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Cruz is a dream fight even if Cruz is a little long in the tooth. The downside to this pairing is that Font is already on a two-fight skid and might benefit from a breather with someone ranked lower than him. has been a hot market for the UFC in 2022 and a show at Wembley Stadium would be huge for the company and England's new champion. The winner of Costa vs. Khamzat Chimaev is primed for a title shot with a win over Nate Diaz at UFC 279, but if Usman can recapture the belt, Usman vs. Honorable mentions -- Khamzat Chimaev, Colby Covington or Jorge Masvidal: The benefit of having a new champion means there is an abundance of fresh title fights. Edwards is a new commodity and fights against other contenders would likely draw fewer eyeballs than the Usman rematch. There are endless possibilities for the welterweight division in the aftermath of UFC 278. There are a number of factors supporting the need for a rubber match. Looking beyond the rubber match, there are a number of fresh matchups buoyed by bad blood, including the wolf named Khamzat Chimaev lurking in the shadows. [wallop each other for 15 minutes](https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/ufc-278-results-highlights-paulo-costa-tops-luke-rockhold-as-former-champion-smears-blood-before-retiring/), earning Fight of the Night honors. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including instant analysis of 278 below.

The fighter known as "Rocky" scored the win with 56 seconds left in the UFC 278 welterweight title fight.

Champion of the world.” I’m champion of the world. Usman bit on a feint, Edwards landed his kick and one of the biggest upsets in the sport was in the books. Saturday’s result prompted immediate talk of a rematch and Usman, who was taken to a hospital after the fight, graciously hinted as much on Twitter. Edwards started strong, with Usman being taken down in the first round for the first time in his UFC career. at least the UFC world.

Leon Edwards dropped Kamaru Usman in the final minute of the fifth round to win the welterweight championship at UFC 278 on Saturday night.

Merab Dvalishvili prevailed over former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo in a unanimous decision in the men’s bantamweight bout, earning his eighth straight win. “I didn’t see it in the moment of the fight. Costa more than doubled Rockhold in total strikes through the first two rounds and eventually left him with a bloodied mouth in the third round. “The octagon belongs to nobody,” Edwards said. Usman (20-2) lived up to his reputation as the No. Edwards (20-3) is undefeated dating back to his previous bout with Usman in 2015.

Down on the judges' scorecards with a minute left in his UFC title fight against Kamaru Usman, Leon "Rocky" Edwards needed a miracle, but no-one expected an ...

Make it Wembley, that has to be done. "Wembley (Stadium), for sure. [play out](/lifestyle/sports/edwards-sets-sights-ufc-belt-british-mma-booms-2022-08-16/).

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) UFC fighter Leon Edwards, of Jamaica, celebrates his title as welterweight champion of the world after knocking out ...

The arena was like 60% full for the first fight of the night. Rockhold is 37, and was fighting for the first time in three years — and it showed, as he was totally gassed after the first round, often putting his hands on his knees during the action. “He’s been a long[time] champion, he said he’s the pound-for-pound best all week, and he believed it. The crowd absolutely lost it as he made his entrance to the Jay-Z/Kanye/Rihanna anthem “Run This Town.” That was about the highlight of his bantamweight contender bout against Merab Dvalishvili, though. Pudilova: Late in the week, this fight was bumped from the prelims to the main card as a way to showcase some of the UFC’s women (even if these two came in with sub-.500 UFC records). [John Morgan](https://twitter.com/JohnMorgan_MMA), the editor in chief of MMA website “ [The Underground](https://www.mixedmartialarts.com/),” and a contributor now for Sports Illustrated, who has been covering the UFC for 16 years and is the guy asking the initial questions at every UFC media availability. Dvalishvili controlled the action with pace and aggression to win a unanimous 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 decision, but White was similarly unimpressed with his efforts afterward, saying he was too passive to be considered title material for now. I was in the building by 3:30, and in my seat — which, to my utter disbelief, was front row next to the Octagon, right behind what would be the “blue corner” — by 4. The second and third, though, were veeeery slow, with lots of grappling and not much action, causing the crowd to boo. A little while later, referee Mike Beltran — known for the juxtaposition of his bald head against his long, braided, fu manchu mustache — did some stretches in front of me, telling me he was worried about pulling a hamstring, then offered me a handshake before he got to work. I made it a point to be there from the outset, to watch every fight from the first early prelim to the main event. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and changing his career trajectory and the UFC landscape.

White appeared on ESPN's UFC 278 with The Gronks on Saturday night, where he said Gronkowski urged him to tell the story of him recruiting Brady to Las Vegas. “ ...

He claims that he helped negotiate a deal between Las Vegas and Brady, but Gruden backed out at the last second. “Brady was not happy about it. Neither was I.” I talked Brady into playing for the Raiders, and Gronk was coming with him.” However, then-Raiders coach Jon Gruden decided against the deal at the last minute. “They were negotiating the deal and they were really close to getting it done, and then Gruden pulled the deal,” he said.

White, telling a story during an alternate broadcast of Saturday night's UFC event said "it was almost a done deal" until Gruden "said that he didn't want ...

The Dolphins also had impermissible communications with Brady and his agent, whom the league did not identify by name, during and after the 2021 season, while he was under contract with the Buccaneers. An NFL investigation determined that the Dolphins had impermissible communications with Brady in 2019 and 2020 while he was under contract with the Patriots. Unlike Brady, Gronkowski was not nearing free agency at the time. “I was thinking, ‘You’re sticking with that motherf-----?’ ” [resigned from the Raiders](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/11/jon-gruden-homophobic-emails-las-vegas-raiders/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9) last fall amid controversy over racist, homophobic and misogynistic language that he used in emails over a roughly seven-year span before agreeing to his second stint as the team’s head coach. “And Brady was already looking at houses.

Tom Brady with Jon Gruden in Las Vegas? It was reportedly close to happening.

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Gruden resigned from the Raiders in October 2021. ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter reported in 2020 -- when Brady was a free agent -- that the Raiders ...

ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter reported in 2020 -- when Brady was a free agent -- that the Raiders planned to pursue Brady if he reached free agency. The Patriots eventually traded Gronkowski to Tampa Bay that April. So Las Vegas would have had Brady and Gronk the year that the Bucs won the Super Bowl except Gruden blew the deal up." "And Brady was already looking at houses. "It was almost a done deal. It was crazy.

See how the UFC fighters sitting cageside reacted to Leon Edwards's KO win over Kamaru Usman.

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Two budding lightweights with 100 percent finishing rates have been matched up for Dana White's Contender Series.

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The UFC put on a show in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. But the best performance by a UFC fighter this weekend might have actually taken place on a.

She is currently scheduled to step back in the octagon against Yan Xiaonan on October 1, 2022 at UFC Fight Night 211. When the No. But the best performance by a UFC fighter this weekend might have actually taken place on a California beach.