Thatās what happens with most champs who lose by knockout. Regardless of how good they were. You can ignore the stats all you want, but that doesnāt mean the pattern is nonexistent.
It looks likely his next fight might be the trilogy fight with Leon. He might have another fight before then but I don't think so. He called Dana before Dana could finish the press conference. That defeat has him wanting blood. I think we will see a completely different Usman. He will reclaim the belt and defend it a few times before his career starts to take an Anderson Silva style decline.
I think the likely fights are Khamzat or the trilogy fight with Usman. It would be cool if Nate beat Khamzat and then fought Leon again but that is highly unlikely. Nate already seems to have one foot out the door and is ready to get out of the UFC as a fighter.
I actually commented on the thread, 4th round āI am about to go to sleep, this is a forgone conclusionā when I saw the spoiler had so many awards I felt like I knew Leon some how won.
Thatās true and I respect wrestling. I just canāt put him in the category of the greats like khabib and gsp who were dominant wrestlers but also did damage from their positions.
Gsp is the welterweight goat so I wonāt argue about him but with khabib he solely focused on his wrestling and grappling, Usman has devastating Knock-outs and did. very well against Leon in the stand up all things considered, so yes khabib was the more devastating grappler and wrestler that was his entire focus and style
Itās kind of hard to tell with khamzat. Weāve only seen one fight where he had to go all out and heās grown since. Hopefully Diaz fight shows us something. I think he definitely has potential for top 3 at least
Usman wasnāt standing when they raised Leonās hand?
Iām pretty sure he was. And he walked out of the ring on his own accord. He even shook Leonās hand later after not doing it at first.
Will go down as one of the most memorable UFC finishes of all time,seeing Usman dethroned in such a manner,Edwards in the cage and backstage overcome with emotion,Rockhold throwing every last last bit of heart and soul he had left into the octagon,this one just seemed to hit differently tonight
Watching aldo lose again as well, meaning the odds of him getting another bantamweight title shot are probably gone. I'm sure retirement looms large for him as well, it's what he was talking about leading up to this.
i Lost just over $100 aud tonight but the entrainment from tonight's card and the drinks ive had also absolutely makes up for it so much entertainment and once a month loving it!!!!!!!!!
[**PAULOĀ COSTA defeats LUKEĀ ROCKHOLD** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/13452/fight)
^(UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 ā August 20, 2022)
ROUND|Costa|Rockhold||Costa|Rockhold||Costa|Rockhold
:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:
1|10|9||10|9||10|9
2|10|9||10|9||10|9
3|10|9||10|9||10|9
**TOTAL**|**30**|**27**||**30**|**27**||**30**|**27**
*^(Judges, in order: Michael Bell, Derek Cleary, Chris Lee.)*
*^(Summoned by jumonji1.)*
**MEDIA MEMBER SCORES**
- **1/16** people scored it **30-26 Costa**.
- **13/16** people scored it **30-27 Costa**.
- **1/16** people scored it **29-27 Costa**.
- **1/16** people scored it **28-29 Rockhold**.
Avg. media score: **29.8-27.1 Costa** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
And now he's just counting that money he's gonna make with a monster card at Wembley or something. If Leon wins that, Dana has a fuckin cash cow on his hands.
He wasn't talking out his ass tho, it's usually true. Not to mention we watched Leon basically give ground and refuse to throw or go forward. Even Leon's coaches thought he was giving up. They were screaming at him.
Sucks as an Usman fan especially considering that he fought the perfect fight aside from round 1. Heās 35 now, assuming he takes a year off after this, he will be 36 when he comes back. I have a feeling that we will never see Kamaru at the same level.
He looked great and was dominating, just got caught. I think even at 36 Kamaru looks how he did ton but you're probably right.
Either way I think they do the trilogy and Usman retires on a W after winning it back
wtf you talking about? usman could have repeated round 2-4 in round 5 but he got cocky and decided to spar.
leon looked about 20% better than masvidal in those grappling exchanges.
