I wanted to finish Edwards before KO – Usman At UFC 278, Kamaru Usman lost his welterweight title to Leon Edwards by a last-minute knockout when he was up 3-1. In the fifth round, Englishman Edwards knocked him out with a high kick and prevented him from defending the welterweight title for the sixth time. However, Usman has now explained why such a knockout and defeat occurred, and according to him, it happened because he was chasing the finish. Kamaru told TMZ …