Usman has won six in a row (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook KamaruUsman)
Despite attacking Brazil and Brazilian fighters, Colby covington It is also a target for athletes from other countries. One of them is the Nigerian Kamaru Usman. Coming off an overwhelming knockout victory over Serginho Moraes, Usman revealed that “Chaos” rejected facing him in the main fight of UFC St. Louis next Sunday (14). With this, Kamaru will face Emil Meek in a lower impact fight and the main attraction will be the featherweight fight between Doo Ho Choi and Jeremy Stephens.
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In an interview before the duel with the Norwegian, Usman assured that Covington is running away from him, but said that the American “can't hide forever”.
“A lot of people don’t know, but I should be leading this event against Colby covington. That's why it took a while for the UFC to arrange a main fight for St. Louis. He rejected the fight, so here we are. He can run, but he can't hide forever. I think this fight is destined to happen. This world is very small. I came from Nigeria, emigrated to the United States, met Jon Jones (former champion and Covington's old roommate), we kept in touch and I spent a week in his room at the University, the same room as Covington. This fight is written”, commented Usman, in statements reproduced by the North American website MMA Junkie.
Just before facing Demian Maia, Covington had provoked Kamaru Usman, saying that the Nigerian himself had rejected facing him three times and was now “stuck fighting beggars”.
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