SALT LAKE CITY – Paulo Costa was quite excited early on Friday, well before stepping into the cage with Luke Rockhold. After Costa put on weight for UFC 278 in Salt Lake City during the official weigh-ins, he went on a short, vigorous diatribe in front of the UFC officials and media in attendance at …
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SALT LAKE CITY – Leon Edwards managed to fire the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport at UFC 278, despite feeling like he was having a bad night. Edwards (19-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) claimed the welterweight championship from Kamaru Usman on Saturday with a shocking knockout from behind in the fifth round of their headlining …
Leon Edwards just shocked the world. Edwards’ “Rocky” story came alive with a come-from-behind, head-kick knockout late in round 5 of Saturday night’s UFC 278 main event. After becoming the first person to score a takedown on the near-perfect champion in round 1, Edwards struggled in the following rounds to build any kind of momentum. …
Prior to UFC 278, former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold had many critical things to say about the promotion. A disgruntled former middleweight champion picked up the microphone in Salt Lake City to broadcast a list of grievances about how things stand in the UFC today. Rockhold hit on everything from fighter pay to night bonus …
SALT LAKE CITY – MMA Junkie was on the scene, reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 278 fighter weigh-ins, where everyone on the map reached their goal. In the main event, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC) takes on challenger Leon Edwards (19-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in a rematch. Usman won their first …
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It’s been more than three years since Luke Rockhold took the stage at a UFC press conference, but the one-time middleweight champion made up for lost time in an expletive rant aimed at opponent Paulo Costa. Rockhold, the co-headliner of Saturday’s UFC 278, seized main event status during his exchanges with Costa, first accusing the …
share this article part tweet text e-mail clutch on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-278-kamaru-usman-vs-leon-edwards-2-welterweight-peer-fighter-predictions August 17, 2022 10:02 PM ET The UFC welterweight title is up for grabs this Saturday. Champion Kamaru Usman returns to the octagon in the main event of UFC 278 in Salt Lake City to …
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