UFC 278 Usman vs. Edwards 2: Leon Edwards scores last minute knockout to win welterweight title

Leon Edwards has shocked the MMA world. With a head kick in the final round of a fight he was handily losing, Edwards knocked out Usman to win the UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 278 on Saturday night here at Vivint Arena.

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The finish came at 4:04 of the fifth round. Usman was considered the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world.

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Edwards snapped Usman's 15-fight UFC winning streak, which was a UFC record.

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Usman had been dominating the fight after the first round. But Usman leaned down to his right to defend an Edwards left and Edwards caught him flush with a left head kick, sending the more than 17,000 in attendance into a frenzy.

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Usman, who was out on contact, was less than a minute away from a sixth title defense.

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Edwards lands a few leg kicks, then defends a takedown attempt. He then slips on an attack, and Usman gets him to the canvas.

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But Edwards gets up, and with two minutes to go, he scores a trip takedown into full mount.

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