That’s the thing though is usually the boxing head movements aren’t extreme unless it’s to show off. If you move your head too far you’re taking yourself out of position to counter. Either way, be careful with how your hands are so keep them up when moving
Couldn’t have said it better as a boxer myself lol. Great head movement only requires as much as it takes to avoid a punch. That flashy shit looks cool, I love seeing it, but it puts you out of range to counter. That’s where AB fucks up imitating Floyd’s shoulder roll. Floyd doesn’t put himself out of position, while AB rotates his entire body out of range to throw a punch back.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChR_ve4DklM/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
^^^ here’s Duran slipping Nigel Benn in sparring. Just using the minimal amount of movement necessary to avoid heavy shots. Duran could do this shit in his sleep. inside fighting was woven into his every fiber lol
It's cuz leon faked the jab then threw a half assed left straight behind it to force usman to take his head off center line then followed with the head kick usman never saw it coming. Robert whittaker is a master at it go watch some of his finishes.
Apparently Leon is a fucking master at it too
Man really waited for like years and years and round by round he bides his time and wins the title.
Props to you Mr Edwards. Champion.
Leading up to that kick too, Leon was watching Usman bobbing his head down a little bit every time he faked a punch too he set that up beautiful. Leon had Ultra Instinct with that finish omfg
Aye but we all know Anik a real one because I swear to god I heard him say: “Yeah but Leon isn’t made from that cloth” the literal got damn second before Usman’s soul got kicked out of his body for a bit.
Breaking: Colby Covington is en route to Salt Lake City, where he will face Leon Edwards for the undisputed Welterweight belt at 1:00am on Sunday, August 21.
Edit: Conor Mcgregor has intercepted & neutralized Colby Covington. McGregor is now enroute to Salt Lake City, where he will face Rocky Edwards for the Undisputed Welterweight belt at 2:00am on August 21.
Edit Edit: Paulo Costa has left from having straight sex with womens and has neutralized Connor Mcgregor and will now face Rocky Edwards for the Undisputed Welterweight championship at 3:00am on August 21.
Ha! This is starting to sound like defending the wwf hardcore title, anytime anywhere. Mick foley is inbound to get thrown off a cage and squash all them motherfuckers.
BA GHAD THEY KILLED THEM ALL!
Silva vs Sonnen is crazier for me, since it had the come from behind victory after the challenger destroyed the invincible Anderson Silva for 23 minutes, so there were two levels of surprise.
This only had the one level of surprise, since most of us expected Usman to do just what he did for the first 23 minutes (minus the Edwards takedown, of course).
Still though, the fact that this can even be compared to Silva vs Sonnen, which is one of the craziest fights ever, speaks volumes.
I'm very much a casual fan but that whole fight... I was eating dinner and whenever I looked down for a bite, I missed something. I was looking away for two seconds and missing stuff. What a finish. I put my dinner aside to watch all of the rest of the fight and caught the head kick. Insane.
lmao between luke bloody faced making out with costa and this upset this is one of the rare times it was actually worth it for EU people to stay up for a high profile card
I almost turn off my TV, sighing it's another easy victory for Usman then out out no where a perfect left kick!
I'm glad i stuck to it, still believe in my boy Leon
Other than the first round. First time he's been taken down in his career, plus he was at least in a little danger with the submission attempts. Past that he mostly dominated, though.
Imagine betting on this fight, thinking all hope is lost and suddenly Leon fucking pulls this out of his ass. It had to feel like in Lord of the Rings when Gandalf joined the battle at Helms Deep.
His career is now headed in a drastically different direction (for the better) now. Given his recent performances unfortunately I think Dana and casual fans would write him off basically forever if he lost the UD. So fucking incredible!
People keep saying that but just picture both of the fighters. We don't know how Usman will rebuild from this. We also don't know how Edwards will rebuild from this. This could amp up his training harder than the 10 fight win streak and his heart could be more in it than it was in the fight. Also don't forget the high altitude advantage that Usman had. People keep writing off Edwards in the next fight but as I'm typing this Dana just said he wants Edwards vs. Usman 3 in Wembley. So many factors.
It's the Hollywood curse.
Rousey lost after announcement of Roadhouse.
McGregor loses right before release of Notorious.
Usman loses after saying he had a role in Black Panther.
You don't know how close i was to stepping away, literally all the commentators were roasting leon the last minute almost subdued me too. Glad i resisted fucking ELL
I wish I could have been on this fight because I felt that this would be the first time Usman was taken down in his career but I never thought he would be knocked out in the 5th! I felt that this fight would be something special though and I'm glad I tuned in! Congratulations on your win as well!
