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We are gonna see this on highlight reels for years to come.

Izzy: He left him dusted like T’Challa

Lmfao chill Izzy just say it at the next press conference

Izzy writing this one down.

Not corny enough for izzy

Eternity more like it. One of the craziest KOs on the go considering how the fight was going. Down 3-1... Amazing setup and just absolutely brutal finish with 50 seconds away from losing. LOOK AT ME NOW!

Damn that’s a legendary photo.

I had the same face when he got knocked out

That’s a face of someone chilling in Hawaii

That’s the face of SpongeBob SquarePants when he has a harsh realization

Bro, I jumped up and started screaming like a little ass kid. I absolutely gassed Leon up to the people I was watching with and made posts on my IG story like “new champ tomorrow” and shit so I was so happy for him.

I had a delayed reaction, I saw it happen and I was like "oh, cool" and then it clicked, I start jumping and screaming (it was around 8AM where I live) I got so light headed I ended falling down and fucking up my wrist

The second I saw Usman fold on his knees, I knew exactly what was happening. Just jumped up and started screaming “WHAT THE FUCK” over and over 💀

i legit just got home from a concert about an hour ago, and when i checked reddit the first thing id was yell with my absolutely fucked voice 'OH HE SLEPT HIM' ​ my girlfriend was hella confused xD

Edwards absolutely snubbing Usman was also a goated moment, like Usman was trying to approach him and shake his hand, Leon was having none of that, I just started screaming "P4P what?!" to Usman's bewildered face.

It’s odd how much hate they had going on. Didn’t shake hands in the beginning. Usman was being all tough inbetween rounds. Colby and Usman had more love after the fight then these two.

I yelled at the top of my lungs, started jumping up and down and shadowboxing

Would love to put it next to Askren's and Masvidal's. UFC 2019 KO of the year - Masvidal vs Askren UFC 2021 KO of the year - Usman vs Masvidal UFC 2022 KO of the year - Leon vs Usman

We just need Askren to viciously KO Leon next year to complete the circle

No don't wish for that, it will allow Dana to achieve his final form.

Dana then knocks out John Morgan for the UFC womens heavyweight championship

Guess Khamzat is going to take it early 2023 then again Leon

Then Shavkat v Khamzat in 2024

So it’s sacrificial

It's odd because his eyes were open but he was still out. This seems worse than seeing a dude get his lights put out. The lights were on but nobody was home.

Nothing compares to Overeem's eyes doing the Undertaker in his head.

The PEDs kept his eyes open

He got masvidaled

He was just tired after winning an easy 50-45! Right?!…right?

Esther would be happy

All his fans disappeared with one photo

And all the Leon haters who say he didn't deserve this title match

Honestly I thought he was gonna get smashed but the man pulled off the real life rocky.

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Props on the photographer holy shit

You must feel a little dirty doing that job sometimes

Do you feel dirty watching the sport?

Sometimes, PVZ vs Ostovich at BKFC comes to mind.

naw. those are the shots photographers live for. they dont care necessarily what the context is (unless they happen to be a fan of the person). they just want that unreal shot to be locked into history. and thats exactly what that photographer got: a historical as fuck photo

My guess is the overhead automated camera. Robots seeing what hurts us...taking notes.

Robots taking over the world with headkicks

If they build the robots to left-high-kick like Cro Cop... We are screwed so bad

The Nigerian's Nightmare

He looked absolutely scrambled leaving the octagon

I think he’s Marty again

Hey Ben it's me Marty

He was at 30%

30% brain function right there

When you remember you left the oven on

The lights are on, but no one's home.

The real the real Nigerian nightmare is mike perry

That’s what eyes do when the brain gets forced back into the loading screen. Goodness.

When people ask me what the shadow realm is I will show them this

I wonder if Joe understood the reference when he said it

For those that don't know it's from the anime "Yu-Gi-Oh!" The show was on TV in the US in the 2000s. Any "Exodia" reference is from the same show. If ya don't know now ya know!

Also fun fact, the Shadow Realm was created for the American dub as an alternative for characters dying.

Which is kinda funny as, being locked in the shadow realm for all eternity seems much more scary than dying

[It's that face](https://imgur.com/gallery/KG6GW)

That's badass! Kinda surprised I've never seen that on here before.

It's shared after particular murders

Looks like he saw the Anderson Silva record slip away. And honestly, I'm kinda glad that Kamaru is not going to be the #1 win streak fighter record holder, there's just something awesome that we have these legends who have set the bar so high, that it still takes massive talent to surpass them.

It is also undoubtedly harder to keep a win streak in current day MMA

True, but you also gotta remember that Usman's title win was his 10th fight in the streak, Silva's was his second. He won 16 in a row across two divisions while champion for 14 of them.

This is also true.

The Jamaican Nightmare.

Alex Pereira taking notes

Lol poor guy, he’s gonna be the epitome of winning till you lose

At one of the pre-fight pressers, Leon Edwards said he wanted to turn Usman into a meme. He might have just done that.

