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UFC 278 - Welterweight - Main Event - Title Fight

Expert picks and best bets for Usman vs. Edwards 2

MMA coaches and betting analysts offer up their picks for a value-filled UFC 278.

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    Usman: They're going to say I was special when all is said and done

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    UFC 278 MAIN EVENT

    Usman-Edwards is a rematch, but this won't be the same fight

    Former UFC fighter Megan Anderson explains the tactics each fighter must use in the welterweight title fight at UFC 278.

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    Leon Edwards: MMA saved me from being 'dead, in prison or dead broke'

    Edwards will fight Kamaru Usman on Saturday. For Edwards, getting to this point was never a given.

    2dLeon Edwards, as told to Marc Raimondi

    LOOKING TO UFC 278

    Ranking the fights at UFC 278

    From a welterweight title fight to the return of Jose Aldo and a women's flyweight bout, Jeff Wagenheim ranks the matches we're most looking forward to on Saturday night.

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    Kamaru Usman still has unfinished business with Leon Edwards

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    CONTENDER SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

    Ribovics' right hook lands him a 1st-round KO victory

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    Sadykhov's overhand right takes out Hassanzada

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    0:43

    FIGHT NIGHT MOMENTS

    Landwehr, Onama put on one of the best fights of the summer

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    0:35

    Meerschaert takes down Silva for exciting submission win

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    0:54

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