Leon Edwards Vs. Kamaru Usman 3 Offical

The trilogy is set.

Last night (Jan. 14, 2023), after UFC Vegas 67, Ultimate Fighter Championship (UFC) President Dana White announced that Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3 is official for UFC 286 on Mar. 18.

“Leon Edwards and Usman is finalized. And then [Justin] Gaethje and [Rafael] Fiziev are the co-main event for that fight in London,” White told the media during the UFC Vegas 67 press conference. “Done. Both of those fights are done.”

Edwards (20-3) spectacularly captured the UFC welterweight title last August when he knocked Usman out in the fifth round of their fight at UFC 278 with a head kick. (Watch highlights!) The knockout over Usman extended his unbeaten streak to ten fights.

Usman (20-2) will look to reclaim the title he held for four years and defended five times. The knockout loss at UFC 278 snapped his 15-fight win streak.

The pair of welterweights first faced off in 2015, in which Usman won the fight via unanimous decision.

So far, the third UFC pay-per-view card looks like this:

• Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3
• Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev
• Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze
• Nathaniel Wood vs. Lerone Murphy
• Joanne Wood vs. Luana Carolina
• Malcolm Gordon vs. Jake Hadley
• Jennifer Maia vs. Casey O’Neill
• Jai Herbert vs. Ľudovít Klein
• Daniel Rodriguez vs. Gunnar Nelson
• Chris Duncan vs. Michal Figlak
• Veronica Macedo vs. Juliana Miller

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