FABIAN EDWARDS sensationally replicated brother Leon’s famous head kick knockout – almost three years to the day.
Leon won the UFC welterweight title against Kamaru Usman in the dying embers on August 20, 2022.
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A left high kick KO’d Usman with just seconds to go – crowning Leon champion in one of the greatest come-from-behind victories in UFC history.
Fast forward three years and his younger brother Fabian challenged American Dalton Rosta in the Professional Fighters League middleweight final.
In round three – in what proved to be a remarkable dejavu moment – Edwards connected with the exact same left kick to the head.
Edwards – joined by his brother Leon in the cage – collapsed in celebration as he was crowned the 2025 PFL winner.
He also collected the $500,000 cash prize – having won the three-stage tournament with prior wins over Impa Kasanganay and Josh Silveira.
Flanked by ex-UFC champ brother Leon in the cage, Edwards, 32, said: “That is team head shot dead. That is crazy. God’s got a funny way of working.
“I’m so grateful. Last October, I lost a championship fight to Johnny (Eblen) less than 12 months on I’m PFL champ. It’s crazy.”
Rosta, 29, had built up a lead in the opening two rounds after a succession of takedowns.
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But the American tired heading into the third – allowing Edwards to land the trademark kick they had practised.
He said: “I said to my brother, he likes to paw, so I said to him I’m gonna try that shot.
“I do that shot good in the gym and look, it worked beautifully.”
Edwards’ mum Denise has a Caribbean restaurant called Sweet’s Kitchen in Birmingham town centre – where the family moved to from Jamaica.
And the newly-crowned champ plans to celebrate with a feast when he returns back on home soil.