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Report: Kamaru Usman vs. Emil Meek Added to UFC 219 Card

Kamaru Usman’s next test comes against Emil Meek. Farah Hannoun took to her Twitter account to report the match-up between Usman and Meek has been added to the UFC 219 card. UFC 219 is set to take place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Dec. 30. There is no word on where […]

[ARCHIVES] Usman Questions If Being African Prevents UFC Push

On this day four years ago… [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: September 26, 2017, 8:28 AM] TUF 21 winner and streaking welterweight prospect Kamaru Usman wants answers on why he is not being pushed harder by the promotion Having recently knocked out Sergio Moraes to keep his unbeaten record intact and take his streak to six wins, Usman […]

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On this day four years ago…

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: September 26, 2017, 8:28 AM]

TUF 21 winner and streaking welterweight prospect Kamaru Usman wants answers on why he is not being pushed harder by the promotion

Having recently knocked out Sergio Moraes to keep his unbeaten record intact and take his streak to six wins, Usman believes he deserves more recognition.

“The Nigerian Nightmare” recently spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour and brought up the reasons which he feels could potentially be working against him, when it comes to the UFC’s marketing department:

“I’ve been ready for that. I don’t know if they think, ‘Well, he’s from Nigeria and we haven’t really broken into that market yet, so we can’t really sell a lot of fights there or we don’t have a TV contract there. So what’s the point of pushing a guy that’s from that area in Africa.’”

“I’d like to think that’s what it is because it can’t be anything else. You can’t say that I don’t have the skills, you can’t say that. I have the skills. You can’t say I don’t have the confidence, because I have that. You can’t say I don’t have the belief, because I have that.

“I’m not the ugliest guy in the world. It’s not that I’m not marketable. I mean, come on, it makes no sense as to why they are not doing except for, ‘Oh well we haven’t broken into Africa, so there is no point in pushing someone from there.’”

Usman has resided in the U.S.A for the last 24 years, having moved from Nigeria at the age of 5. Despite this, it is clear that he believes his heritage may work against him in a way which would not affect foreign UFC champions such as the likes of Ireland’s Conor McGregor, Poland’s Joanna Joanna J?drzejczyk, Britain’s Michael Bisping and Brazil’s Amanda Nunes etc.

While it is true that the region of Africa may not be as renowned for having a huge market for MMA at present, the promotion has been working at developing this region.

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Kamaru Usman Calling For Bout With RDA, Says Perry Won’t Duck Him

Kamaru Usman keeps pursuing a bout with Rafael dos Anjos. Usman is coming off a first-round knockout victory over Sergio Moraes. It was his 10th straight victory. Meanwhile, dos Anjos is coming off a first-round submission win over Neil Magny. The “Nigerian Nightmare” recently appeared on “The MMA Hour” and issued a challenge to dos […]

Kamaru Usman Says His Gas Tank is Key to Beating Tyron Woodley

Kamaru Usman isn’t short on confidence. Usman is a rising welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). This Saturday night (Sept. 16), the “Nigerian Nightmare” will throw leather with Sergio Moraes at UFC Fight Night 116. Despite having his focus on Moraes, Usman isn’t afraid to look deeper into the future. During a recent appearance […]

UFC 210 Sees Drop In Viewership Numbers

Despite the event having a solid main card and a light heavyweight title bout in the main event, people were not invested in watching the prelims for UFC 210. The viewership numbers for the event are in. The prelims, which were headlined by Kamaru Usman vs. Sean Strickland, drew 723,000, which is down from UFC

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UFC 210 took place on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass with four bouts at 6 p.m. ET and on FOX Sports 1 with four bouts at 8 p.m. ET. The main card aired on PPV at 10 p.m. ET with five bouts.

The pre-fight show drew 268,000 while the viewership numbers for the post-fight show were not made available and did not rank in the 150 shows on cable. The weigh-ins also did not rank in the top 150 shows on cable.

With the post-fight show not doing good numbers is a not a good sign for PPV buys as that meant that a lot of people were not interested enough to hang out and catch the results/highlights of the actual PPV main card after the event aired. Usually when a PPV event does a good/great PPV buyrate, then the prelims and the post-fight show does good viewership numbers.

The UFC returns to FOX Sports 1 this weekend with UFC on FOX 24 this Saturday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The UFC Fight Pass prelims begins at 4:30 p.m. ET with five bouts then continues on FOX at 6 p.m. ET with four bouts. The main card airs at 8 p.m. ET with four bouts. A UFC Flyweight Championship match between current champion Demetrious Johnson and Wilson Reis will headline this event.

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Kamaru Usman: ‘I Want Neil Magny in Dallas’ at UFC 211

Kamaru Usman has his sights set on Neil Magny. This past Saturday night (April 8), Usman turned in a one-sided performance against Sean Strickland inside the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY. Usman earned a unanimous decision victory in the preliminary portion of UFC 210. “The Nigerian Nightmare” extended his winning streak to nine. After the […]