Exclusive: Tom Aspinall backs ‘slick and smart’ Leon Edwards to beat Colby Covington at UFC 296 in Las Vegas

Covington will be stepping into the Octagon for the first time in 20 months as he aims to dethrone Edwards. But Aspinall, who last month won the interim heavyweight title with his victory over Sergei Pavlovich, is backing his fellow Brit to retain his belt.