With his dramatic knockout of Kamaru Usman this past Saturday at UFC 278 , Leon Edwards claimed the welterweight title and in turn became just the second British fighter to win a UFC championship. Yes, Michael Bisping did it first when he upset then-middleweight champion Luke Rockhold back in 2016, but there’s a key difference. By the time Bisping knocked out Rockhold at UFC 199 , he’d already been living – and training – in Southern California for several years

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Leon Edwards ‘made a point’ to win UFC title staying in U.K.: ‘This has never been done before’ – MMA Junkie

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