comparisons now.
Dan has been producing a lot more episodes + the podcast to feed the beast but more content generally means lower quality content.
This was quite short but Dan has been very busy. He and Veronica have her looking really really good. He’s also had a lot to do with the PFL so maybe he’s just been doing what he has the time and do outside of his primary responsibilities. I’d rather get this than nothing for sure.
Agree very lazy one. Idk about y’all but I think this is huge fight and ppv. I wanted videos and more video analysis about how Leon would catch Colby or how he could get him. Like Colby here does this mistake this is Leon’s opening. Maybe I got spoiled with old reptile video.
Yeah I wish it was more technical like he used to do before. Even get a partner to live demo techniques, a bit like Gracie Breakdown but for The Waroom
But can he still use footage? Not sure about that
Leon is quick on his feet. Colby is gonna get rocked.
Leon is a gentlemen . I wish him Victory .
As a english man I can't wait for both paddy and Leon to get finished this weekend 🙌
southerner?
how to beat Colby: every time he moves, throw an uppercut or knee. he either moves in for a takedown, or he ducks his head to fake a takedown, then throws a high kick or long hook. he constantly drops his head and his eyes down, perfectly open to those vertical strikes
He moves his weight properly so he will naturally slip outside knees esp vs same stance
Haha, like it's that easy!! Go do it champ :)
Like Colby can’t adapt right?
Typical basement dweller's advice 😂😂
Leon by TKO. Colby is too one dimensional.
Have been eagerly awaiting this one Dan. Thanks ❤
Bring back the dark room mate! No one else is doing that sort of mma content. It was a nice touch
The fact that Colby has been training at altitude scares me... His cardio will be much better than Edwards
Bruh he trained there for a week
He had cardio And still got his as beat my usman. He has cardio but now power
Oh for real? That's good haha@@aineshenry8122
@@Basichomelifeyou dont always need power to win a fight mma math doesn’t work and styles make fights lmao
colby may have the cardio, but he's not skilled enough
You’re the Man! Thanks Outlaw I love these videos
Nice ,10-15 minutes video perfect!
Nice to see uploads in the morning rather than late ❤
Been waiting for this one!! Thank you Outlaw🤘🏻
My go to for fight breakdowns! Appreciate ya brother! Congrats on V’s excellent performance. Salute
When I see “war room“ on my TH-cam feed, I immediately get excited. I’m listening to it. On my drive to work. Thanks for being awesome Dan. Sending love from Florida🤘🏼
Random comment for the algorythm... and an extra like with it. LOL!
love it and great to see you with PFL
didn't Leon beat Luque when Luque was in his prime and knocking people out?
yea, colby will be no different. he'll get dominated
Luque is 29 years old, he’s not out of his prime dawg just because he loss two fights recently
@@LoneWolfe_XX vincente 32
@@draco2xx oh damn my bad
by decision, he won't win a decision vs colby with colby's output, and luque is really nothing like colby tbh
I think this will be a tuffer fight for both guys than they each think.
Can you seriously not spell tougher?
lol@@thomaskendell8146
Delete this immediately it’s extremely embarrassing
tuffer😂😂
we will see. colby might also be old and slow now. guy never fights.
Leon is much larger, almost like a middleweight fighting a lightweight.
Colby is going to make Leon white as a ghost from exhaustion.
Immense, as always. Cheers Dan!
Love the breakdown. Thanks!
Keeping my fingers crossed for an outlaw picks podcast episode 🙏🏻
I've been looking forward to this breakdown since the fight was announced. Another phenomenal job from the best in the business... I think if Colby can really up the tempo and put an aggressive pace on Leon from the start... I think he might get it done. Leon's got great cardio, I don't remember any fights where somebody's pressed pressed him in the way Colby could. Thinking back that to the Nate Diaz fight he looked exhausted by the end and it wasn't a high-paced high intensity fight. I'm super looking forward to this
Best breakdown in the game!
Best breakdowns in the business 👌
Covington one of the best ever to not win a belt. Underrated AF
I like dan Hardy hairstyle when he was in prime red hair
Since DJ left the ufc Edwards is the most well rounded fighter in the organization, he's gonna be champ for quite some time at welterweight
If I had to bet my house, I'd pick Colby because...better striker never wants to face better wrestler/superior cardio/good chin. It is the kryptonite for strikers. Oh, and it's over 5 rounds, plus the crowd will be massively supporting Colby.
