Previous UFC champ Kamaru Usman has a great deal of alternatives.
The 37-year-old, explained by lots of as being amongst the finest welterweight fighters in history, has actually dropped 3 straight battles in the Octagon, consisting of to Khamzat Chimaev in 2015 in what was Usman's launching at 185-pounds.
Now examining his choices in a welterweight department presently ruled by Belal Muhammad and with Shavkat Rakhmonov penned in as the next title opposition, Usman states that there are a number of intriguing battles for him in the department– consisting of the increasing competitor Joaquin Buckley, who beat Usman's old competing Colby Covington at last weekend's UFC occasion in Tampa, Florida.
“I seem like the hot chick at the bar, everyone desires a piece,” Usman stated on his Pound4Pound podcast, as kept in mind by MMA Fighting.
“It's practically like nobody's listening to what I'm stating. Nobody's getting what I'm stating. I do not care who it is,” Usman included. “Shavkat, Belal, Ian [Machado Garry]Buckley, ‘JDM' [Jack Della Maddalena]I do not care who it is. Something that I will not do due to the fact that I've done it for so long and excessive, which is partly why I'm needing to take this layoff, is contend when I'm not prepared. When I am healthy, I do not care who it is.”
When it comes to Buckley, winner of 6 straight battles, Usman states he was impressed by the way in which he dealt with Covington last weekend.
“Obviously, me and Covington use the fumbling in a different way and how we approach battles. The majority of people understand when I take you down, you're not getting up unless I desire you to get up, therefore it's various.
“I keep in mind viewing the battle and I'm going Buckley did terrific. Of all, scream out to Buckley, he did terrific for being able to go through a guy like Covington. With Covington having that long layoff, I do not understand how he's going to appear, however everyone called the battle gets later on, Covington gets a bit more comfy, so it was going to be how fast he had the ability to get the ring rust off and start. Buckley didn't actually permit him to do that.”
With all of that stated, Usman states that when he is in leading type there is no fighter at 170-pounds who can hang with him.
“I do not mind who it is,” Usman stated of his next challenger. “It's like nobody is listening to me. It looks like weekly we get on here and I need to do this, nobody's listening. When I'm healthy, I'll whoop each of y' all, it does not matter who it is.”
