UFC 278 took place at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah last night. Leon Edwards won the UFC Welterweight Championship. The main event was scheduled for five rounds and all others were scheduled for three rounds.
Here are the results of UFC 278
Main Card
- Main Event: Leon Edwards defeated Kamaru Usman by KO (left high kick) in the fifth round (4:04) to beome the new UFC Welterweight Champion
- Co-Main Event: Paulo Costa defeated Luke Rockhold by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Merab Dvalishvili defeated José Aldo by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Lucie Pudilova defeated Wu Yanan by TKO (elbows) in the second round (4:04)
- Tyson Pedro defeated Harry Hunsucker by TKO (strikes) in the first round (1:05)
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Prelims
- Marcin Tybura defeated Alexandr Romanov by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)
- Jared Gordon defeated Leonardo Santos by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Sean Woodson and Luis Saldana fight to a split draw (29-27, 27-29, 28-28)
- Ange Loosa defeated AJ Fletcher by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Early Prelims
- Amir Albazi defeated Francisco Figueiredo by submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round (4:34)
- Aoriqileng defeated Jay Perrin by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Victor Altamirano defeated Daniel Da Silva by TKO (strikes) in the first round (3:39)
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