Twitter reacts to Leon Edwards' win over Gunnar Nelson at UFC London

It's time for the #UFCLondon co-headliner between welterweight contenders @Leon_EdwardsMMA and @GunniNelson.

Full play-by-play: https://t.co/xawZ57BOtf pic.twitter.com/ItDu2UGJCo

— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) March 16, 2019

Gunnar Nelson out to "Way Down We Go" by Kaleo (great band from his native Iceland).

Leon Edwards to "Grindin All My Life" by Nipsey Hussle#UFCLondon

— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) March 16, 2019

#UFConESPN+ 5 Closing Betting Odds: Leon Edwards (-145) vs. Gunnar Nelson (+125) #UFCLondon @ESPN+ @JohnGoodenUK @danhardymma @felderpaul @espnmma @ufc @MMAOddsBreaker

— Nick Kalikas (@FightOdds) March 16, 2019

How you gonna get booed in your home country? Poor Edwards.

— John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) March 16, 2019

Everyone loves Gunnar Nelson, even when fighting a hometown boy! #UFCLondon pic.twitter.com/6s82bBRfw4

— The Mane Event (@EliasTheodorou) March 16, 2019

Edwards is threatening with a rear-naked choke, but Gunni senses it and defends it perfectly #UFCLondon

— Sherdog by Mandatory (@sherdogdotcom) March 16, 2019

Can’t wait to break down Gunnar Nelson’s grappling on the next podcast episode! His technique beautiful to watch, especially as the smaller man at 170. But Leon Edwards challenging him and making him work hard for those TDs and strong half-back Mount. RD 1 Edwards.#UFCLondon

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) March 16, 2019

Leon Edwards is fearless. Paul Felder's gotta respect the guts it takes to grapple aggressively against a dangerous submission artist like Gunnar Nelson. Edwards likely won that round

— King Typo (@BoxingBusch) March 16, 2019

After being taken down a few times, Edwards gets Gunnar down, but prob doesn't want to stay there too long. #ufclondon pic.twitter.com/AoMpLJGg1L

— The Mane Event (@EliasTheodorou) March 16, 2019

No hand wraps on Gunnar Nelson, as per usual. #UFCLondon

— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) March 16, 2019

10-9 Edwards R1

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) March 16, 2019

Edwards is really strong and I don't think Gunnar expected that.

— Mookie Alexander (@mookiealexander) March 16, 2019

Leon Edwards would just be an enormous pain in the ass to fight. Solid everywhere, strong as hell, and smart.

— Jed Meshew II (@JedKMeshew) March 16, 2019

OOOOOOHHH!

Gunnar goes down and hangs on as we head to round 2⃣! #UFCLondon pic.twitter.com/O4e5UtKppH

— UFC (@ufc) March 16, 2019

Left elbow drops Gunnar Nelson in the second round! Bad swelling near his right eye! Saved by the bell. Leon Edwards up 2-0 going into the third. What an elbow! My word.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) March 16, 2019

Gunnar gets dropped and hurt. Eye looks busted up as well!!! #ufclondon pic.twitter.com/5uqqfSGfX0

— The Mane Event (@EliasTheodorou) March 16, 2019

DAMN!!!! Those elbows were landing HARD from Edwards! #UFCLondon

— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) March 16, 2019

Gunnar Nelson between rounds: “What was the shot?”

That’s … a bad sign#UFCLondon

— Phil Murphy (@Phil_Sports) March 16, 2019

"Gunni isn't interested in stats." Cool. He's -41 in significant strikes unofficially after two rounds. #UFCLondon

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) March 16, 2019

Unbelievably impressed by Leon Edwards. How he’s managed to contain Gunni is outstanding. Two rounds in the bag for Edwards. #UFCLondon

— Harry Williams (@Harry_Williams) March 16, 2019

Gunni pops Edwards with a nice right to the head and finally takes him down with about a minute left. Nelson quickly moves to full mount. #UFCLondon

— Sherdog by Mandatory (@sherdogdotcom) March 16, 2019

Nice dummy-mount from Nelson there

— Dan Tom (@DanTomMMA) March 16, 2019

Better work fast!!!

— Julie Kedzie (@julesk_fighter) March 16, 2019

Gunnar finishes the round on top, but Leon will get the nod, and rightfully so. #ufclondon pic.twitter.com/3awsaUKSmI

— The Mane Event (@EliasTheodorou) March 16, 2019

Wait, one of these judges actually scored the fight for Gunnar Nelson? Good lord. All bets are off on scorecards in the main event.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) March 16, 2019

That would have been highway robbery of Nelson got the nod

— Dave Doyle (@davedoylemma) March 16, 2019

Leon Edwards: "I'm on a 7-fight win streak in the hardest division in the sport. Put some respect on my name. I want the winner of the main event. That should've been my fight." #UFCLondon

— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) March 16, 2019

LONGEST ACTIVE UFC WIN STREAKS – Welterweight
10 – Kamaru Usman
07 – Leon Edwards
07 – Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
07 – Santiago Ponzinibbio
06 – Colby Covington#UFCLondon

— Michael Carroll (@MJCflipdascript) March 16, 2019

#UFCLondon results: Leon Edwards (@Leon_EdwardsMMA) survives late charge to take split over Gunnar Nelson https://t.co/TmJa7IbRuV

— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) March 16, 2019