The best in Dan Hardy. We love him
As ever - love your breakdowns. I sometimes feel that Leon needs to be in that dark place before realising his own ability to finish fights. This may be an advantage against Colby though as Colby will push the pace from beginning to end. Imho! Either way, rooting for Leon! It’s going to be an amazing fight, proceeded by even more incredible matchups! 🤜
I get you but you people talk like this is something he does all the time. He did it once really. It was a great moment but that's not him
@@caspar_gomezand all colby has done is beat over the hill fighters for the past how many years now and barely won a fight in 3 years. Mans 36, this is his last chance and he’s getting sparked.
@@InspectorSmeg lol he has a better resume at ww than leon with more finishes
@@caspar_gomezLeon has beaten a prime fighter. Colby has beaten zero. Simple as that.
His breakdown sucks. He could not even break fighters down when he was actually fighting and was getting Koed here and there, every where 😂😂😂
Great breakdown brother, thank you
Colby has been rocked in his last three fights. I know he has a good chin but I feel like Edward’s will find him and his power will be enough to stop Colby. I want Colby to win and I think he will win a decision if he can avoid the big shots, but I just feel if Kamaru almost put away twice and Jorge almost KOd him, that Leon’s power will put him away. Also Leon looks really lean, like he out in a lot of cardio training.
Jorge didn't almost ko him, he rocked him a little, nowhere near as bad as Leon on spaghetti legs against sloppy Diaz
@@D84-m2lColby is 36 and been through many wars. Leon is in his prime and since looked solid against a tougher opponent than Diaz
If Colby can take him down, it will be an easy win. If Leon stuffs takedowns and can land elbows/ knees, he tko’s colby.
Colby has fought bigger guys and the only one he couldn’t take down easily is Usman. Usman is one of the best wrestlers in ufc history and looks like a light heavyweight. Leon is not Usman wrestling wise, so I think it will be 49-46 colby
I can see Leon running Colby into something devastating early to mid rounds, 2 or 3. A huge kick, a knee as Colby shoots, an uppercut…something like that. Will be a great fight, I’m not a Colby fan but the man comes to compete every time…Leon seems ice cold to me, calm and focused. He reacted in the moment to the comments, but hasn’t seemed overly emotional at all to me since then. Cool as a cucumber.
Ok so this didn’t age well 😂
Great breakdown Dan!
Neither guy has an outstanding resume, but Leon has wins over Usman and Colby has Ls
Yes Leon got a lucky KO on Usman in their second fight. It was not competitive up until the knockout. Usman was broken after that and came back too soon and lost their 3rd fight. Both fights between Colby and Usman were extremely competitive.
I definitely don’t see Edwards being able to wrestle with Covington. Covingtons pace & grappling is likely to shut down Edwards ability to effectively kickbox. I give Covington the W
Nice breakdown Dan
Also, isn’t it crazy Colby caused more damage to Usman in striking in just two fights. Then Leon, did in three. Outside of the kick Colby did better in striking overall against Usman in less fights.
That’s actually extremely true. And people would argue that just because of a kick, but Colby bruised up Usman in the first fight and wobbled him a bunch in the second
Lmao colby did better on the feet against kamaru the leon bc colby didn't care about being taken down, also kamaru got colby worse then he got leon
This isn't just MMA. Matthew guys are talking about, it's MMA algebra, and it still doesn't work... But it is very interesting
@@thevaden2024 exactly. I’m surprised people don’t talk about that more often. Even Jorge hurt Nate Diaz more than Leon.
@@hayate503 it’s because usman dominated Leon for 90% of the three fights they had with pressure. What you say is just another reason why I believe Covington will win.
Finally you are back 👍🏻 and congrats on Veronica's win. Keep up the good work
leon must counter grapple or wrestle to nullify colby's pressure then the stand up will play in leon's favor possibly getting tko victory if not im afraid its gonna be a long miserable night for leon
I think Colby is going to go more towards the way he fought Lawler. Absolute crushing pace and pressure with no let up for 25 minutes. He’s gonna smash your boy.
That was almost 6 years ago lol
The fight will be fought at Leon’s pace.
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I think you're right, I also think Colby's absolute best chance is to exhaust Leon. If Colby can keep the pressure super high for 23 minutes, I don't think Leon can handle it. Remember the Nate Diaz fight where Leon looked exhausted at the end. I look both guys, but I'm rooting for a Colby
@@Basichomelife right? i think leon will take colby down and hold him down for a bit just to take the piss.
Leon wrestling back is him gassing out quicker. A wrestler can wrestle all day, a striker can throw hands all day. The gas issue comes when they try to do shit they are not conditioned to do. Add in the fight will be at elevation Leon trying to engage with wrestling will mean hes gassed by the end of round 2.
