Few people had Leon Edwards winning the main event at UFC 278, both before and during the bout. The Brit was down on the scorecards and heading for a decision defeat before pulling out an epic head kick to KO Kamaru Usman and wrest away the UFC welterweight title.
That KO wasn’t the first loss in Usman’s career, he was defeated by submission in his second ever fight back in 2013, but it was the first time he has been stopped with strikes or really seemed to be hurt from a strike.
According to UFC President Dana White, Usman is likely to get an immediate chance to avenge this loss, with a trilogy bout between he and Edwards already in the works.