England’s Leon Edwards has defeated Kamaru Usman to claim
the UFC welterweight championship title.
Edwards handed Kamaru his first UFC career loss at the
Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday morning.
The 30-year-old Briton knocked out the “Nigerian Nightmare”
to also secure his first UFC career title.
From the beginning of the bout, Edwards proved to be a hard
nut for Kamaru to crack.
The Jamaican-born British professional mixed martial artist
would later deliver a head-kick knockout to Kamaru a few minutes to the end of
the fifth round to round up his dominance in the Octagon.
#UFC278 results: Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman via KO (head kick) - Round 5, 4:04https://t.co/ycGNzXSi3e pic.twitter.com/MDOdcabyIr
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) August 21, 2022
Round one saw the champion being taken down in the Octagon
for the first time in history by Edwards.
Usman had delivered a side kick to Edwards’ leg which landed
the Briton on his back — less than two minutes into the fight.
The Nigerian immediately followed the Briton down and landed
him a nice elbow. Edwards found his feet shortly after as Usman also came out
guns blazing in round 2.
Usman was more dominant in the third round than in the
previous ones.
Edwards, however, changed the tempo of the fight in round
four with several attempts at a takedown which Usman easily wriggled himself
off.
The Briton handed the Nigerian a defeat via KO (head-kick)
in round 5 to become the new UFC welterweight champion.
With the win, Edwards becomes the second-ever British
champion in UFC history.
Kamaru’s loss came a few hours after Anthony Joshua was beaten by Oleksandr Usyk in the boxing heavyweight bout.
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