Took antibiotics for it, it’s gone. I had no effects cardio-wise, I was fine. I don’t even know if it was staph, it was like a bite or something but yeah, that was six weeks ago, nothing affected. I’m ...

But just days before the big fight, eagle-eyed fans spotted something concerning—a mark on Edwards’ elbow that looked suspiciously like a staph infection. The internet was quick to explode with ...

A recent photo of Leon Edwards training at his gym appeared to show a staph infection just underneath his right elbow. Whilst fight fans are certainly used to seeing this in recent times ...

However, a closer look reveals what appears to be a boil or skin discoloration, leading many to speculate that it could be a staph infection. While there has been no official confirmation from ...

Keen-eyed fans picked out still images from Edwards' training footage that appeared to show signs of a staph infection on his forearm. Staph is a flesh-eating bacteria that plagues fighters who ...

According to the National Institute For Communicable Diseases (NICD) a staphylococcus infection or staph infection is an infection caused by members of the Staphylococcus genus of bacteria.