D. White projects a fight between Usman x Masvidal. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube
the Nigerian Kamaru Usman and the North American Jorge masvidal You already have a date and place to settle your differences. UFC president, Dana White, revealed that welterweights should star in the main fight of the UFC 252, scheduled for July 11th, during the traditional 'International Fight Week', in Las Vegas (USA).
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Usman and Masvidal got into trouble behind the scenes at an NFL event. According to Dana White, this forced the franchise to speed up the scheduling of the fight between them.
“We’re going to bring them to Vegas. He and Usman will fight in Vegas, probably during International Fight Week. If Masvidal wins, we might have his first title defense in Miami. This was always the plan, regardless of what happened to them days ago. We haven't announced it yet, but now this has forced me to announce it,” White said.
Usman x Masvidal
Owner of the welterweight belt (up to 77.1 kg.), Kamaru Usman hasn't had a fight since December last year, when he fought a real battle with his great rival, Colby covington. On that occasion, the Nigerian silenced his opponent and managed to emerge victorious in his first title defense with a devastating knockout over his opponent.
Masvidal also had a year to celebrate in 2019. With three elite performances, the American managed to achieve the prestige in MMA that he had dreamed of for years. The athlete was responsible for achieving the fastest knockout in the company's history, when he defeated Ben Askren in just five seconds, defeating one of the company's bids for the category belt.
The lightning knockout gave Masvidal the opportunity to headline a numbered card and compete against Nate diaz a symbolic title created by the company especially for the UFC 244, held in November. Jorge won the fight and, today, holds the 'Toughest' belt in the sport.
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