Kamaru Usman Hopes to Bring the UFC to Africa After Winning Welterweight Title

Kamaru Usman not only wants to become welterweight champion on Saturday night at UFC 235 but he hopes to lead the charge to bring the promotion to his native Africa in the very near future. Born in Nigeria, Usman holds his home country close to his hea…

Kamaru Usman not only wants to become welterweight champion on Saturday night at UFC 235 but he hopes to lead the charge to bring the promotion to his native Africa in the very near future. Born in Nigeria, Usman holds his home country close to his heart and he showed off his pride during the […]

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UFC 235 Weigh-In Staredowns: Tyron Woodley & Kamaru Usman

The UFC 235 weigh-ins happened earlier today and that, of course, means welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and Kamaru Usman got a chance to face off. As always stay posted to LowkickMMA as we will have ongoing results from UFC 235. Woodley, 36, will make his four title defense on Saturday night as “The Chosen One” […]

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The UFC 235 weigh-ins happened earlier today and that, of course, means welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and Kamaru Usman got a chance to face off.

As always stay posted to LowkickMMA as we will have ongoing results from UFC 235.

Woodley, 36, will make his four title defense on Saturday night as “The Chosen One” continues his quest to become the greatest welterweight of all time. As for Usman, his rise to the top of the division has been nothing short of amazing. The Nigerian born fighter looks to become the first African born champ in UFC history this weekend.

The two men faced of at the UFC 235 weigh ins. (courtesy of UFC Twitter)

UFC 235 takes place March 2 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Kamaru Usman: Division I Doesn’t Make Woodley A Better Wrestler

Kamaru Usman is not convinced that Tyron Woodley is the superior wrestler than him. In fact, he believes that he would have dominated Woodley had the two competed in college. In a recent media scrum, Kamaru Usman refuted Tyron Woodley’s claim that bein…

Kamaru Usman is not convinced that Tyron Woodley is the superior wrestler than him. In fact, he believes that he would have dominated Woodley had the two competed in college. In a recent media scrum, Kamaru Usman refuted Tyron Woodley’s claim that being a Division I All-American is sufficient proof that he is a superior […]

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Kamaru Usman Answers How He Will Beat Tyron Woodley

Kamaru Usman has issued a response to Tyron Woodley’s question of how he expects to become the new welterweight champion. At the UFC 235 press conference, Tyron Woodley asked Usman how he expected to be victorious when the two collide for the welterwei…

Kamaru Usman has issued a response to Tyron Woodley’s question of how he expects to become the new welterweight champion. At the UFC 235 press conference, Tyron Woodley asked Usman how he expected to be victorious when the two collide for the welterweight championship. After all, Tyron Woodley is more credentialed as a wrestler, which […]

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Watch: Colby Covington Crashes Kamaru Usman’s Open Workout With Megaphone

Colby Covington is keeping a very close eye on this weekend’s (Sat. March 2, 2019) UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event. UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will defend his title against Kamaru Usman. Covington, once the interim 170-pound champion, had been considered to face Woodley. Unfortunately, he lost out on his opportunity, was stripped of […]

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Colby Covington is keeping a very close eye on this weekend’s (Sat. March 2, 2019) UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event.

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will defend his title against Kamaru Usman. Covington, once the interim 170-pound champion, had been considered to face Woodley. Unfortunately, he lost out on his opportunity, was stripped of his title, and will have to re-earn the title shot. This has sparked some bad blood between he and the UFC brass.

Despite this, Covington is still lobbying hard for a shot at the winner between Woodley and Usman. He is in Las Vegas for this week’s fights and even took it upon himself to crash Usman’s open workout. Covington came wearing his UFC title, a Make America Great Again hat, and a megaphone which he used to shout insults at “The Nigerian Nightmare”.

Check it out here:

Shortly after the incident, Covington was removed from the workout by security. While taking pictures with fans, Covington was interviewed briefly by ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. He took a shot at UFC President Dana White, calling him “Uncle Fester”. “Chaos” claimed he tried to set up a face-to-face meeting with White, but was unsuccessful. Covington labeled the UFC boss a “coward”:

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Colby Covington Crashes Kamaru Usman’s UFC 235 Open Workout In Las Vegas

Colby Covington wanted to let his presence be known ahead of UFC 235 so he crashed Kamaru Usman’s open workout on Thursday in Las Vegas. With a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat on his head, sunglasses, a UFC title belt on his shoulder and a mini-micropho…

Colby Covington wanted to let his presence be known ahead of UFC 235 so he crashed Kamaru Usman’s open workout on Thursday in Las Vegas. With a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat on his head, sunglasses, a UFC title belt on his shoulder and a mini-microphone, Covington stormed through the crowd and started shouting at […]

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