Leon Edwards is back smiling after his brother’s sensational knockout win at PFL 3.
The former UFC welterweight champion has understandably been down in the dumps since suffering the first stoppage loss of his career against Sean Brady, who dominated him en route to a fourth round submission win at UFC London last month.
It was Leon Edwards‘ second defeat in a row, having lost to Belal Muhammad at UFC 304 in July 2024.
However, the attention turned to his brother, Fabian Edwards, in Orlando, Florida, on Friday night.
Leon Edwards celebrates his brother’s latest win
The younger Edwards sibling headlined PFL 3 in a fight against former light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay, who won the $1million tournament in 2023 before making it all the way to the final last year.
However, he got cut, wobbled, and taken out inside two rounds by ‘The Assassin’ at Universal Studios Florida.
Fabian immediately mounted the cage to celebrate bouncing back from a loss to middleweight champion Johnny Eblen in style.
Moments later, Leon scaled the fence and began celebrating the KO win with his brother, who he gave a high five and a hug.
The 14-4 PFL star now moves on to the semi finals of PFL’s new $500,000 single-elimination tournament.
What’s next for Leon Edwards?
This is the first public appearance ‘Rocky’ has made since falling short against Brady.
In a recent Instagram post, Edwards broke his weeks-long silence after UFC London.
“Still HIM,” he captioned a image of him back in the gym working on his game.
In the build-up to his latest fight, Fabian told Bloody Elbow about his brother’s 2025 comeback plan.
“Obviously he’s in training for himself just developing and pushing and fixing whatever he needs to fix and then helping me alongside that,” he said. “Develop, help me, then look for a fight probably end of the year.
“He’s been around watching my sparring, he’s flown out with me to Florida and he’s alright. He’s around the family and everyone and that’s about it… The UFC has never done us any favors in terms of the match-ups.
“They’ve never thought, ‘okay stylistically, they’re a good matchup for Leon,’ they’ve always thought about it like ‘who can we give him to not have him win?’ They’ve been successful with the last two but we just keep pushing.
“Our coaches just say ‘keep winning, then they can’t deny you’. That’s what he done. He kept winning, got himself a title and defended it. Not many people can say they’ve done that so you can’t erase that from history.”