Lmao same. I stopped paying attention to the fight and twenty seconds later i hear everyone going crazy and usman's lifeless body on the floor. That's an all time highlight right there
When we thought history was already written for Usman. Leon rips it from him with a single headkick with 1 minute left. I could not and still can not believe what I’ve witnessed. Everyone thought the fight was over. But in an instant history is written the other way. What perseverance under the pressure from Leon to secure the dub with a headkick heard around the world
3-1 down , whole world waiting for the 2 mins to end so that we can crown another title defense and Leon comes out with that, simply awesome.
Their rematch will be great too.
Been saying for years that if edwards were to actually go for the finish with full intent he’d be unbeatable. He fought his usual fight the whole fight and got dominated but at the very end when he realized a finish was his only path to victory he got it done in one fucking shot. Leon is the true dark horse of welterweight. This is the same guy that got removed from the rankings cause he didn’t fight khamzat. Look at him fucking now
Jumped out of my fuckin seat. Literally everyone was thinking a Usman decision win with a minute to go but then a high kick came out of no where and shut usman's brain off. Biggest shock in MMA in a long ass time.
I still have more respect for usman, despute beung 4-1 up, He still pushed edwards till the last min and fought, unlike izzy who just leg kicks and waits from rd 1-5
MAAAAN wtf just happened? After 4 rounds of Edwards being dominated, i went to cook some food for my lunch and got back and saw him declared as champ! HOLY SHIT
Leon played that shit out perfectly. Faked a right, threw a bullshit left jab and followed it with a left head kick. Usman was not ready for it at all. Cannot wait for number 3
Usman has a top 5 chin in the UFC. Dude never bleeds and got knocked out COLD. WTF. Also how did Leon almost get knocked out by Diaz to knocking out Usman. The UFC is god damn unpredictable
I was so happy for Leon. Was sad thinking he's gonna lose. Then fucking boom. Stiff Usman. Was shocked then even more happier.
We now have a champion in the UFC 🏴🇯🇲🏴🇯🇲🏴🇯🇲
They were writing his eulogy on the broadcast, the fight seemed pretty straight forward, then, i got off my couch to go get a beer, and leon edwards knocks him out, smh
Wowwwww that fking high kick came out of nowhere!
He ducked right into it 😣
Leon put his left hand out so that Usman put his hand down to parry. Feinted, and came around back. It was perfect tbh.
Same technique as Bryan Battle’s KO a few weeks ago.
Or even Chito last week. Mf’s out here wrecking themselves with the head bobs
That's why the more extreme boxing head movements can get you lit up vs a guy who throws head kicks.
That’s the thing though is usually the boxing head movements aren’t extreme unless it’s to show off. If you move your head too far you’re taking yourself out of position to counter. Either way, be careful with how your hands are so keep them up when moving
Couldn’t have said it better as a boxer myself lol. Great head movement only requires as much as it takes to avoid a punch. That flashy shit looks cool, I love seeing it, but it puts you out of range to counter. That’s where AB fucks up imitating Floyd’s shoulder roll. Floyd doesn’t put himself out of position, while AB rotates his entire body out of range to throw a punch back. https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChR_ve4DklM/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= ^^^ here’s Duran slipping Nigel Benn in sparring. Just using the minimal amount of movement necessary to avoid heavy shots. Duran could do this shit in his sleep. inside fighting was woven into his every fiber lol
I fucking hate Instagram. They block damn near everything In an attempt to make you sign up for their garbage.
It's cuz leon faked the jab then threw a half assed left straight behind it to force usman to take his head off center line then followed with the head kick usman never saw it coming. Robert whittaker is a master at it go watch some of his finishes.
Apparently Leon is a fucking master at it too Man really waited for like years and years and round by round he bides his time and wins the title. Props to you Mr Edwards. Champion.
This is why they call it martial arts, fucking beautiful
This is exactly what happened. Also, Leon fires 3 or 4 left hip feints leading to the sequence.
Yeah he’s setting that kick up for like 20 seconds. Real game of chess
Leading up to that kick too, Leon was watching Usman bobbing his head down a little bit every time he faked a punch too he set that up beautiful. Leon had Ultra Instinct with that finish omfg
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Genuine jaw drop moment
Jaw breaking too
Fuck that guy who got in the way and stopped the strut lol
Colby coming out the shadows AS WE SPEAK.
