Kamaru Usman speaks about welterweight title picture + his next move | UFC Live
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- Опубліковано 14 бер 2024
- Kamaru Usman joins Karyn Bryant and Paul Felder on UFC Live to discuss who should challenge Leon Edwards next for the welterweight title. Usman, who last fought Khamzat Chimaev on short notice in October, also speaks about his future.
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Mad respect to Usman for not just throwing his name out there to fight for the title. He’s always been humble
Lmao, he has never been humble, Leon humbled him !!
Cope harder you little leon mumble mouth scott fanboy,Usman always been humble in win or defeat.Your mumbling hero is about to get squashed by Shavkat after having an easy fight against jobber Colby.@@terrysmith6199
leon gave him a nice humble pie
i would NOT say humble but he was a dominant and ACTIVE champion. one of the GOATs
@@draco2xx two servings!
Usman's title reign is something to not take for granted, cause that run was insane
Take us back lmao
He and Adesanya fought 4 times in 12 months. No champ was as active as them in recent history.
GSP is the welterweight GOAT
Not only his reign but Usman also has a 15 fight win streak breaking the record for most consecutive wins in Welterweight. Gsp has 13.
@@kenmoraes6843 okay. But GSP has 13 title wins, 12 total defenses, 0 failed drug tests, 33 consecutive rounds won, 2 weight champion, most takedowns and control time in ufc history... GSP is the true overall GOAT
Usman beat Colby 2x, Jorge 2x and Gilbert freaking Burns lmao
He's not qualified to sniff GSP's jockstrap
Belal is the best example of how rankings and winning streaks doesn't mean anything anymore. Colby should just be removed from top 5-10 at this point.
Yeah, it’s not like Leon had to get on a streak to get a title shot
@@jeremybourke1301lol Leon was out for 2 years then he fought Nate Diaz?? And got title shot. Although Dana has his favourites, Leon got his shot easily compared to Belal for example lol
Colby 50-44d masvidal who was ranked like #6 at the time, you're biased, casual
@@AhmadinooLeon was on a 9 fight win streak with the only interruption being a no contest against belal who he was destroying
Belal was getting comfortably beaten off of Leon on his 'win streak'
Usman is qualified to be discussing anything in this sport. 6 title fights, never ducked a fight, only guy to KO 305-George, broke Colby’s face, imo the best WW ever next to GSP idc what organisation or what people say. He still gets disrespected for no reason sometimes.
Champs getting KO'd is never a good look
He gets disrespected for no logical reason whatsoever
@@user-gr6nm3rs4vDid someone say getting KO’ed is ever a good look to anybody lmao wym?
The way usman handled his lost’s vs Leon, made me respect him wholeheartedly. He’s always been a man who carries himself with class , dignity, a well rounded modeled champion imo.
But how a man handles his trials in life is commendable.🫡
Phenomenal champion. One of the best fighters ever for sure. People are sleeping on him he’s not done at all he’s right up there
Usman dressed like a real marriage counselor. He looks good and happy
This comment is pretty hilarious and ironic cause that is something he wants to do post retirement
What does a fake one dress like?
Usman a humble dude man. Gotta respect him shining light on the other 170rs
Leon humbled him.
@@user-nx9ec8mr9pLeon humbled no one. That’s why he’s so inactive. Worst champ lol
@@obitriceforlife5771Do you even use your brain? Inactivity has NOTHING to do with whether he humbled someone or not…
Erceg got a title shot before Belal 😂
I was so baffled when I saw that. It's the first time since covid that I've seen someone fight for the belt who I didn't even know existed
@@tsunax1400Wow you didn’t know Erceg existed? You been following UFC atleast since covid and you don’t ever take a look at the rankings? (even tho their irrelevant) 🤷🏼♂️
Honestly what a farce
@@tsunax1400sounds like you just started watching UFC when Covid started lol.
wait, did Erceg actually get a title shot?
