At UFC 278 Leon Edwards made history by defeating Kamaru Usman with a crushing head kick with less than a minute to spare in the fifth and final rounds. Had the fight gone the distance it is almost certain that Usman would have won a judges’ decision and continue on as champion and men’s top pound-for-pound fighter.
The kick represented the climax of a seven year journey for Edwards, whose last loss in the UFC was a unanimous decision to Usman back when both men were just starting out in the Octagon.
The kick itself was a thing of beauty, set up with a deft feint and delivered with frightening accuracy and devastating power.