Kamaru
Usman will put his
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight title on the line
as he rematches Leon
Edwards at UFC
278.
The 12-fight card is now official, although that is one bout fewer
than initially planned. This is due to Shanna
Young being hospitalized and her fight against Miranda
Maverick being canceled as a result. However, all pay-per-view
fighters successfully made weight and the card is moving forward
largely intact.
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“The Nigerian Nightmare” previously defeated Edwards via unanimous
decision back in 2015. Both fighters have improved considerably
since then with Usman (20-1) becoming an all-time great and
champion in the process. The Floridian looks to make his sixth UFC
title defense and make it clear that he’s a top pound-for-pound
fighter as well. Usman officially weighed 170 pounds on the
dot.
Edwards (19-3, 1 NC) hasn’t tasted defeat since losing to Usman. “Rocky” has won nine fights since then, including wins over
Nate
Diaz, Rafael dos
Anjos and Donald
Cerrone. The English fighter will look to show just how much
he’s improved as he gets his first crack at UFC gold. Edwards
stepped on the scale weighing 170 pounds.
UFC 278’s main card will stream on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT. Prelims begin at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on UFC Fight
Pass and ESPN+ with the action moving to ESPN, ABC and ESPN+ at 8
p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 278 Weigh-in Results:
Kamaru
Usman (170) vs. Leon
Edwards (170)
Paulo
Costa (185.5) vs. Luke
Rockhold (185.5)
Jose
Aldo (136) vs. Merab
Dvalishvili (136)
Lucie
Pudilova (135.5) vs. Yanan Wu
(136)
Harry
Hunsucker (204.5) vs. Tyson Pedro
(205.5)
Alexander
Romanov (239.5) vs. Marcin
Tybura (252.5)
Jared
Gordon (155.5) vs. Leonardo
Santos (156)
Luis
Saldana (145.5) vs. Sean
Woodson (146)
A.J.
Fletcher (170.5) vs. Ange Loosa
(170.5)
Amir
Albazi (126) vs. Francisco
Figueiredo (125.5)
Qileng
Aori (136) vs. Jay Perrin
(136)
Victor
Altamirano (125) vs. Daniel
Lacerda (126)