Looking at the picture of current title holders, people will miss Usman, volk and stylebender when they are done.
the new champions don't look promising compared to them sadly
Father time undefeated
Illia will dominate for awhile. I only see him losing to max. I trust leon can prove himself to be one of the greats. Middleweight division is going to have new champs every year lol
@@devinotero1798 even islam will keep dominating the dive for a while ig
The activity from the champs was ridiculous, that looking at the lineup now, where Islam takes a 1 year break from a fight he took no damage is pretty dissapointing in getting the divisions moving
I miss the Usman era so much. The greatest ww of this generation
Hate on Usman all u want but GSP would have NEVER fought Khamzat on short notice like Usman did! 💯
I mean, GSP was smart though. Except he underestimated and underprepared for that awful goof Serra.
Facts
@@mattkaiser8984 underprepared?! Dont make excuses for him getting slept by Serra in the biggest upset in UFC history! Btw Serra only got the shot cause he won the Ultimate Fighter comeback season lol
Or Spider with a full camp 💯
Usman has a 15 fight win streak breaking Gsp's record for consecutive wins. Gsp has 13. Not taking anything away from Gsp but some people get to the title quicker.
I definitely miss "Do something" Usman. He was always fighting and keeping the UFC train moving.
ha ha that line was insane, just like the "keep that same energy"
"Take what from who!!"@@quincyblue5098
Usman got the DC treatment.
Kamaru Usman is the man, so classy, respectful, humble. Excited for his comeback.
belah def deserves it.. for the longest at this points he's beating everyone he fights and does it rather easy. im not a fan of him but respect has been earned at this point
Usman aging like fine wine 🙏🏿
Try telling that to his joints and organs
@@j-wei4603Obviously hardcore MMA fighting & training & wrestling since you’re a teenager will take its toll
Everyone loves Usman now, he was hated as champ tho
Facts
Yup mma fans are the biggest switch ups
@@GCode214Cuz Usman was a bully. Always staring people down after rounds. People loved Volk as champ..
@@clutch7548 You call that bullying 🤣 mma is not for you
@@clutch7548no we did not. I’m glad Topuria knocked his lights off.
never thought id become an usman fan but here we are
I miss usman as a champion
I really miss Usman as champ. He was active facing any up and comer.
@kenmoraes6843 yup . Better than edwards scissor hands scott
@@kenmoraes6843he fought the same guys tho
@@j-wei4603 That's because those guys were at the top at the time. Colby beat Tyron deserving it. And Usman wanted to prove that he can beat Jorge on a full training camp.
@@j-wei4603 Usman was taking on any up and comers. I'm sure if Khamzat and Shavkat were top contenders at that time Usman would take them on as well.
Usman had that "ZOINKS" moment when she mentioned him vs shavkat for title eliminator
No one wants Shavkat
Usman move to 185 pls.
Ya at his age he shouldn't be cutting that much weight
Too much weight loss.
But he still hasn’t fought a real 185er we don’t know if he has as much power as them
@@oneironaut.indigousman definitely strong enough for 185😂😂 no doubt about that
more worried bout his knees honestly@@goodxd701
All respect to Usman he’s run was great
i don't even know why i used to hate usman, man's genuinely humble and took his losses better than most fighters.
Remember dorks hated this man in favor of can crusher Colby lmao weird times
now i hate both of em
@@codax1018why hate Usman?
@@MMAFren1yracism
@@codax1018 - dork
Everyone hating on Mr Clean when he was a champ, but he actually fought everybody without no excuses.
💯
We miss you as the champ Usman. We took you for granted 😢
I’m rooting for Belal
Me too nobody wants to talk about his badass ko against Sean Brady. I really thought Brady was gona end the streak and I was getting ready to feel super bad for Belal lol
@@skater3333ful
Brady won all rounds, gassed out to a jetlag in the end of the second and a corrupt referee stopped the fight standing. There was no "badass KO", not even a ordinary KO. Do you even watch the actual fights?
