‘UFC 278’ results: Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards, Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold in Salt Lake City, Utah

• promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
• title: “UFC 278”
• venue: Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
• date: August 20, 2022
• fight of the night: Paulo Costa (Brazil) vs Luke Rockhold (USA)
• performance of the night: Leon Edwards (England), Victor Altamirano (USA)

FIGHT CARD

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COUNTRIES

1. Australia: Tyson Pedro
2. Brazil: Daniel Lacerda, Francisco Figueiredo, Leonardo Santos, Jose Aldo, Paulo Costa
3. China: Aori Qileng, Yanan Wu
4. Czech Republic: Lucie Pudilova
5. England: Leon Edwards, Amir Albazi
6. Iraq: Amir Albazi
7. Georgia: Merab Dvalishvili
8. Moldova: Alexander Romanov
9. Nigeria: Kamaru Usman
10. Poland: Marcin Tybura
11. Sweden: Amir Albazi
12. Switzerland: Ange Loosa
13. USA: Victor Altamirano, Jay Perrin, AJ Fletcher, Sean Woodson, Luis Saldaña, Jared Gordon, Harry Hunsucker, Luke Rockhold, Kamaru Usman

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WEIGH-INS / FACE-OFFS

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POST-FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE

FIGHT RESULTS

BOUT #	WIN	LOSS	DETAILS
			EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD
1	Victor Altamirano USA	Daniel Lacerda Brazil	Method: Technical Knockout (punches and elbows) Time & Round: 3:39 of Round 1 Referee: Dave Seljestad Weight: Flyweight
2	Aori Qileng China	Jay Perrin USA	Method: Unanimous Decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Tyler Tomlinson Weight: Bantamweight
3	Amir Albazi Iraq / Sweden / England	Francisco Figueiredo Brazil	Method: Submission (rear-naked choke) Time & Round: 4:34 of Round 1 Referee: Dave Seljestad Weight: Flyweight
			PRELIMINARY CARD
4	Ange Loosa Switzerland	AJ Fletcher USA	Method: Unanimous Decision (29–27, 29–28, 29–28) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Mike Beltran Weight: Welterweight
5	N/A	N/A	Sean Woodson (USA) vs Luis Saldaña (USA) Method: Split Draw (29–27, 27–29, 28–28) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Mike Beltran Weight: Featherweight
6	Jared Gordon USA	Leonardo Santos Brazil	Method: Unanimous Decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Herb Dean Weight: Lightweight
7	Marcin Tybura Poland	Alexander Romanov Moldova	Method: Majority Decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–28) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Jason Herzog Weight: Heavyweight
			MAIN CARD
8	Tyson Pedro Australia	Harry Hunsucker USA	Method: Technical Knockout (body kick and punches) Time & Round: 1:05 of Round 1 Referee: Mike Beltran Weight: Light Heavyweight
9	Lucie Pudilova Czech Republic	Yanan Wu China	Method: Technical Knockout (elbows) Time & Round: 4:04 of Round 2 Referee: Herb Dean Weight: Women’s Bantamweight
10	Merab Dvalishvili Georgia	Jose Aldo Brazil	Method: Unanimous Decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Jason Herzog Weight: Bantamweight
			Co-Main Event
11	Paulo Costa Brazil	Luke Rockhold USA	Method: Unanimous Decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) Time & Round: 5:00 of Round 3 Referee: Mike Beltran Weight: Middleweight
			Main Event
12	Leon Edwards England	Kamaru Usman Nigeria / USA	Method: Knockout (head kick) Time & Round: 4:04 of Round 5 Referee: Herb Dean Weight: UFC Welterweight Championship