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- Leon Edwards became UFC Champion on Saturday night and OLBG followers expect the Usman rematch next
- Edwards became just the second UK UFC Champion after Michael Bisping
- Edwards was 33/1 to win at the time of the KO
Leon Edwards became UFC Champion on Saturday night and OLBG followers expect the Usman rematch next
Birmingham's Leon Edwards became the new UFC Welterweight Champion on Saturday after his knockout win against Kamaru Usman.
Despite being down on the scorecards and against all odds, Edwards stunning head-kick with 56 seconds left of the final round won him the belt.
Bookmakers haven't yet given odds on Edwards next opponent so we asked the OLBG Twitter followers who he'll face next.
OLBG followers make it around a 4/9 chance that the rematch against Kamaru Usman happens next, with the odds made through the percentage chance given by our followers.
The winner of the Khamzat Chimaev v Nate Diaz fight is expected to be next in line for the belt.
Edwards became just the second UK UFC Champion after Michael Bisping
Leon Edwards became just the second UFC Champion hailing out of the United Kingdom on Saturday with his win.
Michael Bisping was the first, winning the UFC Middleweight belt in June 2016 against Luke Rockhold.
Bisping stepped in on 17 days notice to fight Rockhold and ended up shocking the world by winning the belt.
Edwards was 33/1 to win at the time of the KO
Before the fight against Kamaru Usman on Saturday, some bookmakers were giving odds of around 14/1 that Edwards would win by KO.
Leon Edwards odds just to win the fight was 3/1 and he came against all odds to win by KO in the final round.
In-play betting put Edwards odds of 33/1 at the time of the fight to win, with Usman well in control of the fight.
All three judges had Usman 39-37 up at the time of the knockout.
