Leon Edwards was supposed to make a triumphant return to the UFC tonight. He took a high-risk fight against the lower-ranked Belal Muhammad just to get back inside the Octagon after over 600 days on the sidelines. Maybe that is why Edwards ended up accidentally poking Belal in the eye, a shot so bad that it caused the fight to end via no contest.

‘Rocky’ Edwards was not happy about how his return ended, knowing he was one win away from a possible title shot. He expressed his sadness in his post-fight interview with Daniel Cormier.

He said, “I have to ask my manager, what now? What do I do now? I went in there, focused on my next chapter to be a world champion, and had that f**king taken away from me. I am heartbroken.”

Edwards added, “I don’t believe in ring rust. I was just getting into the flow of things in the first round. The second round, I was getting into my combinations and what I’m gonna do next. To have that taken away, it’s heartbreaking. I’m disappointed. It’s been a long year and a half, lots of ups and downs. Then to come back to this? I don’t know what to say.”

Leon Edwards: Where does he go from here?

This no-contest puts Leon Edwards in a very rough spot. He was anyway being forced to fight opponents who weren’t ranked as high as him. From the Khamzat Chimaev booking to this, Edwards hasn’t had a lot of top contenders wanting to fight him. While that may be because of Leon’s hard-to-beat style, ‘Rocky’ cannot progress until they take these fights.

Edwards had a lot to prove against Belal Muhammad. While he was looking great, he was having issues with eye pokes in the first round as well. However, the first-round eye poke didn’t do nearly as much damage as the second one.

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Edwards may be forced to wait for an opponent now, anyway. However, that opens him up to possibly matching up with a higher-name opponent like Colby Covington or Stephen Thompson. But Belal Muhammad will also be waiting in the wings to get a rematch with Leon.