UFC’s Kamaru Usman Wants to Fight Canelo Alvarez: ‘Everyone’s Going to Be Watching’

Kamaru Usman might have a welterweight title defense against Leon Edwards on tap at UFC 278 on Aug. 20, but he’s already looking ahead to a fresh challenge….

Kamaru Usman might have a welterweight title defense against Leon Edwards on tap at UFC 278 on Aug. 20, but he’s already looking ahead to a fresh challenge….

Usman Has “Sights Set On” LHW After Edwards: ‘Jan, Ji?í, Or Whoever’

UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman appears more serious than ever about jumping two weight classes to the light heavyweight division. Usman has ruled over the 170-pound landscape since 2019, fending off five challenges since dethroning Tyron Woodle…

UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman appears more serious than ever about jumping two weight classes to the light heavyweight division. Usman has ruled over the 170-pound landscape since 2019, fending off five challenges since dethroning Tyron Woodley. Having had his hand raised four times across a pair of two-fight series’ with Jorge Masvidal and Colby…

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Manager: One More Usman Fight “Might Be It” For Masvidal

Jorge Masvidal’s manager Malki Kawa has laid out the perfect “story” for the remainder of the UFC welterweight star’s career, which he thinks could end with one more fight against Kamaru Usman. After ascending to stardom with a …

Jorge Masvidal’s manager Malki Kawa has laid out the perfect “story” for the remainder of the UFC welterweight star’s career, which he thinks could end with one more fight against Kamaru Usman. After ascending to stardom with a 3-0 2019 that included a record-breaking knockout of Ben Askren and Madison Square Garden-headliner opposite Nate Diaz,…

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Rafael dos Anjos Names The More Difficult Opponent Between Khabib & Usman

Having fought both legendary champions, Rafael dos Anjos reveals who was the more difficult opponent inside the Octagon between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kamaru Usman. Speaking to Yahoo! Sports ahead of his UFC Vegas 58 main event, “RDA” expl…

Having fought both legendary champions, Rafael dos Anjos reveals who was the more difficult opponent inside the Octagon between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Kamaru Usman. Speaking to Yahoo! Sports ahead of his UFC Vegas 58 main event, “RDA” explained why the current welterweight king, Usman, was the more difficult challenge for him personally inside the cage….

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Procházka Open To Facing Usman, Doesn’t Believe In Weight Classes

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Ji?í Procházka is open to facing a challenge from below in the form of welterweight kingpin Kamaru Usman down the line. Since 2019, Usman has ruled over the 170-pound weight class, batting aside two challenges apiece from…

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Ji?í Procházka is open to facing a challenge from below in the form of welterweight kingpin Kamaru Usman down the line. Since 2019, Usman has ruled over the 170-pound weight class, batting aside two challenges apiece from Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington, as well as one from former teammate Gilbert Burns….

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Rafael dos Anjos Reveals Who Is A Tougher Opponent Between Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov

Rafael dos AnjosAhead of his scheduled UFC Vegas 58 headliner this weekend opposite the surging, Rafael Fiziev, former undisputed lightweight champion, Rafael dos Anjos has revealed which opponent proved to be the tougher challenge between fellow former champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and welterweight kingpin, Kamaru Usman – having shared the Octagon with both. Rafael dos Anjos rides a […]

Rafael dos Anjos

Ahead of his scheduled UFC Vegas 58 headliner this weekend opposite the surging, Rafael Fiziev, former undisputed lightweight champion, Rafael dos Anjos has revealed which opponent proved to be the tougher challenge between fellow former champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and welterweight kingpin, Kamaru Usman – having shared the Octagon with both.

Rafael dos Anjos rides a two-fight rise into this weekend’s headlining return

Niteroi veteran, dos Anjos, will return to the lightweight limit for the first time tonight since a one-sided split decision win over short notice replacement, Paul Felder back in December 2020.

Earlier this year, the former undisputed lightweight titleholder, featured in the co-main event of UFC 272 in March, defeating compatriot, Renato Moicano in a five round slot 160lb catchweight matchup. dos Anjos was initially scheduled to fight Islam Makhachev between his wins against Felder and Moicano.

Clinching undisputed lightweight gold against Anthony Pettis back in 2015, dos Anjos lost the title to Eddie Alvarez after a sole successful title outing against Donald Cerrone in December of that year, and a furhter defeat to former interim titleholder, Tony Ferguson in 2016 spelled an end to a lightweight run ahead of a welterweight climb.

However, during his first tenure at lightweight, and his mixed run at welterweight, dos Anjos faced both the aforenoted, Khabib, and Usman, respectively. And ahead of his return at UFC Vegas 58, dos Anjos has revealed who was the tougher competitor between the duo.

“Oh, definitely (Kamaru) Usman,” Rafael dos Anjos told Yahoo! Sports. “I can tell you that because 12 weeks before my fight with Khabib (Nurmagomedov), I was training in the cage and my ear got stuck in the cage and I split my ear. It took 14 stitches to close it and I almost lost my ear. So I pretty much didn’t train any wrestling for that fight. I had no scrambles, no grappling, none of that. It was more feet and knees and sparring and stuff like that.”

“For Usman, I actually trained a lot of wrestling and he still took me down,” Rafael dos Anjos said. “He still controlled me. It was a five round fight and I feel like Usman brought the tougher competition for me.”