UFC 278 Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards: Live results and analysis

SALT LAKE CITY -- Kamaru Usman is already being asked about Khamzat Chimaev as a future contender. He has bandied about the idea of moving up two divisions to light heavyweight and challenging for that title. UFC president Dana White wants to put Usman in the greatest of all time conversation.

But before all of these potentially historic things can come to fruition, Usman has work to do. On Saturday, MMA's pound-for-pound king will defend his UFC welterweight title against Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC 278 at Vivint Arena.

ESPN has Usman ranked No. 1 in the world at welterweight. Edwards is No. 4. The two have met before -- and it was the last time Edwards has lost: December 2015, via…