Look at him now.
Leon Edwards shocked the MMA world with a fifth-round knockout of pound-for-pound and welterweight king Kamaru Usman on Saturday night at UFC 278, recording the welterweight strap in the procedure.
With the win, Edwards put an end to Usman’s 15-fight UFC winning streak and avenged a loss to Usman suffered back on Dec. 19, 2015.
Coming into Saturday, Usman was widely thoughtabout the finest blended martial artist on the world, and with less than a minute to go in the battle, it appeared his reign atop the MMA perch would continue, thinkingabout he was controling Edwards from the 2nd round on and in the last round.
However, magic struck for “Rocky,” and Edwards was able to make his 10th successive win (his bout with Belal Muhammad on March 13, 2021 was ruled a no-contest after an unexpected eye poke from Edwards).
In reality, the last time Edwards lost a battle, it was to Usman. And opportunities are, the 2 will line it up onceagain in the near future.
The Twitter world went wild after the stunning result:
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