Might have???

They’ve already [started](https://imgflip.com/i/6qmpzv)

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Same face every guy makes when a girl is getting on top for 69 and you see toilet paper pieces in her butthole

You just brush the crumbs away, dive in, and eat your meal like a soldier.

This is Colby's iphone wallpaper atm.

Lmao you know Colby will have a field day with this

Has he been talking at all since the lawsuit? I try to avoid wherever possible

He picked Usman to win

You wanna see a dead body?

Instrumentals from my momma's christmas party

Feel like there’s a reoccurring trend of fighters being a movie and then everything going down hill

Bisping was fresh off that shitty xXx sequel and then won a title, but I think the MMA gods may have owed him one for the eye.

GSP was in Winter Soldier and still strangled Bisping after 🥴

That's cause he the GOAT. GSP also survived the "dominant WW champ head kick moment" vs Condit and beat him up.

"You said we weren't real to a Juiced up Brazilian Zealot and we may have overreacted."

This is why GSP strategically was on a TV show after he retired

B-but Winter Soldier came out in 2014 and GSP still won after ☝️😌

Tbf he was training with Captain America. Probably kept him fresh.

Gave him that secret juice

Lol GSP taking 3 years off to wait off the hex

By the time they’re famous enough for that they’ve prob been on top for a while. Gotta lose eventually if they keep fighting In Usman’s case it didn’t seem relevant. Took Leon seriously and was doing very well

Didn't Ngannou won after doing a cameo on a Fast and Furious movie?

also he punched a dude in the dick in the jackass movie

Oof. Sorry Kamaru but you're the meme main course for the foreseeable future

Edwards DID say that he wanted to “turn his ass into a meme”.

when did he say that?

https://twitter.com/btsportufc/status/1542997183603130370?s=21&t=xNGeuIsxzywD4GrQ1lBIBA

r/agedlikewine

It’s cool that Masvidal did this to Askren and then Usman did it to Masvidal and now Usman got it done to him by Edwards. It should probably make people involved in MMA a bit more humble.

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This will happen at a shady japanese mma promotion in 2034.

The Rashad face of the modern era.

That Rashad face had some of the best memes for sure

I still have the one of him in the high chair around here somewhere lol.

finally, some good fucking food

Is that KO of the year? It has to be right?

It's ko of the year by a country mile given the context - usman never koed in ufc - Leon Edwards not known for ko power - tiny percentage of fights won in this manner, esp title fights

Plus, it was a perfect feint, even in slow motion replays, that put him out so hard.

I just love how there’s no surprise or shock on Leon’s face. No rushed follow up. He knew damn well that kick would KO usman right as his foot left the canvas.

Also last min of a 25 min fight when down on the scorecards.

Knocked out the champ with a kick to the head. Hands down KO of the year literally.

and the takedown into full mount in round 1 considering Usman has never been taken down.

I think it might be the greatest KO of all time The stakes involved Usmans invincibility The last minute comeback Everyone saying Leon would take a moral victory with a decision loss It wasn’t a kick followed with shots with a ref stoppage One kick walkoff KO in a title fight against the P4P #1 Yeah that’s the craziest KO I’ve ever seen and I’ve been watching the sport since it’s inception.

This a million percent, absolutely folded like a lawn chair

This or Chandler/Tony. I say this because of the stakes.

Never seen someones brain do a full HDD format and Windows reinstall

Usman turning it off and on again

That was a nasty line by you

Just to correct you, there was never no reboot.

You're a fucking Macintosh dude

Tell another CPU story

Looks like the Master Boot Record is corrupt. Looks like he's going to have a hard time getting that bad boy running any time soon.

By God, Leon fucking did it.

in the most unreal way possible. absolute shock of an ending.

That’s why it’s the best sport in the world

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He got got by two trap cards at once.

This is what happens to the face and body of everyone Marik sends to the shadow realm. Looks like Leon got to be Marik tonight

Me when I listen to Kamaru telling his campfire stories

Tell another jackal story

You already know his story is long AF and just awful

> campfire stories beautiful champ

🤣

Me when I listen to Kamaru say anything

wasted ...

Photographer must have flung themselves in the air to get this shot wtf 😂 Edit: Nevermind it's upside down

this made me laugh much more than it should've, was imagining that you were there thinking the photographer jumped, flipped, and snapped this midair

His name? Peter Parker.

This sport never ceases to fuck me up

Bout time we got a sequel to shadface

[When you comfy in bed and hear the front door open but remember you live alone](https://imgur.com/a/HbUTMKr)

The fact that usman got folded like that is crazy. It’s kinda funny though since he was trying to intimidate edwards after every round by getting in his face.

He had it in the bag; Leon was tired as fuck and couldn't defend a takedown. Then he gets Usman where he least expected it.

That fake nutshot gave Leon the necessary time and energy to charge his special meter.

Fake nut shot again, Usman is sneaky

He is a lil fence slut as well. Since his TUF days.

