The main event of the UFC 278 Fight Card will feature Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards, with the title on the line. These two competitors will square off in the octagon for the second time.
Edwards has been requesting this matchup for a while, and he will soon get his wish as he seeks to exact justice and win UFC gold for the first time. But it won’t be simple by any means. Usman is presently rated first in the pound-for-pound rankings and has yet to lose inside the UFC octagon.
2015 saw the two combatants’ initial encounter. Usman defeated the Brit by decision, and he has since amassed one of the longest winning streaks in UFC history. He finally won the Welterweight title, which he has since successfully defended five times.
Who is fighting at UFC 278: Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards 2 fight card?
The confirmed fight lineup for UFC 278 is as follows:
- Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards 2 (Welterweight Championship)
- Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldana – Featherweight Bout
- AJ Fletcher vs Ange Loosa – Welterweight Bout
- Aoriqileng vs Jay Perrin – Bantamweight Bout
- Daniel Da Silva vs Victor Altamirano – Flyweight Bout
- Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker – Light Heavyweight Bout
- Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova – Women’s Bantamweight Bout
- Leonardo Santos vs Jared Gordon – Lightweight Bout
- Marcin Tybura vs Alexandr Romanov – Heavyweight Bout
- Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo – Flyweight Bout
- Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold – Middleweight Bout
- Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili – Bantamweight Bout
