For the fourth time in a row, Kamaru Usman defended his world champion in welterweight from the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), the world’s most prestigious mixed martial arts league (MMA), on the night of April 24-25, 2021 in Jacksonville (Southeast). United States). The Nigerian defeated the American Jorge Masvidal by KO in UFC 261.
Kamaru Usman is truly the welterweights king of the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), the most prestigious mixed martial arts (MMA) league in the world. No offense to Jorge Masvidal, one of the superstars in this discipline. Nine months after a first defeat by unanimous decision, this time the American bowed to a furious blow from the champion in the second round.
Jorge Masvidal thought he could do better, the one who had challenged Kamaru Usman at short notice, in July 2020 and replaced the Brazilian Gilbert Burns (package). But in front of a room finally with spectators and still engaged in its cause, “Gamebred” was dominated like the others, to Francis Ngannou’s great pleasure. The Cameroonian, heavyweight champion, came to support his African friend.
In the footsteps of Georges Saint-Pierre?
Is Kamaru Usman getting closer to the Georges Saint-Pierre level, considered one of the best MMA fighters in history and the greatest ever in the UFC’s welterweight category? The Nigerian has already broken the record for Canadians in a row in this weight category, with now 14 successes in a row against 12 for “GSP”.
The “Nigerian nightmare” is certainly still far from the number of successful title defenses with 4 against 9 for Saint-Pierre (between 2008 and 2013). But here he is determined to continue fighting. There is already talk of a rematch against Colby Convington, one of the few opponents who has put him in trouble since his UFC debut in 2015.
Then in 2022, someone born in Auchi but raised in the United States may very well see one of his dreams come true: to represent the UFC in Africa. Dana White, the league boss, has stated that an event on that continent can be organized that year.
