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A UFC Welterweight Championship trilogy bout between current champion Leon Edwards and former champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians welterweight winner) Kamaru Usman headlined the event.[2] The pairing first met at UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 in December 2015, where Usman won by unanimous decision.[3] Their second meeting took place at UFC 278 in August 2022, where Edwards won the title by knockout in the fifth round.[4] Former interim champion Colby Covington served as back up and potential replacement for this fight.
A lightweight bout between Michał Figlak and Chris Duncan was scheduled for the event.[6] However, Figlak was forced to withdraw from the event citing injury and was replaced by Omar Morales.[7]
A featherweight bout between Nathaniel Wood and Lerone Murphy was scheduled for the event.[8] However, Wood was forced to withdraw from the event due to a leg injury.[9] He was replaced by the LFA Featherweight Champion Gabriel Santos.
MMA Fighting has UFC 286 results for the Edwards vs. Usman 3 fight card, live blogs of all the main card fights, and more from The O2 Arena in London, England.
In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards faces off for the third time against former champion Kamaru Usman in a winner-takes-all trilogy match.
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje puts his ranking on the line against Rafael Fiziev in the co-main event.
Check out the UFC 286 results below.
Main Card
Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman via maj. decision (live blog) | Highlights | Reax | Scores
Justin Gaethje def. Rafael Fiziev via majority decision (live blog) | Highlights | Reax
Gunnar Nelson def. Bryan Barberena via sub (armbar) (R1, 4:51) (live blog)
Jennifer Maia def. Casey O’Neill via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 x2) (live blog)
Marvin Vettori def. Roman Dolidze via UD (29-28 x2, 30-27) (live blog)
Preliminary Card
Jack Shore def. Makwan Amirkhani via sub (RNC) (R2, 4:27)
Chris Duncan def. Omar Morales via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Yanal Ashmoz def. Sam Pattersion via first-round KO (1:15)
Muhammad Mokaev def. Jafel Filho via submission (RNC) (R3, 4:52) | Watch finish
Lerone Murphy def. Gabriel Santos via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Christian Leroy Duncan def. Dusko Todorovic via first-round TKO (injury) (1:52) | Watch finish
TT
Jake Hadley def. Malcolm Gordon via first-round TKO (1:01) | Watch finish
Joanne Wood def. Luana Carolina via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Jai Herbert vs. Ludovit Klein ruled majority draw (29-27, 28-28 x2)
Veronica Hardy def. Juliana Miller via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
TT
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A welterweight bout between Gunnar Nelson and Daniel Rodriguez was scheduled for this event.[11] However, Rodriguez withdrew due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Bryan Barberena.
TT
At the weigh-ins, Malcolm Gordon weighed in at 129.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined 30% of his purse which went to his opponent Jake Hadley.
During the event's broadcast, former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva was announced as the next "pioneer wing" (as his career started prior to the implementation of the Unified Rules of MMA) UFC Hall of Fame inductee. Silva still holds the record for longest championship reign (2,457 days) in UFC history and the longest win streak (16) in the organization's history.
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 18, 2023 | |||
| Venue | The O2 Arena | |||
| City | London, England | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Results
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welterweight | Leon Edwards (c) | def. | Kamaru Usman | Decision (majority) (48–46, 48–46, 47–47) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Justin Gaethje | def. | Rafael Fiziev | Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Gunnar Nelson | def. | Bryan Barberena | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:51 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Jennifer Maia | def. | Casey O'Neill | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Marvin Vettori | def. | Roman Dolidze | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPNews / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Jack Shore | def. | Makwan Amirkhani | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:27 | |
| Lightweight | Chris Duncan | def. | Omar Morales | Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Yanal Ashmoz | def. | Sam Patterson | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:15 | |
| Flyweight | Muhammad Mokaev | def. | Jafel Filho | Submission (neck crank) | 3 | 4:32 | |
| Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Lerone Murphy | def. | Gabriel Santos | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Christian Leroy Duncan | def. | Duško Todorović | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 1:52 | |
| Catchweight (129.5 lb) | Jake Hadley | def. | Malcolm Gordon | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:01 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Joanne Wood | def. | Luana Carolina | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Jai Herbert | vs. | Ľudovít Klein | Draw (majority) (29–27, 28–28, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Women's Flyweight | Veronica Hardy | def. | Juliana Miller | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship. Edwards was deducted 1 point in round 3 due to grabbing the fence.
- ^ Herbert was deducted 1 point in round 3 due to multiple groin strikes.
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