leon edwards will try to sit on his feet and tomorrow is been with stay underground. down viewing. as former champion michael abyss _ it down viewing. as former champion michael abyss being _ it down viewing. as former champion michael abyss being used _ it down viewing. as former champion michael abyss being used pressure i it down viewing. as former champion | michael abyss being used pressure on the on edwards to show that sam was a fluke and for camara is been to show he's a better fighter. it's a fascinating week of ahead and wherever you are and watching it have a good weekend. thanks for watching goodbye. a weekend is shaping up to be a tale of two halves. certainly on saturday could be a case of sunny spells and scattered thundery downpours. for sunday, a better day, largely dry and fine. now, saturday is not a write off by any means. it will be sunny spells and showers, but with light winds. some of those showers could be heavy, slow moving with rumbles of thunder, more persistent rain by the end of the afternoon into northern and western scotland as well. to

leon edwards defends his ufc welterweight title against kamaru usman at the 02 on saturday night. ion four years later. the trilogy fight has a lot to live up to. ade adedoyin has been in london where the pair have exchanged verbal blows today. this press conference was open to the public and leon edwards walked onto the stage to charges of rocky, his nickname, he delivered such a performance when he run it magg won the title, he was being berated by his corner team for being too passive and at the last minute of the last round he delivered a high kick which pu kamaru usman down, ending his reign as champion. some say it was a fluke but edwards remained confident that the outcome will be the same on saturday night. i am going out there to show off, show— i am going out there to show off, show out, — i am going out there to show off, show out, i— i am going out there to show off, show out, i truly believe this is my timer _ show out, i truly believe this is my time you — show out, i truly believe this is my time you all— show out, i truly believe this is my time, you all feel that,

and a big fight at the 02 — can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards andusman? from the bbc sport centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come but we start with the six nations, and ireland have won a first six nations title since 2018. they've completed the grand slam with a 29—16 win against england in dublin. jess softley reports. this is ireland's night. this is their grand slam, historic fourth title on a special weekend. but it was england who started the brightest, looking for redemption after that defeat to france. eye when farrell had them ahead by six points after 15 minutes. butjohnny sexton had records of his own to make. this penalty kick made him the highest points scorer in six nations history. it brought ireland into the game. they ducked and dived to go overfor the first game. they ducked and dived to go over for the first try. the whole crowd sent into a frenzy. england suffered another blow as reddy stewart was shown a red card for this dangerous tackle. england down to 14 this dangerous tackle.

and a big fight at the 02 — can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards anda usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they're on course to complete the grand slam with 20 minutes of their match against england remaining. england made the better start and took an early lead thanks to two penalties from 0wen farrell, but ireland hit back with what looked like a pre—rehearsed move. hooker dan sheehan overpowered manu tuilagi to cross over. england trailed ten six and were then reduced to 14 men when freddie steward's elbow made contact with hugo keenan's head. around contact with hugo keenan's head. 20 minutes to g and around 20 minutes to go in that one, and it is currently 10—90 ireland, so england have clawed some more points back. very close there, ireland will want to claim that grand slam. around 20 minutes to go in that match in dublin. france did what they had to do to keep alive their hopes of retaining the six n

british fighter leon edwards is preparing for what's been billed as the biggest british mma fight in them and thinking, "it's mad." for me, i've already won in life, you know? to be born injamaica in a wooden shack, to becoming the us world champion — that's never been done in the history of the sport. so i've already one. i'm able to provide my family, by my son whatever he wants. this is just to secure my legacy. going into the second fight, i'm writing high in confidence, he was the pound—for—pound guy in the world, and i knocked him down clean. i remember rocky for my school days. my i remember rocky for my school days. my mum suggested — she knew i was always getting into trouble fighting, she said, "try this out." i know she was doing it to keep me away from the streets, so i thought i would give it a gojust for her. and yeah, i gave it a go, i went to the gym and i never looked back. for me, it's very important — i made a point... kids with similar stories as me, may be even worse. i want them to see me and go, "look, leon came from stuff like us, or even worse, and look where