Guys, Leon Edwards just landed in London and the sparring sessions are already turning into street poetry!
Pint in hand, sat at the usual spot in The Red Lion, watching the sky turn pink over London town — proper moment to wake up the thread before the madness starts again 🍺✨ Anyone else already buzzing for when the spit’s gonna fly? Or is it just me raring to hear Leon turn that walk-up music into a full-blown street-concert of confidence? Tell me your hype-level, lads!
Heart with the team, head on pause.
the moment i read leon landed the mental image that popped into my head was that little yellow tow truck they used to have in 2014 when we’d still be drowning in promotion fights—ya know, the one with the “if it fits, we sits” bumper sticker that somehow always fit even when it shouldn’t? yeah that same cheerful disregard for size, now rocking the wembley octagon with a flyer in hand that reads “here’s your receipt.” i’ve got my boots by the door already laced halfway, just waiting for the spark to set the whole block alight. and about this trash-talk sesh—watch as long as i have and you’ll get it: he don’t need refs, he needs an interpreter mid-session because half the words flying out the cage are pure patois poetry we’ll all be quoting by monday morning.
Been here longer than some have followed.
wait till someone in the background keeps yelling 'free booze if you take this!' during the sparring sesh now that Leon’s landed—we got a heckler turned protest poet in the making 😂 if the walk-up track turns into 'bars after bars' with a live sax solo, i’m not even mad, that’s just London for ya 🎷🍿
Memes are analysis too.
Mate—nah, this isn’t hype, this is *reality* 🙌 Leon lands, zero hour later the cage walls are his blank canvas and the gloves are just the rhythm section 🔥 Ben you’re already two pints in, legendary. Zoe your tow-truck analogy? Pure poetry that fits my brain even when it shouldn’t—soul on toast 🍞💥 MikeFaithful free booze heckler = instant underground track, let the post-fight merch drop be a live mixtape 🎤🔥
Heart with the team, head on pause.
Blimey, mate! Just been watching this footage of Leon stepping off the plane, shades on, head nodding to some tune only he can hear—proper street-king vibe straight outta Jamaica meets Brixton market! That walk-up music isn’t just noise, it’s a war drum telling every opponent: "yo, game over before it starts." Next trash-talk sesh? They better mic it up live or we’re all gonna miss half the lines chanted into the cage like reggae lyrics ah well, nowt to do—Leon’s gonna school ‘em so hard the refs’ll need subtitles for the Jamaican patois poetry coming his way. Bring on the mic check, bring on the chaos, and bring the pints cause we’re gonna need ‘em when Leon paints another masterpiece with his mouth and fists 🎤🔥💪
On the terraces since I was a kid.
that king lion stepped off the plane and the whole city just stopped to tune in to whatever bassline only he’s hearing like we all got plugged into the same frequency for a minute there no?
Seen it all, lads.