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UFC 286: Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman III Head-to-Toe Breakdown

Related Topics: Kamaru Usman, UFC 278

Leon Edwards scored arguably the biggest upset of 2022 when he turned the lights out on Kamaru Usman with a head kick in the final minute of their five-round fight.

The victory, which headlined the UFC 278 card in Salt Lake City, was as dramatic as they come. Not only was Usman the long-reigning UFC welterweight champion and MMA's consensus pound-for-pound king, but he had previously beaten Edwards with a lopsided unanimous decision, and with three of four rounds in the bag, looked like he was about to do it again.

But the kick changed everything—not just in terms of the fight, but in terms of Edwards' career.