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Fabian Edwards: ‘[Leon Edwards] will smoke RDA and then make a run at the belt’

Undefeated prospect Fabian Edwards has backed his brother Leon Edwards to defeat Rafael dos Anjos when they clash in the main event of UFC San Antonio in July, and he believes a win over the Brazilian can springboard “Rocky” into the UFC’s welterweight title conversation.

Edwards—who takes on Jonathan Bosuku at Bellator London this weekend—revealed that his family are in good spirits following the announcement that his brother will get a crack at a top-five opponent for the first time.

“There’s a very good mood [among the Edwards family],” Edwards told MMA Fighting’s Eurobash podcast, “everyone’s happy.