Salt Lake City – UFC President Dana White Expect to book a three-way fight between Leon Edwards And the Camaro Usman After that, it’s just a matter of determining the logistics.
After Edwards (19-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC) claimed the welterweight title from Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) with Amazing head kick knockout In the fifth round on Saturday UFC 278 The main title in the Vivint Arena, unlocking a whole new world of opportunities to upgrade in England.
The UFC has never hosted a stadium event on Edwards’ grounds, but White admits there are some serious temptations to host the rubber bout at London’s Wembley Stadium, which has a capacity of around 90,000 people. Historically, White has been very resistant to open spaces, and that hasn’t necessarily changed.
“How can you not—f*ck, Wembley,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters after the fight at the UFC 278 post-fight press conference. “I don’t know. Yes (I want to do that in England). … we can go to England When the hell would we want now. We can go to England – we were selling England before. Now you look at me, are you doing a bigger circuit? I’m afraid to go out, and I’m definitely afraid to go out in England. I’m serious, but joking about England. Anything is possible In England now. It would be fun, but scary at the same time. The weather is not the best in England.”
Fortunately for White, the promotion will have some time to figure out the best path forward. Usman will likely be subject to a major medical suspension after such a violent knockout, and with the UFC calendar already booked until the first month of 2023, White said there’s not necessarily a rush to decide something.
“I don’t think (Edwards) will have to sit and wait anyway because of the knockout,” White said. “I don’t think he’s going to have to wait that long. He’s going to have to go back to camp and start training anyway. First of all we have to set the date. We’ve all booked all the way through – I think we’ve booked until January now. There will be no waiting for him, Even if it’s a rematch.”
White said Edwards’ knockout was another reflection of the crazy and unexpected nature of mixed martial arts. He had thought Usman was on his way to score another title defense, but in the blink of an eye, everything changed.
“Thinking about everything that was at stake for Othman tonight, Othman fought with absolute and complete confidence all night,” White said. “He fought the perfect fight. He might not have been the most fan-friendly style, but he did big shots to the body, big shots to the head, and elbows. Couldn’t have had a more perfect fight until the last minute.”
‘How crazy this sport is. That’s what makes this sport the greatest sport in the world. You can sit through four rounds and four minutes and it can happen in a fight. Anything is possible in this sport. Every time we have a fight and it’s like,’ This is an unbalanced one-sided game – there are no unbalanced one-sided fights in this sport. Anything is possible. I told you guys this week, the problem with this fight is that people won’t give Leon enough credit and he’s a very dangerous opponent. Great. .”
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