[autotag]Kamaru Usman[/autotag] is looking to leave Saturday with multiple belts.
UFC welterweight champion Usman faces “BMF” champ [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag] in the main event of UFC 251 at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
It’s Usman (16-1 MMA, 11-0 UFC) who’s putting his title on the line, but the welterweight champ says since Masvidal (35-13 MMA, 12-6 UFC) gives a lot of value to his “BMF” belt, then it should be up for grabs, too.
“That’s my (expletive), absolutely,” Usman told TMZ. “They’re saying it’s a ‘BMF’ – they’re really considering this a real title, kind of an interim thing or whatever. They’re really considering this a title. So you know, yes – after I go out there and beat his ass and ragdoll him, that (expletive) is coming home with me so I can throw it in my closet.”
Usman was originally scheduled to face Gilbert Burns, but after Burns tested positive for COVID-19, the UFC circled back to the original No. 1 contender, Masvidal.
But despite the last-minute change in opponent, Usman remains unfazed. The only difference is, he’s going from fighting a teammate in Burns to a man he’s been trading barbs with for a while.
“It’s just a minor change, but at the end of the day, when you’re in training camp and you train the way that I train, you see no face,” Usman said. “At the end, you see no face. I have to be ready to, when I cross into that octagon, I have to turn on the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ and leave Kamaru Usman on the outside.
“Now it’s just a little extra push to go in there and really do some damage – so it didn’t make me no difference.”
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