Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman Prediction, Tips & Odds – Mar. 18, 2023
Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman Prediction 18.03.2023. The UFC returns to London, where the third match between the champion Leon Edwards and the challenger Kamaru Usman awaits us!
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Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman Odds
Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman 1×2: 3.12/ 1.36
Rounds Handicap (+4.5 / -4.5): 1.63/ 2.2
Odds via 22Bet Sportsbook.
Leon Edwards News
Edwards fully justified his nickname “Rocky” in the last match against Usman. Just like Rocky who made a comeback against Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago, Edwards made a comeback against Usman. Edwards was in a submission position for all 4 rounds, and then he pulled out his special, a high kick, which sent Usman to sleep, and the trophy of the UFC welterweight champion arrived in England. Now he has the opportunity to defend the belt in front of his audience.
Edwards is a fighter who constantly improves in every segment of the fight. His strikes are devastating and precise, he has a great K.O. power for this category. He is tall and big. He throws a lot of left direct and with excellent footwork it is too difficult to catch him. He throws a high volume of punches and constantly moves forward. Usman will especially have to watch out for his kicks and be focused for the entire 25 minutes.
Like Usman, Edwards is very dangerous from the clinch. Edwards holds the opponent less but throws more punches and does it more devastatingly. Especially with strong and precise elbows, as well as knees.
A special part of the fight, on which the outcome of this match will depend a lot, is the “wrestling” or grappling part. Leon has a very good takedown defense and if he manages to fend off Usman’s attacks, his chances of winning increase.
Edwards will try to work distance control, both with moves and front kicks to slow Usman down.
Kamaru Usman News
Usman suffered a shocking defeat in the previous match. He was only two minutes away from tying with Andersen Silva for the number of UFC champion defenses and continuing his total dominance in the welterweight division. However, he succumbed to the pressure and fell for the “feint” that Edwards perfected. For four rounds Usman dominated and controlled Edwards, and in the fifth, he started similarly. But, it can be said that referee Herb Dean somewhat unfairly and without reason separated Usman and Edwards from the clinch, which Britain took advantage of and delivered that high kick from hell in the next exchange.
At the beginning of his career, Usman was a classic wrestler who looked for knockdowns and controlled the opponent with his strength. Since the first fight with Edwards, he has won as many as 13 victories and all of them against respectable names. The UFC did not spare him at any point in his career. At the very beginning of his UFC career, he fought next to Edwards, and with Strickland, Maia, RDA… He easily overcame all obstacles.
His duels with Colby Covington, who was so far the only fighter who could match Usman, were particularly impressive, but Usman showed serious dominance in those two matches and won both times.
Now Usman has progressed in standing as well, especially in his movements. He sent serious boxers and hitters to sleep. A fighter of enormous physical strength, who has cannons in his hands. It can be said that he is also too big for the middle division, and not for the welterweight in which he fights.
What makes Usman special is his clinch and ground control. A fighter who is very awkward when he catches his opponent in a clinch. He often uses dirty shots from the clinch, even hitting the opponent’s toes with his heel. Constantly deals damage. He has great knockdown success, and when he knocks down an opponent, that’s when everyone is in trouble. His ground control is superb. It is difficult to lift it when it is positioned up. He hits hard and accurately, and deals huge damage to his opponents.
Usman is a psychologist by profession, and with that mindset and preparation, he enters every match, ready both physically and mentally.
In his career, he is very successful against fighters who fight from the left guard. He is 6-1 against them.
Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman H2H
Usman: 35 years, 20W-2L, height 183cm, reach 193cm.
Edwards: 30 years, 20W-3L-1D, height 188cm, reach 188cm.
Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman Prediction
We expect a very similar match, like the first two fights. Usman will try to dominate his strength and shorten the distances, and then finish Edwards in the championship rounds!
Kick-off time: Saturdy, 18.03.2023. 10:30 PM GMT(0) / 23:30 CET
Prediction: Usman WIN points, or 3-5 rounds.
Odds: 1.95
Sportsbook: 22bet