If I’m Leon, I’d try to flip the script & pressure Colby & put him on his back foot & at the end of his jabs. Then spam leg kicks to try & force him to switch stances & or set a trap for head shots. Then another area where he can win is in the clinch, Leon got nasty elbows in the clinch & the knees will be there for body shots & when Colby ducks.
Great analysis
This fight should be good, but Its just such a shame. Colby doesn't deserve this shot, and if he wins... That's a tough pill to swallow for me personally
He won't.
@@Gojimaru I agree with you. But Strickland wasn't supposed to either. Leon wasn't supposed to. This year has been mad
@@andrewf6111This is different than those fights. Cloby hasn't fought for nearly 2 years, while Edwards is on top of his game. Plus he's a much better striker than Usman.
You and everyone else will be upset because you know that once Colby gets the belt it's going to be hard to take it away from him because most people in the welterweight division don't have the tools to beat him!
Hes not Usman won most of the exchanges on the feet in both fights. Only did one good thing either way hes overrated on the feet massively @@Gojimaru
colby pace will be interesting to see considering he's ageing abit
Dan teasing a table measure the whole vid then finally drops one towards end. Best table measurer in the game imo.
I just hope the Ref doesn't stop this fight early. There's been some bad stoppages as of late and the last thing we need is some ref caving under pressure.
Going to be. Quality matchup, but Edwards all the way.
Problems in 25 minutes fight? Every 5 round fight he has dominated except the two fights against marty. Leon struggled to and he wasn't in "control" as you mentioned! Colby is a much better 5 round fighter thanks to his cardio, if he gets his game going leon wont stand a chance.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You've still got it DH!
I keep hearing people cite his cardio as reasons he’ll win but what about his technical skills? This isn’t Colby of 2 years ago when he was last active. Unless he’s a freak of nature and defies even the prototypical aging patterns of fighters under 205 pounds, his age is now a liability statistically. It’s interesting your point is Leon will need to make room using grappling. But what about the simple fact he LITERALLY has room at distance and a significant range advantage? He’s multiple inches out of reach of Colby and Leon is levels above Colby at controlling said distance. You’re acting like Leon has no control for how Colby enters boxing range and that’s a mistake IMO. I’ll eat humble pie if proven wrong but I’m genuinely trying to see it your way. Colby must take huge risks to weaponize his skills. Leon’s physical advantages best suit his existing expertise as a striking tactician. I’m not currently seeing how that now means automatically Leon will be in some grapple heavy contest. The last time we got to see how Colby dealt with a strike heavy guy where he’d have to hop scotch into grapple fighting was… take a guess…
I’m not even going to say Jorge as I don’t think it’s fair to consider him a classic kickboxer or technical striker. And he hasn’t won a fight in four years.
If you’d like, you can say Lawler. But that was +1,000 days ago. And Robbie 1-4 in his last 5. So that’s out.
Ppl are not looking at this man’s resume. Before Robbie he had RDA, Maia, and Hyun Kim. He hasn’t really fought a striker anywhere NEAR their prime since freakin Barberena on the prelim card of Vanzant headlined event and Sage Northcutt in the 2nd fight. Think about how long that’s been.
And now he’s literally fighting an awkward kickboxer with a strong MT base who happens to have just usurped one of the greatest in the division’s history who already beat Colby himself 2x where Colby has only ever won 3 rounds unanimously against across a possible 9.
I love Dan Hardy but this is exactly what I thought. It was going to be. 14 minutes of him talking about Leon
This will be a great event UFC 296
Abunch of great fights
Thanks Dan! Covington level changes onto a knee and it's lights out.
I think Leon will come with a confidence he hasn’t quite shown to this point. He’s going to be more aggressive and on the attack because he knows if he doesn’t then Colby will. Leon is a much better fighter than Colby and I feel like he’s going to be intent on showing it. Maybe I’m just hoping or be optimistic but I feel like this going to be the fight that gets him the respect he’s deserved all along.
Hes not, hes really overrated he will have more sucess in the Grappling then on the feet. It was the tkd threat not that Colbys a better Striker
@@Benjamin-hp8mw I don’t know what you are saying or if you are disagreeing with me or Dan. I don’t think Colby is a better striker than Usman and he’s damn sure not better than Leon!! Colby is aggressive but I think Leon will shut that down relatively quickly and start hurting Colby. If you are saying Colby is overrated then I agree. More than that he never fights and he hasn’t been exposed against a striker like Leon who is also bigger and stronger than Colby. I honestly don’t think Colby is really that confident. He most likely got this fight in some weird deal he made. Maybe he saw something he shouldn’t have. I would guess it was Chael’s weekly cock sucking duties of Dana. lol jk not really.
