After a stunning upset over Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards unsurprisingly earned a $50,000 bonus for Performance of the Night at UFC 278, per Jed Meshew of MMA Fighting.
Usman entered Saturday as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC rankings, but it was Edwards who left with the welterweight title after a knockout in the final minute of the fifth round.
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It gave Edwards the biggest win of his career as well as an added bonus from the pay-per-view.