{"id":53578,"date":"2022-08-23T06:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/midnight-mania-watch-israel-adesanya-get-shocked-speechless-by-leon-edwards-head-kick-over-kamaru-usman\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T06:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:32:00","slug":"midnight-mania-watch-israel-adesanya-get-shocked-speechless-by-leon-edwards-head-kick-over-kamaru-usman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/midnight-mania-watch-israel-adesanya-get-shocked-speechless-by-leon-edwards-head-kick-over-kamaru-usman\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Mania!  Watch Israel Adesanya get shocked speechless by Leon Edwards&#8217; head kick over Kamaru Usman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"P0ptTp\">Welcome to Midnight Mania!<\/p>\n<p id=\"KwvJIO\">Leon Edwards&#8217; come-from-behind, walk-off head kick knockout win over Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 is one for the ages.  For one, it was pretty much perfect technique.  Edwards read his opponents defenses, feinted him into slipping and lower his hands, then placed his shin directly upside his temple. <\/p>\n<p id=\"U9xopC\">textbook.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8I5uKo\">Perhaps more important is the narrative.  Despite a strong opening round and impressive takedown from the underdog, Usman&#8217;s wrestling was largely controlling the fight.  Edwards looked tired and defeated, and no amount of yelling from his corner seemed to be having any effect &#8230; until that head kick landed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"T3JqzS\">Israel Adesanya is rarely a man to keep quiet, but when his friend \u2014 one of Africa&#8217;s \u201cThree Kings\u201d alongside Usman and Francis Ngannou \u2014 fell to the canvas, Adesanya was momentarily shocked into silence.  When he recovered his voice, Adesanya muttered, \u201cHe parried too low, f\u2014k!\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"IgtFzE\">\u201cAs much as I am happy for Leon, I&#8217;m more happy for team,\u201d Adesanya said later on his YouTube channel (via MMAJunkie).  \u201cBecause, Tim, our manager, I know how much this meant to him.  It&#8217;s bittersweet.  I&#8217;m so happy for Leon and Tim, but then I&#8217;m so sad for Kamaru.  But then also I know, like the rematch \u2013 they&#8217;re going to have a rematch clause or something, so I know it&#8217;s going to be in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"jbadUj\">Check out the full video below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"2tfyWZ\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya &amp; Dave Blakamoto React to DRAMATIC UFC 278 PPV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6qCEAds9pLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside id=\"MYcm3Z\">\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"AutIXF\"><strong>insomnia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"HNe4oR\">Shavkat Rakhmonov is skyrocketing up the Welterweight ladder, and \u201cWonderboy\u201d might be the next obstacle in his path.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SKBSd4\">I have an entire week&#8217;s worth of UFC 278 fallout saved up, so I&#8217;m going to try to spread it out between posts.  Let&#8217;s start with an incredible highlight of some important coaching:<\/p>\n<aside id=\"Qz2K3Q\">\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"PxFb1c\">Dear lord, this is simply terrible.<\/p>\n<p id=\"hCilA2\">Khabib is naturally gifted in all sports.<\/p>\n<p id=\"oCabpG\">Is blond \u201cEl Cucuy\u201d a match for the heavy-handed Li Jingliang?<\/p>\n<p id=\"yVpXOA\">Did you know Henry Cejudo won an Olympic gold medal?  On a serious note, Cejudo&#8217;s ability to zone in during competition is truly elite.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6UlysH\">The last of the great lineup of AKA champions is retired.  Can Islam Makhachev take up that mantle?<\/p>\n<aside id=\"CnqMPL\">\n<\/aside>\n<h2 id=\"UPbKJ9\"><strong>Slips, rips, and KO clips<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"ggPIqT\">Siller just kept landing power shots at an unsustainable rate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ZoS16h\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paulino Siller TKOs Ivan Hernandez at Naciones MMA 9. 24 year old is now 12-2 with 9 finishes, the two losses coming to LUX&#8217;s Kike Gonzalez and UWC&#8217;s Soslenis Carvalho. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wrudn43BbH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/wrudn43BbH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will (@ChillemDafoe) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChillemDafoe\/status\/1560811067558739968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 20, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"A8bZMQ\">Punches in bunches!<\/p>\n<p id=\"nVTAdJ\">Low kick finish still ranks highly among worst-case scenarios in my book.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"0YglU7\"><strong>Random Land<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"ReoUl2\">This looks exhausting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"uHR0kd\">Midnight Music: Alternative rock, 1993<\/p>\n<div id=\"39sHtF\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pulp - Babies (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/38by00DGid0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"lVKYBa\">Sleep well Maniacs!  More martial arts madness is always on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Midnight Mania! Leon Edwards&#8217; come-from-behind, walk-off head kick knockout win over Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 is one for the ages. For one, it was pretty much perfect technique. Edwards read his opponents defenses, feinted him into slipping and lower his hands, then placed his shin directly upside his temple. textbook. Perhaps more &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/midnight-mania-watch-israel-adesanya-get-shocked-speechless-by-leon-edwards-head-kick-over-kamaru-usman\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midnight Mania!  Watch Israel Adesanya get shocked speechless by Leon Edwards&#8217; head kick over Kamaru Usman<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52979,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/watch-israel-adesanya-react-to-leon-edwards-knockout-of-kamaru-usman\/","url_meta":{"origin":53578,"position":0},"title":"Watch Israel Adesanya react to Leon Edwards&#8217; knockout of Kamaru Usman","date":"August 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Leon Edwards' knockout of Kamaru Usman left Israel Adesanya with mixed emotions. 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