Leon Edwards has been told he was "lucky" to knockout Kamaru Usman after losing the majority of their title fight.
Edwards, 30, produced one of the greatest comebacks in UFC history when he knocked out Usman with less than a minute to go in their welterweight title clash at UFC 278. It marked the first loss of Usman's UFC career and also the first time he had ever been knocked out, with 'The Nigerian Nightmare' being undefeated in over nine years heading into his sixth title defence against Edwards.
Top UFC lightweight Islam Makhachev, who fights Charles Oliveira for the division's vacant title in October, thinks Edwards will "100 per cent" be defeated by Usman if the pair meet for the third time. Usman outpointed Edwards when the pair met in the early stages of their UFC careers in 2015 and a potential trilogy fight is on the cards given how their rematch unfolded.
