Christian Edwards Bellator 249 Pre-Fight Media Scrum

Bellator Light Heavyweight Christian Edwards took to the media to talk about his bout this Thursday.

Edwards, who trains at Jackson-Wink MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is unbeaten in three Bellator appearances. Including a pair of KO/TKO finishes in less than a minute.

Edwards, 21, made his pro debut at Bellator 224 in July of last year, where he defeated Justin Vargas by TKO in just 54 seconds. He followed that with a 16-second head kick KO of Cesar Bennett at Bellator 233,he last fought at Bellator 239, where he took a unanimous decision over DiMarcco Hutchison.

Edwards was supposed to compete at Bellator 243 before his opponent withdraw a couple days before the event.

BELLATOR 249 CARD:

Main Event [Women’s Featherweight Championship]: Cris “Cyborg” (22-2) vs. Arlene Blencowe (13-7)

Lightweight Co-Main Event: Patricky “Pitbull” (23-9) vs. Jaleel Willis (13-2)

Bantamweight Feature Bout: Ricky Bandejas (13-4) vs. Leandro Higo (19-5)

Lightweight Feature Bout: Saad Awad (23-13) vs. Mandel Nallo (7-1)

Preliminary Card:

Heavyweight Bout: Steve Mowry (7-0) vs. Shawn Teed (6-2-1)

Middleweight Bout: Andrew Kapel (15-7) vs. Joseph Creer (7-1-1)

Welterweight Bout: Kyle Crutchmer (6-0) vs. Kemran Lachinov (9-2)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Christian Edwards (3-0) vs. Hamza Salim (5-3)

140-Pound Contract Weight Bout: Mike Kimbel (3-2) vs. Da’mon Blackshear (7-3)

Welterweight Bout: Aviv Gozali (4-0) vs. Logan Neal (1-0)

Welterweight Bout: Albert Gonzales (1-2) vs. Kastroit Xhema (3-4, 1 NC)

Lenny March

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