Usman vs Edwards II

Who won Usman vs Edwards II?

Leon Edwards beat Kamaru Usman by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of UFC 278, on Saturday 20th August 2022 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Welterweight championship.

Usman vs Edwards II stats

Kamaru Usman stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Leon Edwards made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Kamaru Usman's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Leon Edwards marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Kamaru Usman's UFC record stood at 16-3-0, while Leon Edwards' came in at 14-4-0.

The stats suggested Usman had an advantage in power over Edwards, with a 45% knock out percentage over Edwards' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had an advantage over Usman, with a 17% submission rate over Usman's 5%.

Kamaru Usman was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 2 inches over Usman. Despite this, he had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Usman was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 5 months later than Edwards, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 81 to Edwards' 86.

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Usman had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he was victorious against Colby Covington at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Usman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Edwards' last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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