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Kamaru Usman defended his belt with a fifth round TKO of Colby Covington at UFC 245. On Twitter, pro fighters reacted to the fight,
In a last effort to finish a fight that could’ve gone either way on the scorecards, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman retained his belt in the final minute of his bout against Colby Covington at UFC 245’s main event. He catched ‘Chaos’ with a hard right hand and finished it off some ground and pound, en route to a TKO victory. On Twitter, pro athletes reacted to the fight,
I won’t lie. I’m heavy on Colby. And I’ll show the bets when he wins. If he loses. Just act like I didn’t bet please
— Anthony Rocco Martin (@TonyRoccoMartin) December 15, 2019
@USMAN84kg let’s go little bro!!!!! naija standup ! Get the job done by any means
— TyroneSpong (@Tyrone_spong) December 15, 2019
Finally a funny fight! Thanks Usman and Colby!
Até que fim uma luta boa!
— Paulo Costa ( Borrachinha ) (@BorrachinhaMMA) December 15, 2019
Holy shit what a first round by Covington and Usman @joerogan
— Jens Pulver (@jens_pulver) December 15, 2019
Kamaru is sneaking those body shots in nicely. They were slangin #UFC245
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) December 15, 2019
HOOLLYYYYYY FFFUUUCCCKKKINNNNGGG SSHHIIIIITTTT #UsmanCovington #UFC245
— Anthony Birchak (@abirchakMMA) December 15, 2019
When 2 wrestlers end up banging the whole fight!! Respect!!!
— Brian Ortega (@BrianTcity) December 15, 2019
Usman needs to stop switching stances
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) December 15, 2019
Damn Colby OUT HERE raking eyes … Smdh #UFC245
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) December 15, 2019
I made my own division
Real fights real shit onlyGone ?
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) December 15, 2019
U didn’t break your jaw usman broke your jaw
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) December 15, 2019
2-2 going into the 5th!!
Broken jaw and all!!#UFC245— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) December 15, 2019
Respect to Colby for fighting with a broken jaw. This is a great fight!
— Chris Camozzi (@ChrisCamozzi) December 15, 2019
All this fight is showing me is that 2020 I become a world champion
— Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards (@Leon_edwardsmma) December 15, 2019
One looks as if he just came from a magazine shoot, the other looks like a crashtestdummy #UFC245 #UsmanvsCovington
— Gökhan Saki (@gokhantherebel) December 15, 2019
This is so bad I’d rather have Jorge be champ.
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) December 15, 2019
Is Colby retiring right now? #UFC245
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) December 15, 2019
Wow I can definitely admit when I was wrong what great fight fellas, and while I’m sure it probably would’ve got finished within time I kinda feel like that was a bad stoppage ???
— Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) December 15, 2019
Early imo… Happy Usman got the W #ufc245
— Zachary Makovsky (@ZachFunSize) December 15, 2019
WOW 5th round finish? USMAN CAME TO KILL
— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) December 15, 2019
Fffffff yeah @USMAN84kg @henrihooft @CoachGJones #HooftKickboxing #UFC245
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) December 15, 2019
Not saying Colby would have won a decision but that was a bad stoppage in a title fight. Great fight by both guys. Congrats @USMAN84kg on #andstill
— Josh Thomson (@THEREALPUNK) December 15, 2019
Thank you my brother @USMAN84kg for making America great against . #UFC245
— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) December 15, 2019
Maybe its karma @ColbyCovMMA got his jaw broke in the third… whatever higher power wants him to shut his fucking mouth
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) December 15, 2019
Terrible stoppage!! #UFC245 That sucks! Colby was going to lose that 5th RD bad, and lose the fight, BUT that stoppage was not right. He was still “intelligently defending” himself, as per the rule book.
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) December 15, 2019