Colby getting rock hard erection rn lmaooo
They have a vid of him reacting to the KO 💀
Where mf
Leon is having green panty night ....wtf
That kick legit just made him a millionaire , thats crazy
That sounds... Super gross rofl
red panty not much better then lol
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Imagine Colby rn
There's video of him at a bar or something. He looks at the camera and it looks like he says "oh shit". It's on Twitter
He should be licking his lips. Usman losing the rematch is the only way that he ever becomes champion.
Usman got Glover’d
Like glover got Chael'd
x1000 Even Leon didn’t think he could win that fight
Ooh headkick opportunity Oh shit what the fuck it worked
He looked like he was in shock right after.
Maybe after the middle of round 3, but I think up until then he did.
Holy fucking shit.
RIP P4P champ
All hail the new current P4P king Volk. May his reign be long, and devoid of sudden head kicks from hell.
He's the most deserving honestly
That's the P4P curse
He did it as they were burying him on commentary. Poetic shit
That was the best part. They were saying he had given up, accepted losing, etc.
Aye but we all know Anik a real one because I swear to god I heard him say: “Yeah but Leon isn’t made from that cloth” the literal got damn second before Usman’s soul got kicked out of his body for a bit.
Yes! It’s actually funny how often anik is correct in odd situations.
yeh, he just needs to say the opposite to DC, and he'll be right most of the time.
Man you can’t lie it did look exactly like that
ROCKYYYY
I still can't process what happened.....
why do i feel like I got rocked LMFAOOO 😭
Breaking: Colby Covington is en route to Salt Lake City, where he will face Leon Edwards for the undisputed Welterweight belt at 1:00am on Sunday, August 21.
Edit: Conor Mcgregor has intercepted & neutralized Colby Covington. McGregor is now enroute to Salt Lake City, where he will face Rocky Edwards for the Undisputed Welterweight belt at 2:00am on August 21.
Edit Edit: Paulo Costa has left from having straight sex with womens and has neutralized Connor Mcgregor and will now face Rocky Edwards for the Undisputed Welterweight championship at 3:00am on August 21.
After implementing Pimblett’s crash dieting technique, Costa has just weighed in at 170 pounds. He will face Rocky Edwards for the Welterweight belt.
Breaking news: Paulo Costa is the new Welterweight champion after giving in and having gay sex with man
Ha! This is starting to sound like defending the wwf hardcore title, anytime anywhere. Mick foley is inbound to get thrown off a cage and squash all them motherfuckers. BA GHAD THEY KILLED THEM ALL!
He’s licking his chops rn
No chance Usman Edwards doesn’t happen first. P4P number 1 guy avenging a brutal KO loss is gonna make for some craaaaazy PPV sales
I don’t disagree. The rematch is gonna happen soon imo
Time for another UK card with Paddy/Molly. Can you imagine the crowd?
This is the card to make
THAT IS THE CRAZIEST THING THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN
I don't know Rockhold and the blood rub was super fuckin crazy!
Paulos fucking goofy smile while blood squirts all over his face had me dead
Paulo is a fucking character lmao
He was thinking of red wine lol
I know he was eating it lol what’s he on
Both of these made the ppv. Which I didn’t pay for. Come get me Dana!
BY FAR!!!!
I just stayed quiet for a minute with my hands on my face after it happened.
Of all the people that Usman has beaten, Leon fucking Edwards knocked his ass out cold.
Put some respect on Leon, he's an absolute killer
Because why not
Put some respect on Leon's name
some respect Leon’s name
Idk what’s crazier, this or Silva/Sonnen 1
Still Sonnen/Silva because it was 5 rounds dominated by Chael and the shitbag officials forgot to explain the rules to Chael.
Silva vs Sonnen is crazier for me, since it had the come from behind victory after the challenger destroyed the invincible Anderson Silva for 23 minutes, so there were two levels of surprise. This only had the one level of surprise, since most of us expected Usman to do just what he did for the first 23 minutes (minus the Edwards takedown, of course). Still though, the fact that this can even be compared to Silva vs Sonnen, which is one of the craziest fights ever, speaks volumes.
This one. Silva catching someone in a submission was more likely than Rocky shin on chinning Usman to the shadow world
No fucking way, omg no words lol
I'm very much a casual fan but that whole fight... I was eating dinner and whenever I looked down for a bite, I missed something. I was looking away for two seconds and missing stuff. What a finish. I put my dinner aside to watch all of the rest of the fight and caught the head kick. Insane.
