Leon Edwards KO on Kamaru Usman: Kickboxer performed perfect reverse KO

Leon Edwards shocked the world, especially those enthralled in the UFC as he became the welterweight champion after spectacularly dethroning Kamaru Usman with a brutal KO which could easily be the knockout of the year given the context.

The Brit was struggling in the fight, after winning the opening round, it was one way traffic as the Nigerian champion asserted himself expertly, showing us all why he is a great champion.

However, in the dying stages, Edwards pulled out a monster shot to win the match, sending his opponent to the canvas out cold with a brutal kick to the head, ensuring he left the Octagon as a UFC champion, achieving his childhood dream in spectacular fashion.

There was very little he could have done to stop the knockout, with it catching us all be surprise, even Joe Rogan on commentary who had the following to say on the carnage: “Nothing compares. It’s the greatest head-kick knockout in the history of the sport – with the most consequences, the most at stake, the most doubt, the most people counting him out, including us.”

It just goes to show just what was at stake and how far down he was in the fight, he was considerably beaten had he not landed the knockout shot.

After the fight, people obviously took to social media to have their say, with Conor McGregor firing out abusive tweets towards the former champion like they were going out of fashion!

However, one video emerged from a kickboxing fight, although it is different to UFC, there are aspects that are similar.

The clip shows one fighter trying to pull off a spinning kick to his opponent’s head to try and knock him out in similar fashion to the Edwards one, although he wasn’t as successful.

In slightly different circumstances to Edwards’ KO, the