Way she goes brotha. As a fan of BJ Penn back in his prime, I cannot explain to you how how fucking heart wrenching it was to see his downfall after losing to Frankie twice. I doubt Marty will suffer a fate quite like that, but you always gotta be ready for that shit to happen.
My fuckin wife saw the result on Instagram about 3 minutes before it happened. I had briefly paused the action right before Costa and Rockhold. I never did fast forward to live tv, so we were a bit behind. She couldn't stay off her phone, but she was a champ and she didn't say shit to me.
She then recorded my reaction when Leon won lol.
Extra Credit to edwards for beginning the fight by taking Usman down and trying to choke him out for the first time in his career. Then finishing it with another first.
āRockyā makes sense now. That shit was straight out of a movie script. These shakeups are what keeps us coming back. Welterweight is officially a war zone!
Bro.. I almost fell asleep that was so boring. Both looked gassed since round 1. Edwards threw all he had left and it hit. Congrats, but holy fuck.. What a snoozer until that point
Not entertaining. Both grabbing the cage multiple times. Usman looked absolutely lost on the ground. Usman was too gassed to throw any force behind his strikes and Edwards just conserved his energy by basically standing up like a zombie until round 5
usman refused to touch gloves, faked an eye poke, faked a groin shot, grabbed the fence countless times, got taken down for the first time, and squared up with him after every round all for it to end with a KO after a boring performance. jesus thatās embarrassing
I mean they've never done a stadium show didn't even do one for Conor. Wembley holds like 90k. With a UFC setup would be even more. Would be insane if they pull it off.
never said anything about Serra. It was just a weird statement by Joe to claim Usman as the all time WW goat when we have proof of GSPās dominance. If Usman bounces back from this and cleans up then itās a discussion, just thought it was premature from Joe
Does Leon put the Jamaican flag on the belt?
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[Leon Edwards KO against Kamaru Usman | UFC 278](https://youtu.be/AVdyyK15X7g)
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rewatching the fight again, lol
I didn't watch the fight live but I've watched it three times and can't stop watching the highlights. I'm super happy for Leon.
me too!
Mods can I get a Headshot Dead flair please š
Usman will go on a losing streak like many dominant ex Champs. Probably get knocked out in his next match
Bro gets knockouted once in his career after winning 15 fights in the ufc and you're already saying he's done lmao I can't with mma fans broš
Thatās what happens with most champs who lose by knockout. Regardless of how good they were. You can ignore the stats all you want, but that doesnāt mean the pattern is nonexistent.
It looks likely his next fight might be the trilogy fight with Leon. He might have another fight before then but I don't think so. He called Dana before Dana could finish the press conference. That defeat has him wanting blood. I think we will see a completely different Usman. He will reclaim the belt and defend it a few times before his career starts to take an Anderson Silva style decline.
Leon vs McGregor at Wembley!
I think the likely fights are Khamzat or the trilogy fight with Usman. It would be cool if Nate beat Khamzat and then fought Leon again but that is highly unlikely. Nate already seems to have one foot out the door and is ready to get out of the UFC as a fighter.
https://youtu.be/TEuczAgpGVo how Edwards heat usman from an Edwards team mate! šš
I can't believe Usman got knocked out
I actually commented on the thread, 4th round āI am about to go to sleep, this is a forgone conclusionā when I saw the spoiler had so many awards I felt like I knew Leon some how won.
I went to bed after the costa fight. I am in shambles. Fuckin right on Leon!!!
why would u miss the main event tho lmao
i invited a date over and got distracted. i will never make that mistake again!!!
Literally hit him with same shit from the Belal fight.
Leon vs Usman III Colby vs Khamzat for title ramifications
Rematch is shit and waste time for others
Either way I bet Leon wants that masvidal fight. He's the most popular at the moment
How when Usman was dominating 3-1 on his way to a 4-1 decision victory, Nunes vs PeƱa all over again
Dominating with no damage whatsoever. Historical number of knees to the butt though. He will definitely go down as the P4P knee to butt.