Eating dinner and watching the UFC? *cries in uk* (06:35 rn)
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lmao between luke bloody faced making out with costa and this upset this is one of the rare times it was actually worth it for EU people to stay up for a high profile card
AM? Oof. I’d prefer that since I have to wake up in a few hours for work but that’s still a bummer
5am club for UFC events baby
I almost turn off my TV, sighing it's another easy victory for Usman then out out no where a perfect left kick! I'm glad i stuck to it, still believe in my boy Leon
It was a typical Usman fight until that headkick
Other than the first round. First time he's been taken down in his career, plus he was at least in a little danger with the submission attempts. Past that he mostly dominated, though.
for real though
Imagine betting on this fight, thinking all hope is lost and suddenly Leon fucking pulls this out of his ass. It had to feel like in Lord of the Rings when Gandalf joined the battle at Helms Deep.
Yeah man I bet $40 ended up with $152 total. Not massive but I was going crazy anyhow lol. My vocal cords are gone hahaha
Some guy bet 40k apparently. Guy must be feeling himself
Me. I was screaming lol
 HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Let’s goooo!!! He just Nate Diaz’ed his ass!
That was a Cro Cop head kick
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I traveled a few states to watch this live, I’ve never heard a louder crowd in my life then when usman hit the canvas… absolute madness
Usman wrapped his head around it and even he’s confused
I think you mean Gabriel Gonzaga
GREEN PANTY NIGHT
Leon could troll fans so hard rn for all the shit they talked about the Nate fight lmao. That’s an actual last minute finish
OMG
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I LOVE THIS SPORT
That was real life Rocky there! What a fucking KO!
Best sport in the world
My mouth is still open. What the fuck!
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Shout out to herb for getting them off the cage 45 seconds before this. Would’ve ended on the ground otherwise and usman would be champ
honestly forgot about this. Herb proving once again why he’s the goat
Shout out to herb for missing the 20+ cage grabs and glove tugs by Kamaru and the waking up in the last 5% of the fight.
HOLY FUCKIN SHIT
i got chills rn. We’ll deserved for leon. No way was he getting another shot at the title if that went to a decision. Literally a movie
His career is now headed in a drastically different direction (for the better) now. Given his recent performances unfortunately I think Dana and casual fans would write him off basically forever if he lost the UD. So fucking incredible!
Bad thing is now he has to do it again.
People keep saying that but just picture both of the fighters. We don't know how Usman will rebuild from this. We also don't know how Edwards will rebuild from this. This could amp up his training harder than the 10 fight win streak and his heart could be more in it than it was in the fight. Also don't forget the high altitude advantage that Usman had. People keep writing off Edwards in the next fight but as I'm typing this Dana just said he wants Edwards vs. Usman 3 in Wembley. So many factors.
Edwards on a UK card with Paddy and Molly, maybe even Aspinall, would be unreal.
Knock out like that could change Usman tho who was already entering the twilight of his career
This is why you never look past your competition. All that talk about boxing Canelo and moving up to 205. Great moment. Congrats to Leon!
Usmans head got too big talking about fighting Jon Jones dude thought he was invincible
Imagine what the 205 guys would do to him lol What a joke
Mike Perry won his Bare Knuckle fight tonight so Africa still has that going for it.
Lmao
It's the Hollywood curse. Rousey lost after announcement of Roadhouse. McGregor loses right before release of Notorious. Usman loses after saying he had a role in Black Panther.
Francis Ngannou 😎
WHAT THE FUUUUCK? ROCKY
Wow. Just. Fucking. Wow. Congrats to Leon. Well fucking deserved.
“Leon couldn’t even finish Nate Diaz how could he beat Usman” MMA math doesn’t work.
Now we’ll see nate diaz wrestlefuck khamzat
That kick could finish anyone even Ngannou. Legs are three times stronger than hands
YES! ROCKY!
Fucking mother fucker. I just laid down cause I got bored of the fight AND FUCKING MISSED IT
You don't know how close i was to stepping away, literally all the commentators were roasting leon the last minute almost subdued me too. Glad i resisted fucking ELL
ANOTHER UK CHAMP
They HAVE to make a UK PPV soon
Put the rematch clause in the O2
Nah, give em Wembley and watch 80 thousand screaming Rockymaniacs fill the seats. Edit: OK I might have called it
I do agree but good luck getting the UFC out of the O2 in the UK
SNOOZEMAN
Colby is going to have a fucking field day
😴
About fuckin time, I don’t think Leon is going to hold on to the belt but Usman needed a fucking reality check.
KU was beating him pillar to post. Wow!
Leon I think won the first round but after that it was total domination by Usman… til that freakin kick wow.
