Leon Edwards’ last-minute, out-of-nowhere head-kick KO of Kamaru Usman in a fight he was about to lose is the stuff that happens once every two or three decades. Rarely in professional sports does an athlete or a team turn a certain loss into an emphatic win the way Edwards did Saturday at Vivint Arena in the main event of UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
After a strong first round that he clearly won, Edwards struggled most of the rest of the way. Usman, who entered the fight with 15 consecutive wins in the UFC, was a minute away from tying Anderson Silva’s promotional record of 16 wins in a row.