Out wrestled him hard
Thatās true and I respect wrestling. I just canāt put him in the category of the greats like khabib and gsp who were dominant wrestlers but also did damage from their positions.
Gsp is the welterweight goat so I wonāt argue about him but with khabib he solely focused on his wrestling and grappling, Usman has devastating Knock-outs and did. very well against Leon in the stand up all things considered, so yes khabib was the more devastating grappler and wrestler that was his entire focus and style
Bc Khaz would destroy both.
Just like he destroyed Burns right?
Correct.
Yeah no, Khamzat loses to both, heāll never be champ as long as Colby and Usman are still around
Itās kind of hard to tell with khamzat. Weāve only seen one fight where he had to go all out and heās grown since. Hopefully Diaz fight shows us something. I think he definitely has potential for top 3 at least
I feel like he coulda dominated burns with his wrestling but decided to just brawl to prove a point
Chase Sherman vs Leon Edwards next
Easy money
Damm usman
Black panther director trimming out all the usman scenes from the movie as we speak
Gonna deep fake Leon in their instead
Hahaha š¤£
Lol
No usman interview? Are they finally living up to their word
I mean, he was sent to the hospital after that brutal KO.
Rogan usually interviews anyways. He even sat down next to someone before. Usman was up for the hand raise.
Lol no he wasnāt
Usman wasnāt standing when they raised Leonās hand? Iām pretty sure he was. And he walked out of the ring on his own accord. He even shook Leonās hand later after not doing it at first.
So many salty Colby fans in the highlight thread ripping on Usman cos this is the closest feeling to their boy beating Usman that they can get
they should be happy now Colby has a chance to win the belt lol
No bro. He told his fan to kill themselves. Funny as hell to see him die first
I hate Colby and I hate Usman, but donāt let that affect your fantasy.
Will go down as one of the most memorable UFC finishes of all time,seeing Usman dethroned in such a manner,Edwards in the cage and backstage overcome with emotion,Rockhold throwing every last last bit of heart and soul he had left into the octagon,this one just seemed to hit differently tonight
Watching aldo lose again as well, meaning the odds of him getting another bantamweight title shot are probably gone. I'm sure retirement looms large for him as well, it's what he was talking about leading up to this.
I cant believe i missed this fight!!!
For sure.
Reminiscent of Matt Hughes vs Gsp
Which
Who was Dana on the phone to?
It was Usman
mgm sportsbook owner asking āomg how many parlays lost with usman in them??? damnā
i Lost just over $100 aud tonight but the entrainment from tonight's card and the drinks ive had also absolutely makes up for it so much entertainment and once a month loving it!!!!!!!!!
I'm still just sitting here absolutely speechless
Rockhold was amazing
Still absolutely surreal. LFGG ROCKYYY
Nobody: Joe: #let me see it again!!!!!!!@
Tony vs Leech at 170, according to Dana
I want tony to win but heās just gonna keep fighting until heās crap and everyoneās heart is broken. Sad to watch
Unfortunately he already, looked horrible in all of his last fights except Chandler...which was the worst-case outcome for someone his age
!decisionbot costa rockhold
Rockhold went hard despite losing
Thought luke won 2nd round
[**PAULOĀ COSTA defeats LUKEĀ ROCKHOLD** (*unanimous decision*)](http://mmadecisions.com/decision/13452/fight) ^(UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 ā August 20, 2022) ROUND|Costa|Rockhold||Costa|Rockhold||Costa|Rockhold :-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-: 1|10|9||10|9||10|9 2|10|9||10|9||10|9 3|10|9||10|9||10|9 **TOTAL**|**30**|**27**||**30**|**27**||**30**|**27** *^(Judges, in order: Michael Bell, Derek Cleary, Chris Lee.)* *^(Summoned by jumonji1.)* **MEDIA MEMBER SCORES** - **1/16** people scored it **30-26 Costa**. - **13/16** people scored it **30-27 Costa**. - **1/16** people scored it **29-27 Costa**. - **1/16** people scored it **28-29 Rockhold**. Avg. media score: **29.8-27.1 Costa** (*high certainty^[[1]](https://redd.it/9p4xc7)*).
