Kamaru Usman is one of the greatest fighters in the history of the UFC as well and fans simply have a lot of respect for him. Despite this, Kamaru Usman also has his fair share of haters but it seems he does not let his haters faze him. He lost to Leon Edwards in the UFC 278 headliner in Salt Lake City this past weekend.
Edwards earned an extra $50,000 courtesy of a Performance of the Night bonus.
However, fans were angry after learning that Edwards did not earn the $30k Crypto.com bonus. Earlier this year, UFC, along with Crypto.com, introduced Fan Bonus of the Night honors, which are decided through fan votes.
At the UFC 278 card, Paulo Costa garnered the most fan votes, which earned him $30K, followed by Kamaru Usman ($20K) and Jose Aldo ($10K).
Bc- they voted before the fight finished. It shouldn't even be open until the last fight is complete. @danawhite pay @Leon_edwardsmma 30K extra #AndNew
— Chad Gill (@CGillinIt) August 22, 2022
How is this voted for? And how did Leon not get $30k?
— Jerry Jones Locker (@jerrysburner) August 22, 2022
Even though that was one of my worst performances, I didn’t feel feel good in there tonight,” he said. “I went out there and knocked out the pound-for-pound, so it is what it is … Going into it I knew it was going to be a tough fight, I said it all week. He’s good, but I believed I was the better man even though that was one of my worst performances. It is what it is, I got a clean finis.
When I went out there after he first round I felt it, I felt like my body just wasn’t reacting,” Edwards said. “It wasn’t like a cardio issue, it was more like my body just wasn’t physically reacting. But I stayed focused, my coaches just kept reminding me that you’re still in the fight, you’re the best, and fight to the end. That combination, I was drilling with coaches, that cross head kick, and dirt landed perfectly. … I did in the Belal [Muhammad] fight but ended in an eye poke. But it was the same combination, which is cross head kick, and it just landed perfectly.”
“Even if you’re down, just always believe in yourself, always work hard,” he added. “I got good training camp back in Birmingham, we drilled clean combinations. I told you I was approaching this fight as a new fight, I wasn’t looking at seven years ago when I first fought Kamaru. What he does now, his flaws and what he does good, and tonight I exposed one of his flaws.”
