![]() ![]() ![]() Even after Edwards gets away, Usman keeps up the pressure, leading to two takedowns. Round 2: Edwards gets his foot caught against the cage, and the brief distraction allows Usman to swarm with punches. Edwards ends up taking the back and threatening a choke until the horn. But Edwards gets up, and with two minutes to go, he scores a trip takedown into full mount. He then slips on an attack, and Usman gets him to the canvas. Round 1: Edwards lands a few leg kicks, then defends a takedown attempt. Kamaru Usman (c) (20-2, 15-1 UFC) by fifth-round KO Welterweight championship: Leon Edwards (20-3 1 NC, 12-2 1 NC UFC) def. Usman, who was out on contact, was less than a minute away from a sixth title defense. But Usman leaned down to his right to defend an Edwards left and Edwards caught him flush with a left head kick, sending the more than 17,000 in attendance into a frenzy. Usman had been dominating the fight after the first round. "I can't put it into words," Edwards said. It was one of the most stunning knockouts in the history of the sport. Usman was considered the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world.Įdwards snapped Usman's 15-fight UFC winning streak, which was a UFC record. The finish came at 4:04 of the fifth round. With a head kick in the final round of a fight he was handily losing, Edwards knocked out Usman to win the UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 278 on Saturday night here at Vivint Arena. SALT LAKE CITY - Leon Edwards has shocked the MMA world. ![]()
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