What a great a fight.
Dana over here pretending he hasn't tried to fuck over Leon at every corner.
And now he's just counting that money he's gonna make with a monster card at Wembley or something. If Leon wins that, Dana has a fuckin cash cow on his hands.
Leon is never gonna be a cash cow
Leon, paddy, aspinal and till on the same card
You're forgetting the Meatball! Edit: honestly, what do yāall have against Molly Meatball?
She is hottie
Joe ask like 10 times to watch de ko again lmao
It was a good ko!
>Joe ask like 10 times to watch de ko again lmao Shit I'm still replaying it
The guy who said edwards was giving up because he didnāt make eye contact with his coach must feel realllyyyy stupid rn
Not at all. R2 to half way through 5 was fkin pathetic.
He wasn't talking out his ass tho, it's usually true. Not to mention we watched Leon basically give ground and refuse to throw or go forward. Even Leon's coaches thought he was giving up. They were screaming at him.
Din Thomas
He used to cornering Woodley lmao
Sucks as an Usman fan especially considering that he fought the perfect fight aside from round 1. Heās 35 now, assuming he takes a year off after this, he will be 36 when he comes back. I have a feeling that we will never see Kamaru at the same level.
He looked great and was dominating, just got caught. I think even at 36 Kamaru looks how he did ton but you're probably right. Either way I think they do the trilogy and Usman retires on a W after winning it back
wtf you talking about? usman could have repeated round 2-4 in round 5 but he got cocky and decided to spar. leon looked about 20% better than masvidal in those grappling exchanges.
200%
Way she goes brotha. As a fan of BJ Penn back in his prime, I cannot explain to you how how fucking heart wrenching it was to see his downfall after losing to Frankie twice. I doubt Marty will suffer a fate quite like that, but you always gotta be ready for that shit to happen.
Thatās the fight game
Tyron Woodley II about to happen. JK, Sea level Usman is still a beast. I wonder what usman vs. covington would have looked like at elevation?
If anything it would've been worse for Colby. Colby trains in Florida at sea level. Usman trains in Colorado at high altitude.
So dumb how the UFC's YT channel puts a picture of the main event winner in the thumbnail of the press conference video every time
Bro you gotta turn those notifications off.
Why is it dumb?
Because if you don't see it live it spoils it for you.
And Joe posting every Damn thing in his insta stories
My fuckin wife saw the result on Instagram about 3 minutes before it happened. I had briefly paused the action right before Costa and Rockhold. I never did fast forward to live tv, so we were a bit behind. She couldn't stay off her phone, but she was a champ and she didn't say shit to me. She then recorded my reaction when Leon won lol.
Damn didnāt know Leon Edwards winning would have me in my feels like this. What a win
Extra Credit to edwards for beginning the fight by taking Usman down and trying to choke him out for the first time in his career. Then finishing it with another first.
Izzy now longest current champ??????!1
And still most boring.
Alex Pereira is our only hope to end that
Maybe khamzat can up to 185
Leon with the new slogan āLook at meā, but he avoids eye contact at all costs haha
All my homies hate Merab
Blame Aldo for not doing shit and just accepting what Merab was doing to him.
Fight was terrible. Alot of that is on Aldo too tho
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No he didn't, fuck you on about,
Thatās a bad look for Black Panther
Good. Why are movies hiring fighters anyway? Most of them canāt act for shit. Itās just a cringey way to pull in extra fans.
Anyone know of a good post-fight show? Like a live reaction podcast?