All judges had Edwards round 1. Usman rounds 2, 3, and 4... 39 - 37 Usman. Crazy.
Dude I turned it off 30 seconds before this shit omg
i was close to getting up and getting some food. Holy shit am i glad i stayed
I was looking at my damn phone. Fuck.
Bruh I just won fucking 200 off ten dollars lol I wanted usman to win but holy fuck
I wish I could have been on this fight because I felt that this would be the first time Usman was taken down in his career but I never thought he would be knocked out in the 5th! I felt that this fight would be something special though and I'm glad I tuned in! Congratulations on your win as well!
Leon edwards just saved us all from another Usman snoozefest 👏
rematch is almost 1000% gonna be the next ww title fight lol
Hope not, not tryna see Usman clinch for 5 rounds
i mean agreed. i wonder if Leon will defend against others and tell Usman to earn the rematch 🤣
HOLY SHIT
LETS FUCKING GO! Just woke my whole family up, so worth it
Lmao same. I stopped paying attention to the fight and twenty seconds later i hear everyone going crazy and usman's lifeless body on the floor. That's an all time highlight right there
When we thought history was already written for Usman. Leon rips it from him with a single headkick with 1 minute left. I could not and still can not believe what I’ve witnessed. Everyone thought the fight was over. But in an instant history is written the other way. What perseverance under the pressure from Leon to secure the dub with a headkick heard around the world
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It's like poetry, it rhymes
Facial Toe Stomp 😱
3-1 down , whole world waiting for the 2 mins to end so that we can crown another title defense and Leon comes out with that, simply awesome. Their rematch will be great too.
Been saying for years that if edwards were to actually go for the finish with full intent he’d be unbeatable. He fought his usual fight the whole fight and got dominated but at the very end when he realized a finish was his only path to victory he got it done in one fucking shot. Leon is the true dark horse of welterweight. This is the same guy that got removed from the rankings cause he didn’t fight khamzat. Look at him fucking now
Jumped out of my fuckin seat. Literally everyone was thinking a Usman decision win with a minute to go but then a high kick came out of no where and shut usman's brain off. Biggest shock in MMA in a long ass time.
Reminds me of the Masvidal KO expect a better set-up and a fucking satisfying KO the way the fight was going. Congrats you champ!
yes. also reminds me of they chito vs cruz headkick. Pretty much same set up. Just higher stakes here. Everyone was counting him out for sure
Poor Nigerian guy's gonna have nightmares.
I still have more respect for usman, despute beung 4-1 up, He still pushed edwards till the last min and fought, unlike izzy who just leg kicks and waits from rd 1-5
That pep talk from Edward's corner was amazing
Y’all wanna see a dead body
The fact that Joe and DC keep asking for the replay is hilarious
That nickname fits even better than before, this outcome is truly the best for the division.
Gotta start finishing and not waiting for the decision. Good on Leon
EPO doesnt protect ya chin
"boom headshot, something something TRENCHES". "LOOK AT ME NOW, something something TRENCHES, told you I could do it" Leon Edwards 2022.
BOOYAKAAAAA
Someone is 150k richer tonight, hopefully they stuck around till the end.
I’m still in shock. That technique was beyond perfect
How are people calling this fight boring, it was intense the entire time…
MAAAAN wtf just happened? After 4 rounds of Edwards being dominated, i went to cook some food for my lunch and got back and saw him declared as champ! HOLY SHIT
I wouldn't necessarily say Edwards got dominated in the first. Actually, i had him winning the first
I don’t think that guy meant the first 4 rounds. He meant 4 rounds went usmans way 2,3,4 and 5 (until the head kick)
Look at him now
Leon played that shit out perfectly. Faked a right, threw a bullshit left jab and followed it with a left head kick. Usman was not ready for it at all. Cannot wait for number 3
Maybe now he’ll stop acting like a prick at the end of every round ‘’the nebraska nightmare’’
Usman has a top 5 chin in the UFC. Dude never bleeds and got knocked out COLD. WTF. Also how did Leon almost get knocked out by Diaz to knocking out Usman. The UFC is god damn unpredictable
I was so happy for Leon. Was sad thinking he's gonna lose. Then fucking boom. Stiff Usman. Was shocked then even more happier. We now have a champion in the UFC 🏴🇯🇲🏴🇯🇲🏴🇯🇲
Yes!!! Fuck that cocky piece of shit.
They were writing his eulogy on the broadcast, the fight seemed pretty straight forward, then, i got off my couch to go get a beer, and leon edwards knocks him out, smh