UFC 278 is in the books and the world just witnessed one of the biggest shockers in the history of MMA.

Leon “Rocky” Edwards knocked out the pound-for-pound greatest Kamaru Usman. Let that sink in for a moment. The rematch between the two is inevitable. 

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The president of UFC, Dana White sat down with the media at the post-fight press conference and shared his thoughts on the fight. Safe to say, he was just as shocked as anyone else. 

Venue For The Trilogy

When John Morgan from MMA Junkie asked about where the rematch is going to take place. 

White replied, “Yeah…Yeah…I mean Yeah. How do you not do? fu*k! Wembley. I mean I don’t know. Yeah.” 

The journalist intruded asking, “I was gonna ask you wanna do it in England. I mean ideally, would you want to do it (the rematch) in England.”

To which the bossman had one word to say, “Yeah”

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Even Joe Rogan agreed that the rematch should take place in front of Leon Edward‘s home crowd in the UK. The commentator said, “He deserves it.”

USMAN vs EDWARDS 3

The pair had fought once before back in 2015 when both were fairly young in their career. Kamaru Usman displayed a dominant wrestling performance and won that fight on all three judges’ scorecards.  

After seven years, they crossed each other’s path again. The fight was set for the main event of UFC 278, for the welterweight championship of the world. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’, Kamaru Usman, entered the bout as the champion and a heavy favorite against England’s Leon Edwards. Going into the fight, everyone was dismissive of Leon’s ability to win the fight. Even the champ wasn’t taking the Brit too seriously. 

But Rocky had other plans in mind. After a hard-fought 24 minutes, Edwards took the world by storm. He landed a perfect set-up head kick on the champ and knocked him out cold. 

Leon Edwards, after waiting for so long, accomplished his dream of becoming the world champ. He was very emotional after the fight. In his post-fight interview, he kept screaming, “Look at me now”.  

There is no denying that Kamaru Usman is one of the greatest fighters ever. Perhaps that’s the reason why nobody is going to question him getting an immediate rematch. With 1-1, they will settle the score in their trilogy bout.

This fight would go down in the history books as one of the greatest come-from-behind victories in the history of MMA. 

Which fight, according to you, has the best comeback victory?

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