@@bjornhartmann6839you sound like a hater
@@clkgtr12 truth hurts
@@DejiiJones_ nah making excuses and tryna diminish belal's wins is a hater thing
More Usman at the desk 👏
Funny how we just gon throw me in there lmaooo
funny how the ex champ is scared of a contender
@@mmacult5336 Usman not scared of no one. He proved himself already.
@@kristoffusisnot scare but definitely don’t want that fight 😂😂😂
If not belal the snoozer it has to be Shavkat for sure
Agreed
It’s going to be belal next. SHAVKAT aftr
Who has he beaten
Colby wins and blugh hall wins and Colby fights for the belt the 4th time
Shavkat is a killer. most exciting fighter
15 fight win streak is crazy. You only have one chance to break Silva record. Usman may not have broke it but mannn thats impressive would be GSP imo
GSP
Resume
Reign: 2,064 days
Title Defenses: 9
Defended the Title Against: 9 different opponents
Career Stats
SLpM: 3.78
Str. Acc.: 53%
SApM: 1.40
Str. Def: 72%
TD Avg.: 4.16
TD Acc.: 74%
TD Def.: 83%
Sub. Avg.: 1.1
Kamaru Usman
Resume
Reign: 1,267 days
Title Defenses: 5
Defended the Title Against: 3 different opponents
Career Stats
SLpM: 4.36
Str. Acc.: 52%
SApM: 2.74
Str. Def: 54%
TD Avg.: 2.82
TD Acc.: 45%
TD Def.: 89%
Sub. Avg.: 0.1
GSP has a FAR longer title reign, has defended the title FAR more times, has defended the title against FAR more opponents, has a higher Significant Striking Accuracy, has FAR better striking defense, has a WAY higher Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes, has a WAY higher Takedown Accuracy, and has a WAY higher Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes
GSP NEVER lost to the same opponent twice, and avenged ALL of his losses.
GSP went up to 185 and won the belt.
The FACTS and NUMBERS say GSP is greater.
@@beauchoi4046 Look who GSP fought against lmao you can always use stats to try to prove someone is better
@beauchoi4046 yea title defenses is not the end all. Look at the resumes yes gsp resume is great but the game evolved leaps and bounds since then (gsp said this himself). Also he left his avenged loses tied at 1-1. At least usman fought Leon 3x and moved up to fight one of the scariest guys on 10 days (arguebly won). 1000% believe the last 3 ww champs could have moved up to beat bisping (if yoel silva or Whittaker had the title he wouldn't have moved up). All love and respect to one of the goats gsp but there was no reason him vs Silva shouldn't of happened (D.T was an excuse). I have Kamaru beating him in a fight but that's my opinion
@@beauchoi4046 Yeah cause Gsp got the title shot way sooner than Usman did. Look at how many Wins Usman had to rack up before even getting a title shot.
@@beauchoi4046 Let's see Usman get the title shot as fast as Gsp and Usman has a longer reign. 15 fight win streak. Gsp 13.
Usman has a 15 fight win streak breaking the Welterweight record for consecutive wins. Usman is the greatest Welterweight. I enjoy seeing him mix it up. 💯
Gsp’s the undeniable WW GOAT
@@beauchoi4046 GSP is arguably the WW GOAT and I agree with that. That being said I still think the fighters today are better than the fighters than yesterday and if you were to put them against each other in their primes Usman takes the win but not because he is the GOAT but because he is a better fighter in his prime. Usman just didn’t achieve as much as GSP and George did more for his time period compared to Usman. Again I still think Usman is a better fighter if we’re talking prime vs prime but Usman didn’t have as good of a reign. Nearly as good though. You could make the argument Usman was the best but let’s be real, hardcore/people who have knowledge on the development of the sport know what I mean… Not gonna be biased though. I love hearing other thoughts. Ps sorry for rant💯🤝
@@donaldmcjizlletetz5499 No no I really respect that but I feel Usman is the Welterweight goat.
