Leon Edwards was heading to a decision defeat when he pulled off a spectacular triumph in Salt Lake City. Having won the opening round, Edwards then struggled against Kamaru Usman’s suffocating wrestling. But with one minute left on the clock, ‘Rocky’ delivered a walk-off KO to beat ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ He was emotional afterwards and follows in the footsteps of Michael Bisping as second British champion. ‘Rocky’ became the second British champion in the promotion’s history, following in Michael Bisping‘s footsteps, and the finish was as picture perfect as it was…
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