UFC 278: Date, Lineup, Fight Card, Predictions, Betting Odds & Wiki

UFC 278 – Wiki

UFC 278 Fight Card is scheduled to take place on August 20, 2022, at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It will be featuring the welterweight title championship between 5x champion Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards.

Champion Kamaru Usman who is undefeated in his 15 UFC fights and has five successful title defence against Colby Covington, Jorge Masvidal, and Gilbert Burns will be defending his title against Leon Edwards who is riding on 10 fight winning streak.

UFC 278 Fight Card

UFC 278 Fight Card is one of the most stacked cards ever produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotions.

Welterweight Champion & Number one ranked pound-for-pound fighter Kamaru Usman will headline UFC 278 fight card against UK’s finest Leon Edwards.

UFC 278 Fight Card will be co-headlined by MMA GOAT & former Bantamweight champion Jose Aldo who will be looking forward to becoming the number one contender for the flyweight champion as he faces Merab Dvalishvili.

Main Card of UFC 278

Stacked UFC 278 Fight Card will be featuring MMA legends like Kamaru Usman, Jose Aldo, Luke Rockhold, Leon Edwards and heavyweight newcomers like Tyson Pedro & Harry Hunsucker.

• Kamaru Usman(20-1-0) vs. Leon Edwards (19-3-0 (1 NC)) (Welterweight Championship)
• #3 Jose Aldo (31-7-0) vs. #6 Merab Dvalishvili (14-4-0) – Bantamweight Bout
• #5 Paulo Costa (13-2-0) vs. Luke Rockhold (16-5-0) – Middleweight Bout
• #10 Marcin Tybura (22-7-0) vs. #12 Alexander Romanov (16-0-0) – Heavyweight Bout
• Tyson Pedro (8-3-0) vs. Harry Hunsucker (7-5-0) – Heavyweight Bout

Preliminary Card of UFC 278

• #11 Amir Albazi (14-1-0) vs Francisco Figueiredo (13-4-1 (1 NC))- Flyweight Bout
• Jared Gordon (18-5-0) vs Leonardo Santos (18-6-1) – Lightweight Bout
• Lucie Pudilova (8-6-0) vs Wu Yanan (12-5-0) – Women Bantamweight Bout
• Victor Altamirano (10-2-0) vs Daniel Da Silva (11-3-0) – Flyweight Bout

Early Preliminary Card of UFC 278

• Aoriqileng (23-11-0) vs Jay Perrin (10-5-0) – Bantamweight bout
• Ange Loosa (8-3-0) vs AJ Fletcher (9-1-0) – Welterweight Bout
• Sean Woodson (9-1-0) vs Luis Saldana (16-7-0) – Featherweight bout

UFC 278 Date & Time

UFC 278 will take place on the 20th of August 20, 2022. The early preliminary card is scheduled to begin at 06:15 pm ET. The main card is scheduled to begin at 08:00 pm Eastern Time. You can catch this exclusive PPV event via ESPN+ and UFC PPV.

UFC 278 Predictions

UFC 278 Predictions: this section of this article is specifically devoted to predictions. we will be discussing below how UFC 278 fights would go down.

Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards prediction

To be honest, this is going to be a tougher fight to predict. we believe Leon wins the standing battle but loses the grappling contest. Since their first fight, both fighters have improved a lot but we believe Leon Edwards shocks the world at UFC 278.

Official Prediction: Leon Edwards by TKO Or Unanimous Decision

Jose Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili

Jose Aldo has great momentum coming into this fight. Merab is a great guy but we believe Jose Aldo defends well against takedowns and he still got the fastest hands in the UFC.

Official Prediction: Jose Aldo wins by Decision

Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold prediction

Luke Rockhold’s chin is yet to be tested again, Paulo is a heavy hitter and we believe he catches Rockhold in round number two or three.

Official Prediction: Paulo Costa by KO/TKO

Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov prediction

Marcin Tybura is an experienced fighter but Romanov is undefeated and really good on the ground game. we predict Alexander Romanov takes Tybura on the ground and finish him.

Official Prediction: Alexander Romanov by Submission

Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker Prediction

We are predicting Tyson Pedro to win this fight by decision or TKO.

UFC 278 Betting Odds

Kamaru Usman is at -330 in Draftsking, he is currently running as a favourite In contrast, Leon Edwards comes in at +280 on Bet365.

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