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LFA 5/AXS TV Fights video: Marcus Edwards ready to get active to get big-show call

In the past nearly 16 months, Marcus Edwards has just one fight – and it lasted a whopping 12 seconds.

That bout, at Legacy FC 60 this past October, worked out in his favor when he knocked out Billy Christianson. But it hasn’t exactly given him the kind of time in the cage he’d like – and he wants that to change in 2017.

“I had a few fights fall through leading up into the year, and I just wasn’t able to get one locked down,” Edwards told AXS TV Fights’ Ron Kruck. “That Christianson fight came, and I jumped right on it. I’d love to fight as many times as I can – four, six times. I’m hoping after I beat this guy and show what I’m capable of, I can go and get that UFC contract.”

“This guy” is his LFA 5 main event opponent tonight, Adam Townsend (16-4). Edwards (12-4) fights him in the headliner at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo., near Denver. The main card will air on AXS TV.

Given Edwards is from the Denver area, he’ll have the home crowd’s support behind him, and he’s hoping to put on the kind of show that sticks around on highlight reels the way his 12-second KO of Christianson is likely to.

“I see me touching his face and him going down,” Edwards said. “That’s all I see. He’s flat-footed, he’s slow, and he has little reach, so we’ll expose him. I’m going to bully the bully. You beat him at his game, and it breaks him down and he sees that he doesn’t have anything for you. You continue to pressure him and bring the fight to him, and he’s going to be broken.”

Check out Kruck’s interview with Edwards in the video above. And below, don’t miss his interview with Townsend.

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LFA 5 is live on AXS TV tonight at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. CT). Make sure to tweet along using #LFA5. AXS TV airs new, live fights almost every Friday night in 2017. Find AXS TV on your TV right here: www.axs.tv/fights.

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