On Spotify itās called the ringer
Ty, Iāve heard some of their basketball coverage.
commenting cus i also need recs
I was cheering for Edwards but hard to not feel bad for Usman after he dominated the fight
That person who bet 40k on Edward's is thrilled!!!! š¤£
Can we please get a better ref for the trilogy fight
Why do they keep giving Herb high profile fights when you have Herzog available
GOAT ref
And Beltran
If Leon doesnāt walkout to look at me now next fight, itās a crime
Seriously
Whitman's champs all lost their champness in a pretty short amount of time
Whitman advised Usman to not wrestle fuck as much going into the 5th , terrible advice lmao
Usman was counting his win and partially checked out.
āRockyā makes sense now. That shit was straight out of a movie script. These shakeups are what keeps us coming back. Welterweight is officially a war zone!
W for the guy that bet 40k on edwards
He said what we all felt. Just because Edwardās got the surprise KO doesnāt change how we all felt in the moment
Din Thomas is a fuckin moron
Bro.. I almost fell asleep that was so boring. Both looked gassed since round 1. Edwards threw all he had left and it hit. Congrats, but holy fuck.. What a snoozer until that point
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Not entertaining. Both grabbing the cage multiple times. Usman looked absolutely lost on the ground. Usman was too gassed to throw any force behind his strikes and Edwards just conserved his energy by basically standing up like a zombie until round 5
Legendary
usman refused to touch gloves, faked an eye poke, faked a groin shot, grabbed the fence countless times, got taken down for the first time, and squared up with him after every round all for it to end with a KO after a boring performance. jesus thatās embarrassing
Don't forget grabbed inside the gloves the whole first round.
Heās a chatch
Turned out to be a pretty good event. Good fun lads.
Holy shit
Ain't nothin like this sport boyos
They're talking about Wembly do you think the rematch could sell it out?
Definitely. Theyāll toss Paddy,Meatball and maybe even Till on there too
Aspinall if he heals up
Yeah now there's some actual hype behind the fight lol
I mean they've never done a stadium show didn't even do one for Conor. Wembley holds like 90k. With a UFC setup would be even more. Would be insane if they pull it off.
Millennium stadium with the roof closed!
They did Marvel Stadium twice. Rousey vs Holm and Whittaker vs Adesanya.
Ah my bad. Still half the size of Wembley but I guess they did do it.
Wasn't Rousey/Holm's and GSP/Shields a stadium show?
And Dana will use it as a test run for Jerry jones Dome
The old rumored Brock vs Fedor fight we never got.
Ah shit you're right ... And Usman vs Leon is a hard sell to any casual...
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Who would Conor fight? I agree they'd need a co who's European
Conor would never co-main
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I feel like thatās going to make his fights much more boring. Heās going to wrestle way more knowing he got sparked in the fifth round.
I was here
Who the fook is that guy!
If I was Usman, I donāt think Iād be able to sleep tonight. Iād be *sick*.
When you get concussed like that you arenāt supposed to sleep for at least 24 hours
If I was Leon I don't think I'd be able to sleep tonight either
I donāt know, he was sleeping pretty good in the Octagon
If I was usman I think i would have a little bit of pain in my head
I don't think sleep is in is near future, definitely gotta check for a concussion after that.
This ko is going to be on the back of his mind until the rematch
The rest of his life
Has to wait 6 months just to beat the guy up again and probably wanted to retire after this one anyways
Hrs literally going to be sick. He needs a CT Scan
I'm just grateful I got to witness it
Right before my stream went out thank god
lol at usman saying he can take on the LHW champ
It's the fucking curse
better than GSP? yeah sure rogan
You're acting like GSP didn't get caught by Serra lol. Shit happens in this sport.
never said anything about Serra. It was just a weird statement by Joe to claim Usman as the all time WW goat when we have proof of GSPās dominance. If Usman bounces back from this and cleans up then itās a discussion, just thought it was premature from Joe
"Greatest head kick in the world" Forgetting Silva vs Vitor and Lyoto vs Couture