The trilogy is set.
Last night (Jan. 14, 2023), after UFC Vegas 67, Ultimate Fighter Championship (UFC) President Dana White announced that Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3 is official for UFC 286 on Mar. 18.
“Leon Edwards and Usman is finalized. And then [Justin] Gaethje and [Rafael] Fiziev are the co-main event for that fight in London,” White told the media during the UFC Vegas 67 press conference. “Done. Both of those fights are done.”
Edwards (20-3) spectacularly captured the UFC welterweight title last August when he knocked Usman out in the fifth round of their fight at UFC 278 with a head kick. (Watch highlights!) The knockout over Usman extended his unbeaten streak to ten fights.
Usman (20-2) will look to reclaim the title he held for four years and defended five times. The knockout loss at UFC 278 snapped his 15-fight win streak.
The pair of welterweights first faced off in 2015, in which Usman won the fight via unanimous decision.
So far, the third UFC pay-per-view card looks like this:
- Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3
- Justin Gaethje vs. Rafael Fiziev
- Marvin Vettori vs. Roman Dolidze
- Nathaniel Wood vs. Lerone Murphy
- Joanne Wood vs. Luana Carolina
- Malcolm Gordon vs. Jake Hadley
- Jennifer Maia vs. Casey O’Neill
- Jai Herbert vs. ?udovít Klein
- Daniel Rodriguez vs. Gunnar Nelson
- Chris Duncan vs. Michal Figlak
- Veronica Macedo vs. Juliana Miller