Tag: Kamaru Usman
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UFC: Leon Edwards beats Kamaru Usman again, retains belt
British Leon Edwards once again showed class against Nigerian -born Kamaru Usman in a thrilling five rounds to defend his welterweight title at UFC 286 in London.
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UFC: Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards to test might in triology battle
Welterweight champions, Leon Edwards will defend his title against Kamaru Usman at UFC 286 in the 02 Arena on the 18th of March 2023. Edwards defeated Usman for the belt at UFC 278 last August after delivering a fifth-round head kick for a knockout, setting up their upcoming trilogy fight.
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Kamaru Usman reacts after losing UFC welterweight title
Nigerian-American mixed martial artist, Kamaru Usman has reacted after losing his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title to British Leon Edwards.
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BREAKING: Usman loses UFC title hours after Joshua’s defeat
Nigerian-American mixed martial artist, Kamaru Usman on Sunday morning lost his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title to Leon Edwards hours after Anthony Joshua was defeated in a heavyweight boxing clash.
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Nigeria’s UFC champion, Usman lands Black Panther movie role
Nigeria’s UFC welterweight World champion, Kamaru Usman landed his first movie role after doing exploits in martial art. Usman has been given a role in the next series of “Black Panther” a movie from Disney and Marvel Studios. The Movie will be premiered in America on the 11th of November 2022 with Usman’s face pasted…
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UFC championship: Edo govt writes Kamaru Usman to congratulate him
UFC championship: Edo govt writes Kamaru Usman to congratulate him
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UFC 268: Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman beats Covington, retains welterweight title
Kamaru Usman has defeated Colby Covington by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-7, 49-46) to retain the UFC welterweight championship. After their rematch at UFC 268 at the Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Usman described Covington as a tough opponent. Usman won their first fight with a fifth-round knockout. He also acknowledged that Covington has improved from…
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Photo: UFC Champion Kamaru Usman visits Governor Yahaya Bello
Nigerian-American welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, has visited the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The welterweight champion visited the governor on Thursday shortly after he arrived in Nigeria. He had first arrived in the nation’s capital, Abuja before proceeding to Kogi State. The visit comes months after Usman defeated his challenger, Gilbert Burns, extending his…
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Nigeria’s nightmare, Kamaru Usman knocks out Masvidal with one punch, retains title
Welterweight champion Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman has today knocked out his challenger, the American mixed martial artist, Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal in their hugely anticipated sold-out 170-rematch face-off for the UFC 261 Welterweight championship title scheduled at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The UFC 261 title fight which sold out 15,000 tickets…
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Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman goes for third UFC Welterweight title defence
History will be made in the early hours of Sunday, February 14, 2021, as 33-year-old Nigerian-American professional mixed martial artist, Kamarudeen Usman, popularly known as “The Nigerian Nightmare” competes against 34-year-old fellow professional mixed martial artist, Brazil’s Gilbert Alexander Pontes Burns popularly known as ‘Durinho’, in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC),…