Leon Edwards has a huge opportunity to make a big move in the UFC’s welterweight division when he headlines UFC Singapore against Donald Cerrone.

Leon Edwards has quietly put together a five-fight winning streak and will have the chance to make a lot of noise in one of the most fascinating divisions in the UFC this weekend.

Edwards will step into his first UFC main event this Saturday as he faces Donald Cerrone at UFC Singapore. The event will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore and will air on UFC Fight Pass.

While many athletes feel pressure heading into their first main event, “Rocky” brings calmness and confidence.

“It’s just another day for me,” Edwards told FanSided MMA. “It’s just another body type that I have to compete against. That’s about it, really. My training has changed a little bit to do the five rounds. I’m just focused on what I need to do.”

Following his TKO victory over Peter Sabotta at UFC Fight Night 127 in March, Edwards called out Darren Till for the UFC Liverpool event. The fight went to Stephen Thompson, who lost a close decision in the headliner of the UFC’s first trip to Liverpool, but Cerrone has turned out to be an exciting consolation prize for the Birmingham, England native.

“One-hundred-percent (this fight is the next best thing). I’ve called for Cerrone before,” Edwards said. “I didn’t get Darren Till so when the phoned me for Donald Cerrone, I said ‘let’s go.’ This fight was one I wanted and it’s good to get out there and fight a legend like Donald Cerrone. It will be a dream of mine to put him away.”

Edwards may want to put away Cerrone to help push his career to another level, but “Cowboy” is someone who he looks up to. Before Edwards made his pro debut, Cerrone had close to 20 professional fights under his belt — including his WEC run and the beginning of his UFC career. He respects what Cerrone has done throughout his career. Does Edwards feel like Cerrone is still as dangerous as ever, or has he lost a step after 43 pro fights?

“A bit of both,” Edwards explained. “He’s still dangerous as long as he’s in there fighting. I agree that he has lost a few steps and I think you could see that in his last four or five fights. He’s a 35, 36-year-old man. He’s been in many wars, finished many times. It’s only right that it catches up with him. He’s always been the guy who fights whoever, whenever, and I think it’s proven that it isn’t the right thing to do (right now). I’ll go out there on Saturday and prove that.”

“This fight was one I wanted and it’s good to get out there and fight a legend like Donald Cerrone. It will be a dream of mine to put him away.”

Currently, Edwards is ranked No.13 in the welterweight division as he gets ready to headline Saturday’s event with the No.11 ranked Cerrone. Even with his five-fight win streak, he has flown under the radar of many in the MMA world. That’s why, even though getting his hand raised would be great, just getting a win will not be enough to get Edwards where he wants to go.

“If I go out there and put him away, 100-percent I deserve a top-10 guy,” Edwards said. “I’d love to bring the UFC back to my hometown in Birmingham and I need to have an impressive performance to get there. That’s my plan — go out there, put him away.

“I feel like I need to finish him. Getting a decision won’t be enough. To get where I need to get in my career, I need to finish Donald Cerrone. Some of the top guys, the older guys in the division are starting to fade out and the new guns are taking over. Going out there and putting it on Cerrone, finishing him, will prove that there is a changing of the guard.”

Saturday brings the biggest opportunity in the career of, the soon to be, 27-year-old Leon Edwards as he takes on one of the most active and respected fighters in UFC history. “Rocky” eyes a finish and thinks it could come at any time, anywhere.

“There’s many ways it can go,” Edwards said. “He’s lost 10 fights and that’s 10 different blueprints to beat the man. I could go out there and push him early, put him away early. I’ve knocked people out in eight seconds and I’ve finished people in the last seconds of a fight. I can finish him wherever the fight goes and I’m prepared for whatever.”