Did Leon Edwards pull off the greatest head kick KO in UFC history? This former champ thinks so

Leon Edwards knocking out Kamaru Usman at UFC 278.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. The result saw…