Establish the jab. Double jab to close the distance then uppercut when Colby shoots and it’s wraps. Many ways I see Leon sleeping Colby. Also I can see it similar to how Pereria did Jiri. Something short on the inside then stuffing the take down and ending up on top.
This card is stacked as fuck. Press conference will be absolute comedy😂😂
When is the presser?
Really looking forward to this matchup.
sick breakdown
Its Hardy Har Har Hardly funny how this played out... Dan is the 🐐
Cheers Dan.
Leon has the cleanest clinch elbows
Colby gonna be cut up but get the win
Best in the game
The Cardio king training at altitude 😮 dudes been training at sea level this whole time.
Best ever!!!
I think Colby’s pace will be too much for Leon.
He’s gonna get hurt and he’s too small
Agreed
Leon takes this one easily in the early rounds! I like the short format of this video but it was lacking some of the usual details. Love Dan, I will keep listening as much as I can but those long breakdowns are just to much for me to waste time on.
I gave like the moment you asked , that's how much i love u bro!
Let's check who MMA Guru picks first and I'll come back to you.
Morning ☕, Dan Hardy breaking down a title fight....
I'm in
I definitely see Colby getting hit a lot in the first couple rounds and maybe a couple knockdowns like in the Usman fight. If he doesn’t get head kicked ko’d in the first ten mins he will pick up the pace probably have to win rounds three to five.
Was waiting for this 👏🏾
I think Colby is gonna be outclassed and physically outmatched
Crazy Card!!! I got Leon/Wonderboy/Tony/Royval/Luque
Nice one mate
Leon got out-grappled in Usman 1 but then had no issues in Usman 2, was that because of Leon's mental/skill improvements or Usman's drop off? This makes me not know how well he'll do against Colby's grappling for a potential 25 minutes...
The best in the game brother
love dans insight he really knows his stuff!
Those two wars with Usman took a lot out of Colby. Now he's running into a prime Leon Edwards. He's going to get hurt.
Another great breakdown Dan. Would love to see more clinch work for Leon. Colby doesn’t fight there often. Leon has nasty knees and elbows. Might be able to use that to get some wrestling chances. Colby wants to melt Leon and break his will. Leon needs to not back up. Stay off the fence and don’t be afraid to clinch and wrestle with Colby.
I think Leon's counter striking will get the job done
Colbys striking's too wild for Leon not to tag him but he's tough as nails. I can't stand the political plant but got to give credit where it's due. I just wonder if Usman's knees has led us into a false sense of security with Leons wrestling. Leon's huge though. Colby hasn't faced anyone like Leon while still in their prime.
@@nomdeploom5707 Leon will get nailed. Colbys shoulder positioning is good leons is terrible he has no clue how to position himself. I can see Colby catching leon like Nate did SP - SP 2/6 through leons 3
I think so, we have to look at how the first leon-usman fight went until the kick. The second fight usman was a broken gun shy fighter and edwards didnt really impress@@nomdeploom5707
@@caspar_gomez Re: the headshot dead fight- that was their 2nd fight but was also at altitude. There's always an asterisk when people are in the clouds & inevitably get tired. Leon looked like crap half way into the 2nd round in that 1 but won the 1st round. Tbh, I can't remember much of their last fight. I'll need to watch it back but remember Leon reversing Usman in a lot of the clinches against the cage & being able to getting back up when he did get taken down. Usman's bigger than Colby too so it'll be interesting to see where Leon's really at there.
@@nomdeploom5707 he looked like crap in the third fight too, usman was just boken and tentative. Look at the stats and leons output in the third fight and all his fights. Thats just hin. Colby wont be tentative
Colby will win a controversial decision and Leon will say something along the lines of "I didn't show up today" then ask for a rematch (which he won't get).
Literally🤣they’ll give it to Belal or Shavkat
Hey dan can I join you on a war room soon?
Yes agreed Covington huge sleeper in this fight-
Can you do a post right review if this fight really interesting. You did say Leon never puts a full stop on his fights, also interesting to see how he completely neutralised colby
Great work Dan
Glad these arent hours long now.
Another pod with Von!!! Wanna hear yous talk about her domination of a fight!
Colbys endurance or stamina has nothing got to do with whether or not he is slightly smaller in the division. That's ridiculous.
To be fair though. Dan's interpretation and breakdown is spot on and he has a good skill at outlining the strengths and likely outcomes.
This is a very very tough fight for Leon.