A rematch nearly seven years in the making headlines Saturday’s UFC 278 fight card from Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. In that contest, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman faces Leon Edwards. The two men first met on the early prelims of a UFC on FOX card in December 2015. Usman was the unanimous decision victor in that contest.
In the evening’s co-main event, ex-UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold returns to the octagon for the first time in over three years to face former UFC middleweight title challenger Paulo Costa, who hasn’t competed since October 2021.
Ahead of the August 20, ESPN+ streaming pay-per-view event, I look at the storylines to follow on the early prelim portion of the UFC 278 fight card.