UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman he recently made a very bold statement. He revealed that he intended to become a champion in the semi-heavy division. He wanted to jump over the middle division, in which his Nigerian friend rules with an iron hand Israel Adesanya and considered a duel with the then champion of the semi-heavy division, a Polish fighter Jan Blachowicz:
“I wanted to jump over Israel and go fight Jan in a light weight. Because I’m the best no matter the weight, I want to prove it. No matter what the weight, I thought he would be a very good opponent for me in style. ” Usman revealed his plan.
The current champion of the Welter Weights is in the first place in the UFC ranking of the best fighters, regardless of weight, and he believed that he would defend this position even in a very sharp test against Blachowicz.
“I think I’d beat him,” he said confidently.
However, the match has never taken place and probably will not take place. Instead of Usmana but Blachowicze he called just Adesanya, who fought a relatively good match with him, but in the end he was not enough for the “legendary Polish power”.
Kamaru Usman | source:
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In the recent interview he also described his impressions of the possible arrival of Usman in the light weight Jiří Procházka, who will have a life match against semi-heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira in May:
“Wow, that would be a big challenge. I don’t want to think of Kamaru Usman as a rival now, but I don’t think he would be as fast in our division and his strength would not be at the same level as in our weight. ” evaluated the Czech fighter Nigerian chances.
“What’s his weight? He’s two scales below us, isn’t he? Well, that would be a big challenge for him and it could be a problem for him. I don’t know how much he normally weighs, but I don’t want to think about wrestling with him or this situation. I have to be ready for Glover. ” Jiří concentrates on his own journey and the upcoming match.
However, when he learned about Usman’s a statement that he truly believes he would Blachowicze defeated, not looking at him as a favorite:
“Did he say he would beat Jan?” Adesanya didn’t he beat Jan and he thinks he could do it? These are big and strong words. I’m not in his position because he has defended his belt many times and proved to be a really big name in the fight business, but this is a big statement. But I don’t want to think about it, it’s not my problem right now. “
Matches between divisions are not as unique in the UFC, some fighters, for example Conor McGregor they have victories (and even knockouts) in three different weights. But no one has yet managed to win the championship two weights higher. They are trying for something similar (at least via Twitter) Henry Cejudo, a former champion of fly and bantam scales who constantly challenges the champion of spring scales Alexander Volkanovski. But UFC boss Dana White has made it clear that nothing like this is planned in the near future.
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