Watch: Leon Edwards practices the EXACT head-kick that finished Kamaru Usman in their UFC 278 title fight


Watch: Leon Edwards practices the EXACT head-kick that finished Kamaru Usman in their UFC 278 title fight

Leon Edwards stuns Kamaru Usman with a head-kick

Some say Leon Edwards got lucky. Some say he timed his head-kick to absolute perfection. Whatever is said, one thing is off the table when it comes to debating – that, Edwards pulled the best head-kick ever in the UFC, right out of the top drawer.

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Despite the commentators writing the Jamaica-born Briton off, Leon Edwards came back to deliver one of the greatest upsets in UFC history and shock the entire world. Not only did he stop juggernaut Kamaru Usman in the 5th round, but he also won the title in emphatic fashion, setting up an imminent rematch at Wembley, in 2023.

He’s down, he’s ready to defend, he’s just great!” were Dana’s words when talking about the new UFC Welterweight champion. Despite showering Kamaru Usman with praise, White just could not hide the giddiness associated with “Rocky’s” rise to stardom – despite all the niggles and the setbacks that he has faced in the past. Even Kamaru Usman had to admit to the greatness of the move that sent the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City into ruptures, saying that he’s “always liked Leon, because we have a similar story.

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Team Renegade helps Leon Edwards shadow the finishing shot

Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards

AND NEW!” rang the entire Vivint Arena, echoing Bruce Buffer’s legendary words. Truth be told, not many could have predicted the way UFC 278 would end, and what a feel-good story would come out of it. We got not one, but two such instances – firstly, that of Luke Rockhold giving it all in his last night, and eventually hanging up his gloves, and second, Leon Edwards capturing the Welterweight title.

The shine of the night rests in Leon’s hands, but make sure to give no less credit to Team Renegade, his team, based in Birmingham, UK. Only the second British champion ever, Edwards can be seen practicing the head-kick in question, that ended “The Nigerian Nightmare’s” night a minute prematurely.

In a video that has appeared on BT Sport, Leon’s coaches can be heard saying “What I’ll say, you see when he moves there, if Leon gets that side, to deliver the kick…” and “Jab away, hook kick, that’s the angle!” followed by Edwards mirroring that exact kick on the pads. We have rarely seen this happen on tape – one of the rare instances being Conor McGregor practicing his left jab to shut Jose Aldo’s lights out, in the dressing room before the fight.

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Teddy Atlas believes Dave Lovell, Edwards’ coach should be given a bonus cheque for shaking up his fighter, shouting “Don’t let them bully you son!… stop feeling sorry for yourself! Pull that s*** out of the fire, you’ve got this man!” This flurry of hard-hitting words seemingly aroused Leon out of his daze, and as we have all seen by now, he subsequently knocked the then pound-for-pound No.1 out. In Leon’s own words, “Pound-for-pound, headshot, dead!”

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