A welterweight championship trilogy bout between Leon
Edwards and Kamaru
Usman is official for UFC
286.
UFC president Dana White introduced the reserving in the course of the UFC Combat
Evening 217 post-fight press convention on Saturday. UFC 286 takes
place on the O2 Enviornment in London on March 18 and likewise features a
light-weight tilt between Justin
Gaethje and Rafael
Fiziev.
Edwards claimed welterweight gold in surprising style at UFC 278,
when he knocked out Usman with a head kick 4:04 into the fifth
spherical of their headlining conflict this previous August. The Englishman
seemed to be on his option to a call defeat previous to the end.
“Rocky” is unbeaten in his final 11 promotional appearances.
Usman, in the meantime, noticed a 19-bout skilled profitable streak snapped
within the defeat to Edwards. He claimed the 170-pound throne with a
five-round verdict over Tyron
Woodley at UFC 235 after which profitable defended the belt 5
instances earlier than the upset loss at UFC 278. Usman beforehand defeated
Edwards through unanimous choice of their first assembly at UFC on Fox
17 in December 2015.