@@donaldmcjizlletetz5499 Usman has fought better competition and well rounded fighters. We're talking Leon, Colby, Gilbert, RDA, Tyron. Who has Gsp faced other than Matt and Bj? The rest were weak in wrestling and Gsp used that to beat them. Nick, Dan, Carlos.
@@donaldmcjizlletetz5499 Guys like Shavhkat, Khamzat, Ian, Bellal. Again this era is much more competitive.
Can’t wait to see what Mojahed Fudailat posts once Belal gets his title shot 🤣
Thank you Usman for keeping it real. Belal is next. Cut from the same cloth as Usman himself. Doesn’t turn down a fight, takes on all comers, and have the resume to boot regardless of how people feel about him
GSP - old Matt Hughes x 3, average Serra x 2, Fitch, Condit, Diaz
Kamaru - Woodley, Jorge x 2, Burns, Colby, Strickland (former 185lb champ), Maia, RDS
Kamaru edges this for me on resume and calibre of fighters fought.
Wow you make great points
100% agree. People look at title defenses but don't realize Gsp got the title shot way sooner. Usman had a longer road to the title fighting better competition. 💯
Let's see Usman get the title shot as fast as Gsp and Usman reigns longer. Usman win streak 15. Gsp 13.
@@kenmoraes6843 great point. Usman went through 5 killers to the title and had he got a title short when he deserved those wins could have been 5 more defences
Masvidal🤣🤣 Burns former lightweight. Colby doesnt cut weight at all.
It is always nice to hear from kamaru. He speaks well and i also understand his english accent clearly.
Usman doesnt want that Shavkat smoke
jdm does, why would usman come back after 3 losses to fight shavkat? use your noggin bruh
WOW!!! I believe Usman has a future in broadcasting after everything... He looks so confident and great in general. WOW!!!
This show should be on UA-cam, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. This show can be built for fighters who want to be in television.
Good stuff Kamaru, I love how much respect he has for the game.
Leon vs belal
Usman vs Brady
Shavkhat vs JDM
Colby vs Garry
Anyone else like these?
I like how genuine usman is during the show
Usman is a real gentleman and a great warrior 🤘🏻
Usman seems like a cool dude
W Usman for keeping it real, wish he gets the belt one more time welter or middleweight for real a great fighter, champ & father
Kamaru is so good, his close fights with Colby are the only reason he’s too 5 still lol
Usman was always keeping the Octagon busy with fighting anyone that was trow to his way..
He is still a Champ even without the belt..
Did she mention Colby Covington 😳
Usman lookin like a Heavyweight 💪🏼💪🏼!!
Since shavkat is injured and hus maneger mentioning that he's willing to wait the winner of leon and belal. I guess that belal is next. Then shavkat will take on the winner
It's crazy we're not getting Leon Belal at 300 (and yes I don't mean that as it should've been the headliner, just somewhere on the main card and funny enough, we got another fight added to 300, but not really one anyone was dying/calling for (Turner vs Moicano))
Belal definitely deserves the shot next and although I do want Shavkat to have the shot next, maybe an interim belt fight between Shavkat and JDM? Though sorry I'm all new to this in the last year, not sure if doing an interim belt would kill the loser's hype and they couldn't fight for the title next after that or after quite some time, but just an idea
@@ThatScythe the thing is that shavkat and jdm are both injured. So the ufc can't do an interim belt
Usman grew on me man :/ Been rooting for the guy past two fights. Used to be a whole hater, now I'm like dang he's about to retire in the new future.
I want to see Usman back!!!
I rock with Usman on a whole different level after this. Humility, wisdom and understanding
Usman Is Respectful Person.
