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Matthew Wells

Twitter reacts to Leon Edwards’ successful title defense at UFC 286 vs. Kamaru Usman

The main event of UFC 286 at The O2 in London delivered.

Leon Edwards entered the octagon as the UFC welterweight champion for the first time in his career, and walked out with his first title defense after beating Kamaru Usman for the second straight time.

Edwards is now up 2-1 in the series with Usman, much to the delight of the hometown crowd in attendance.

Check out the top Twitter reactions to Edwards’s title victory over Usman at UFC 286 below.

Kamaru Usman makes the walk

Here comes the champ, Leon Edwards

Kelvin Gastelum

Simon Samano

Aleksandar Rakic

ESPN MMA

Belal Muhammad

UFC

Nolan King

Matthew Wells

Jamahal Hill

Randy Brown

Ryan McKinnell

Eliot Marshall

Damon Martin

Dan Tom

Rafael dos Anjos

Mario Bautista

Danny Segura

Tom Taylor

Alan Jouban

Olivier Aubin-Mercier

Mike Jackson

Tommy Toe Hold

Aaron Bronsteter

Sean Sheehan

Danny Segura

Yves Edwards

Gilbert Burns

Farah Hannoun

Brett Okamoto

Nolan King

Brian Kelleher

Belal Muhammad

Al Iaquinta

Brandon Royval

Alan Jouban

Malki Kawa

Chisanga Malata

Khaos Williams

Aljamain Sterling

UFC

Jalin Turner

Sam Alvey

Danny Roberts

Johnny Munoz

Ricky Simon

Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman via majority decision

Chris Weidman

Jasmine Jasudavicius

Islam Makhachev

Colby Covington

Belal Muhammad

 

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