UFC 286 results: Leon Edwards stomps legacy at O2; beats Kamaru Usman convincingly

UFC 286 Results: At second Pay-Per-View event of month, fight fans witnessed much-awaited third encounter between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. While Usman vs Edwards fight was headliner at event, in co-main event Justin Gaethje squared off against Rafael Fiziev. match card was all stacked up, so who rose to occasion at O2 arena, let's find out.

event saw combination of Kckouts, submission victories, and of course decision verdicts. However, as for marquee fights of night, Justin Gaethje secured a majority decision win over Fiziev. And in main event belonged to Leon "Rocky" Edwards.

In match, Edwards started on a positive te and landed significantly more strikes in first two rounds. Usman, however, came back in third with his takedown attempts and started to put pressure on Rocky. In this round, referee Herb Dean caught Edwards grabbing fence illegal way and penalised him by deducting a point. Following that, Usman settled in and reverberated mess that ise of hostile crowd in London, who were cheering for ir hometown champion, won't have any impact on him. 4th and 5th rounds were closely contested and it was difficult to gauge who got edge. In 5th round Edwards went for head kick reminiscent of UFC 278, but this time Usman had endurance to survive it. round finished with a slugfest as both men went for heads. In end, it was Leon Edwards, whose hand was raised by referee Herb Dean. With this win, Edwards has completed his first defense of UFC Welterweight Title and goes 2-1 up over Kamaru Usman.

UFC 286 Results

Main Card

• Leon Edwards (c) def. Kamaru Usman via majority decision (48-46, 48-46, 47-47)
• Justin Gaethje def. Rafael Fiziev via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)
• Gunnar Nelson def. Bryan Barberena via first-round submission (armbar)
• Jennifer Maia def. Casey O'Neill via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Marvin Vettori def. Roman Dolidze via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Prelims

• Jack Shore def. Makwan Amirkhani via second-round submission (rear-naked choke)
• Chris Duncan def. Omar Morales via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
• Yanal Ashmoz def. Sam Patterson via first-round TKO (punches)
• Muhammad Mokaev def. Jafel Filho via third-round submission (rear naked choke)

Early Prelims

• Lerone Murphy def. Gabriel Santos via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Christian Leroy Duncan def. Dusko Todorovic via first-round TKO (injury)
• Jake Hadley def. Malcolm Gordon via first-round TKO (punches)
• Joanne Wood def. Luana Carolina via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
• Ludovit Klein vs. Jai Herbert ends in a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)
• Veronica Macedo def. Julianna Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)