Goat
Top 15 all time over khabib
GSP
Resume
Reign: 2,064 days
Title Defenses: 9
Defended the Title Against: 9 different opponents
Career Stats
SLpM: 3.78
Str. Acc.: 53%
SApM: 1.40
Str. Def: 72%
TD Avg.: 4.16
TD Acc.: 74%
TD Def.: 83%
Sub. Avg.: 1.1
Kamaru Usman
Resume
Reign: 1,267 days
Title Defenses: 5
Defended the Title Against: 3 different opponents
Career Stats
SLpM: 4.36
Str. Acc.: 52%
SApM: 2.74
Str. Def: 54%
TD Avg.: 2.82
TD Acc.: 45%
TD Def.: 89%
Sub. Avg.: 0.1
GSP has a FAR longer title reign, has defended the title FAR more times, has defended the title against FAR more opponents, has a higher Significant Striking Accuracy, has FAR better striking defense, has a WAY higher Average Takedowns Landed per 15 minutes, has a WAY higher Takedown Accuracy, and has a WAY higher Average Submissions Attempted per 15 minutes
GSP NEVER lost to the same opponent twice, and avenged ALL of his losses.
GSP went up to 185 and won the belt.
The FACTS and NUMBERS say GSP is greater.
@@beauchoi4046 Usman has a 15 fight win streak breaking the Welterweight record for consecutive wins. Usman is the greatest Welterweight. Gsp got his title shot way sooner than Usman. Look at how many wins Usman had to get for his title shot.
Usman is legend 🙏
Shavkat vs JDM
Venom page vs garry
Winner of the two gets title shot
Usman needed to get humbled. Let’s not forget he wanted the 205 Title not the 185.
The man!
Thank you Usman for speaking the truth without ego. The fact that Belal still hasn't gotten his shot is crazy. I get UFC wants to push more exciting fights and fighters, but there is no world where Belal shouldn't be next
Not even a big fan of Belal , in fact it seems not a lot of people are, however he still deserves to fight for the title next after the streak he’s been on, it’s well deserved.
Shavkat is on a longer win streak and actually beat Geoff Neal
Usman makes good points
Edwards vs Belal
Kamaru vs Sean Brady
Jdm vs Shavkat (Title Eliminator)
Colby vs Ian Garry
Usman he,s a real champion love and respect
Can’t describe in detail a situation when I resolved a conflict
Usman always was and is that guy a true champion and second arguably the best ww champion of all time
It should be Leon v Belal in UK, with Shavkat vs JDM as co-main but JDM broke his hand so its gonna be a while, maybe Colby vs Garry make sense as co-main
I miss Usman and Israel as champs. It ws a title fight with them every 3 or 4 months
Usman is a real man. Humble wise win or loose in life be a man. Like the godfather sed.
Shavkat
Injured
Honestly Kamaru need to take a spot as a UFC commentator, just as Bisping, i think Kamaru will be a good commentator.
I’m excited for usmans next fight I hope he gets a big name fun money fight he deserves it after fighting murderers row for years
I think so belal vs Leon in Manchester England main event . Aspinall v blaydes co main .
If Tyron Woodley was up there, he will be saying i think im next in line
Leon been sitting so long forgot he was champ. Definitely miss usman and Izzy. Active champs. Was hated but earned respect win after win
He just fought 3 months ago
@@chefjohnson6657people arent too bright
Belal the only fighter with the ability to put the entire crowd to sleep
Bro didn't watch colby vs leon
Colbum and Leon also got the same ability and premium version 😂💀
@@Polar-pencilThats Colby’s fault not Leon’s… Leon can do everything
Fight Colby or Garry
Garry pls . F Colby
Usman owns Colby
What a stupid comment 😂
What does he gain from handing Colby three straight Ls?
Ian vs Colby but Colby is ducking Ian
@@stonecold316339 he gets a title shot/ still in the picture to fight for a tile and Colby called out Ian by the way idk if you knew that or what
@@FloydThyshawn253 U really are that slow huh? Anyone with a 🧠 that works knows Ian isn't going to do ANY of those stupid stipulations. What he's going to let his wife stand next to him for a video like one of the call girls, Colby pays for? Colby is obviously ducking Ian.
