The moment of Edwards football that changed an era in the UFC. Photo: video capture.
It was a night that could go down in history in the UFC, but whoever wrote it was an unexpected protagonist. is that the British Leon Edwards (born in Jamaica) hit a shocking football in the absence of a minute and won a fight that seemed lost against the Nigerian Kamaru Usmanwho not only lost the welterweight title, but also a nine-year undefeated run and a shot at a record by legend Anderson Silva.
Usman, who had successfully made five belt defenses, recovered from a fall in the first round, later dominated the fight and in the final round seemed to have controlled his rival towards definition.
But with one minute left, the referee separated them from the clinch to warn them for lack of action. When they parted, Edwards feinted with his left hand and when the champion headed in, he delivered a sharp kick to the neck and face that literally put Usman to sleep.
Thus, this second episode between the two fighters – the Nigerian had won the victory in 2015 – caused a change of era: not only because Usman failed to match Anderson Silva’s record of 16 straight wins, but also because he lost 9 years of unbeaten.
Edwards, the new monarch, stretched his streak to 10 and was even encouraged to talk about a third episode with the Nigerian: “I knew we would most likely have a rematch in the future. Whether next or after, we will have a rematch. He’s a champion for a long time, they say he’s the best pound for pound all the time. Week … He believed it. As I said in the octagon, the belt does not belong to anyone. “
And he was the president of the UFC; Dana Biancathe one who also whitened the place where that fight could have taken place: nothing more and nothing less than at Wembley.
The truth is, Leon Edwards is the new monarch, with seven years undefeated and a record of 20 wins, three losses and a no-decision fight.
Source: Clarin