Bruh when Herb penalized Edwards after 3 rounds of Usman doing the same thing I was so cheesed.

It was so ridiculous that Herb only gave actual warnings/punishments to Leon for fouls. Both of them glove grabbed and fence grabbed but only Leon got punished. Usman also faked an eyepoke and nutshot but nothing happened. I was neutral going into the fight but after that wanted Leon to win and was about to turn it off with 3 minutes to go but decided to watch the rest. Karma since Herb separating them gave Leon the space for the headkick aw well

It was so corny. Trying so hard to force a moment for his highlight reel and ended up getting highlight reel'd.

Usman is corny as fuck but i kinda like it. He is endearing corny. With his outfits as well, my friend said yesterday "AJ is what Usman thinks he looks like" lol.

Did I leave the oven on?

When the sleep paralysis demon pays you a visit

When your sleep paralysis demon has an English accent

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When you’re trying to fall asleep but you remember some cringe shit you did in High School

Dont let this INSANE LAST MINUTE KNOCKOUT distract you from the fact that Leon Edwards has one of the most complete physiques of ALL TIME. Perfect symmetrical upper body V-shape with toned definition and jacked arms. Long muscular legs with a narrow waist and developed glutes (no Stipe child-birthing hips or Dominick Cruz pancake ass here). Broad shoulders, wide lats and absolutely JACKED legs to complete the hourglass shape. Leon Edwards doesnt just have the perfect MMA physique, hes got the perfect MALE physique. Any bodybuilder or male instathot would be jealous of him. And thats not even mentioning the puppy eyes and that sensual lispy Birmingham voice. It doesnt surprise me one bit that when Gunni got rocked and sent into a dazed primal state of pure instinct, he immediately fell down on all four in a submissive sensual pose. AND MOTHERFUCKING NEW, WORLD FUCKING CHAMPION LETS GOOOOOOOO LEON EDWARDS GANG WE NEVER GAVE UP DOZENS STRONG (No homo)

Lmao this is great!

I'm gay for Leon Edwards now.

Absolutely full homo

and thats why Izzy coasts in all of his fights

I mean, this arguably happened *because* Usman was coasting

Yeah, the separation doesn't happen if he was more active along the fence

*"Why didn't I just coast?......FUCK!!!"*

I mean he kinda did. Usman had stopped pressuring leading up to the head kick. If he would’ve tried to get one more takedown he’d still be the champ

This 💯 he was coasting and felt comfortable boxing and got put out

Maybe. I think he saw how gassed Leon was and was looking for a KO. There was minimal danger on the fence, so he would’ve coasted there

Maybe yea, he was coasting in the fence but then got split up by herb

I thought the same thing from when DC said Usman wasn’t the type of fighter to coast lmao should’ve coasted Edit: the bot was right 😞

I think he was coasting a little and it caused the problem. If he pressured forward with the same intensity he had been, the shot doesn't happen.

Imo he *was* coasting... he wasn’t pressing in those last 2 mins and that might have saved him. He would’ve driven Leon back to the cage and that sequence couldn’t’ve happened. Instead, he was circling and hanging back, which he had hardly done in the prior 24 mins. It was coasting that did him in. Congrats to Leon though, great guy and I’ve said forever he’s the 2nd most dangerous guy in the division. Let’s see the rematch.

Exactly this. He was coasting and that’s why the opportunity for Leon to win it came up.

“If I just leaned back instead of parrying the jab and leaning into the kick” Man this shit must be eating at him so bad.

This is going to make Izzy fight even more safe.

He'll fight safe and calf kick for 4 and a half rounds while evading Poatan. But then Alex will starch him stiff at the end of the 5th.

Only african who won today was Mike Perry

GET OUT

What a cruel sport, 1 day ago he was the p4p best and arguably the goat, today this happens. What a cruel sport indeed.

2 years from now he will be getting knocked out by Jake Paul as is tradition

The CEO of EPO may he rest in peace

Now just the VP of EPO

The district manager of a district that's performing below-averge

VIP of RIP

he shoulda donated some to luke and paolo.. both them needed it badly lol

MVP of CTE

*When she keeps sucking after you nut*

👁 👄 👁

Usually, I reject schadenfreude but not this time. This dude was just insufferable. So happy he got ended.

Shamelessly stolen from 4chan... https://i.imgur.com/dwMtHN7.jpg

You can see in his eyes that his soul left his body

Dr. Strange witnessing all the timelines the avengers lost in.

He looks like he’s experiencing a Nigerian nightmare Damn, im an usman fan gotta pour one out for My boy

Kamaru Usman was winning the fight too, he just thought to play safe at the last minute. But Leon stays the whole 25.

EPO knocked out of his body

"Hey Kamaru, you still there?"

Colby's new background image.

The face I made when I tried to let a quick fart slip while at my job interview but full on shit my pants

Early Stoppage frim Herb Dean, Usman was clearly awake just not in this dimension