Its the right for usman to step into 180
Usman is a Goat and nothing will ever change that had he had a full camp chimaev would probably still be asleep somewhere
If Kamaru would take a page out of Glover's book and move up to middleweight and just grapple to get submissions he would find himself in the title picture in a couple fights since Middleweight is VERY light on grapplers. He already fought the only wrestler in Khamzat and if that fight was.5 rounds Kamaru wins. Everyone at middleweight in the top 15 is a striker except Khamzat and Paul Craig. Kamaru out grapples Craig easily and he dominates the top 5 on the ground. No reason to kill himself making 170 at this age just go up to middleweight and submit his way to the championship and make some extra retirement money along the way!
Usman has no submission skills, lol.
@@vanguardprime4636 I didn't say it was a perfect plan LMAO, but I'm sure if he applied himself he could learn how to get someone's neck. Glover was a striker heavy fighter until he got ko'ed a few times and said forget this and started grappling and got to a light heavyweight title that way at 40 years old. I think Usman could do the same.
Maybe. Some big scary strong guys at 185. I see Costa calling him out but I think him and Whittaker are bad matches for usman. I'd hate to see him on a 4 fight losing steak 😢
Usman v Whittaker would be such a fun match though.
Ikram Aliskerov is also a fantastic grappler. DDP isn't the most technical but he's never been outgrappled and is a big strong dude at MW.
Then you have guys like Strickland, Whittaker and Costa who are good anti grapplers either through TDD or scrambling.
Belal deserves his shot. He's definitely next in line. Belal might be the greatest welterweight since Usman.
Belal needs one more. Chimav was just in a #1 contender fight and that didn’t work out. Belal coasting against an injured fighter was worse. Jack finished burns he deserves the fight more not to mention Shavkat. Belal also turned down Shavkat and we know how Dana feels about waiting and turning down fights.
always was sus of usman's bacne re juicing. but he had an anderson silva arc to me, where, silva actually popped, but both guys came back from difficult injuries (lrg break and no knees) and that kinda won me over, proving they love the sport. usman also won the khamzat fight on a weeks notice, excepting the first rnd.
but they protected the younger guys zero (he lost to burns too)
Fight mvp
When’s Usmans next fight I want to see him fight
i'd like to see usman rematch chiamev but over 5 rounds then fight for title
Get usman or Paul fielder as cage side commentary or bisbing please 🙏🏻
He will be back
I think shavkat vs belal should be for no.1 contendor. And JDM vs Edwards should be next in London as it can be the Strickland vs Izzy of welterweight division
Reason being JDM has great Knockout power vs Belal' decision wins..
Im Australian but JDM doesnt deserve to skip them for a title shot lol
I’m looking forward to usman coming back. Belal does deserve it but that dude got absolutely no boos or cheers at ufc 299 and I was there live. Kinda thought that’s the reason why.
1:03 LOL
Usman attitude alone will make him reach another title shot! The welterweights have a good challenge in Kumaru every single time!
Hoping for a Belal championship reign just for the tears
Leon vs Belal, Shavkat faces the winner, simple. Usman maybe faces JDM when they're both ready to come back. JDM evidently has an injury though so he'll be out for a while, maybe a whole year.
Let’s go Marty
Go fight Bobby Knuckles. A freaking great fight between two former ELITE champs.
Can't say Whittaker was an elite champ since he never even defended it
you can't say robert whittaker is elite? then who is? the man fought 13 times in MW div and lost to only two guys. also he defended against yoel in their 2nd fight so what you on about.@@j-wei4603
@@j-wei4603You need defenses to use basic logic? Hes clearly an elite fighter, thats what all the MMA fighters say… He just lost to Adesanya, duh
Only fight for Usman is the Chechen, at middleweight, over 5 rounds, with a full camp.
Kamaru Usman is cut from the same cloth as GSP as far as I'm concerned. You just come across fighters--warriors like him everyday.
All of us should imagine being in Belals position. Worked hard but just because we dont entertain everyone not getting a shot. It would be terrible
Ouch.
We didn't appreciate Usman's title run. He was active