UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman 3 Sat March 18th 5pm

It literally has come around very fast - only 2 weeks between numbered cards is extremely rare.

Fiziev vs Gaethje will be a fun fight.

Lot of London card stables there: Herbert, Mokaev, Amirkhani...

Always cracking atmosphere at those events. Should be great!

Any pubs that will be showing this in Dublin?

anyone know how to buy the main card on virgin media. I have btsports but i cant find the main card to buy on ppv. i am on the phone ages with them and they cant tell me how to do it.

I know it says go to on demand then live events and buy it but when i go to on demand there is no live events section

Surprised at how quiet this has been, an enjoyable enough event so far.

What a fight I loved how they just fought in the pocket. Pieced up fiziev with that jab.

Not a mark on gaethje, his gas tank is ridiculous. Rafael very fast but he has the chin to wear him down.

What a fight that was. Thought at the start of the 3rd Fiziev was going to take the win. Some state he was left in, jab from Gaethje was excellent.

Edwards looking like a champion

Crazy close but I really thought Usman didn't trouble Edwards.

Edwards ran away for most of the fight.

There is no way Usman won that. Draw maybe but even with a point deduction Leon had that.

Mad game, Usman looked unbeatable for so long but you fight long enough you'll be beaten. Love it

Enjoyed the card, gaethje the highlight as ever. Good night!

Well I think there's a lot of you that can't score a fight.

Edwards was backing up all night. I'd love to see the numbers for significant strikes. Edwards clearly won the leg kicks but Usman dominated the head strikes. I want to see the significant strikes in each round, I think Usman had more in 2, 3 and 4.. He had him down a few times as well. Most of them didn't last too long but a takedown still counts.

I like Leon and was hoping it'd be a draw even though it was clear to me that Usman won it.

Usman clearly won 2, 3 and 4. He lost 1 and 5.

That's 48-46 including Edward's lost point.

Someone seems to be talking through their pocket unfortunately.

For me Usman holding Leon against the cage was Usman just stalling & basically trying not to fight,

He did no damage there at all, I understand there is octagon control but in this case it felt it was just to stall ,

Exactly,

Usman looked so slow n terms of foot work and getting shot off, I think his time is up .

Leon had the cleaner shots in rounds 1 and 5, no doubt about that. He won those two rounds easily, the two most dominant rounds by either fighter.

When you up against the cage defending takedowns you are being controlled. Even in the open in round 4 Usman upped the pace and did more in the round. Leon had a couple of decent shots in round 4 but so did Usman, he looked like he hurt Leon at one stage in that round.

I don't think there's any question mark about rounds 2 and 3. Usman took him down and controlled him on the ground in round 2. In round 3 Leon got a point deducted and lost the round too.

You have to remember a fight is counted round by round.

No doubt that over the five rounds that Leon did the better work but in my opinion from scoring it he lost three rounds.

Even if you give him round 4 it's still a draw, Leon keeps the belt and nobody is really complaining. When you give Leon four rounds then we have a problem. There is no way he won 2 or 3.

Also some people don't seem to understand that there are no drawn rounds. It's a ten point must scoring system where only fighter can get ten.points for a round. Only in a round with a point deducted can there be a case when neither fighter scores ten.

Two of the judges gave round 2 to Edwards. Those two guys should never judge a fight again.

The problem is that a lot of people decide after the contest about who won, they don't go round by round. I've seen this in MMA and boxing among pundits and regular people.

As I said, even of you only give Usman wins in 2 and 3 it's a draw. Like in that circumstance I'd be saying I thought Usman won round 4 but I wouldn't be on here giving out about judges and people calling it a win for Leon.

I wanted Leon to win and I'm happy he still has the belt. I just can't believe he was judged as the winner. He's still champion if it's a draw.

I said in one of my first posts that worst case scenario for Usman is a draw.

My intention isn't to be condescending, I didn't think it came across that way.

I've judged fights at amateur level events, I rewatched the fight aswell. The scoring is correct, Usman was not effective in his control or striking