Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman continues to take situation with fighters suggesting he ducked them.
Ian Machado Garry (15-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) just lately stated a possible combat with Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was in dialogue for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 63 occasion in Tampa, Fla., earlier than he wound up stepping in to face Shavkat Rakhmonov this previous weekend at UFC 310. He misplaced the bout by unanimous resolution.
Previous to UFC 310, Machado Garry went off on Usman, claiming that UFC brass instructed him the previous longtime welterweight champion needs nothing to do with him.
Usman fired again at Machado Garry when podcast co-host Henry Cejudo advised they need to combat one another subsequent within the aftermath of UFC 310.
“Does he even deserve that?” Usman stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast. “Main as much as this combat, there was so much being stated. He made plenty of issues (up): ‘Everybody’s operating from me, these guys are operating from me.’ I don’t run from anyone, nobody. I run from nobody, and I don’t know too many guys which might be going to run from anybody, as a result of that is the sport. We combat to earn a living.
“If we don’t combat, we don’t receives a commission. Anybody within the UFC has to step in there as a way to receives a commission. So the notion of, ‘Oh yeah, they have been fearful of me, they have been operating.’ Like, who’re you? Who’re you that I, of all individuals, am fearful of you? I assume he was upset as a result of he wished me to be his late-notice substitute for his combat. Who the f*ck is that man for me to be a late substitute for?”
Usman hasn’t fought since stepping in on quick discover to face Khamzat Chimaev in a middleweight bout at UFC 294 in October 2023. He rallied late to lose a majority resolution.
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