Nigerian Ultimate Fighting Champion, Kamaru Usman, has vowed to never fight Khabib Nurmagomedov and fellow Nigerian fighter, Israel Adesanya. Topic of the Nigerian’s title defense is still up for discussion but the welterweight champion has ended any talks of him squaring off against Khabib Nurmagomedov, who appears to be his friend, and Adesanya who he considers to be his brother and noted it is better two athletes fly Nigeria’s flag high than one.
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I would never fight Khabib – that’s my brother..It’s just like a mutual respect [so] I don’t see myself ever fighting Khabib…And I don’t see myself fighting Israel. There have been quite a few people hinting towards it … but there’s plenty of people. Having two in Nigeria is better than having one hold two belts
Kamaru Usman
It will be recalled that Israel Adesanya followed the footsteps of Kamaru Usman in 2019 to become Africa’s second ever world UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion after defeating Robert Whittaker to claim the middleweight fighting belt. Adesanya who has turned out to become one of the promotion’s biggest stars will defend his title by March, 2019, against Yoel Romero, and Usman has admitted his love and unwillingness to fight the Nigerian.
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There’s no desire there, that’s my guy, man … Israel is special, and I get kind of envious, too, like I say ‘damn it, I wish I could to that [expletive]’ and whip my hands like this and throw the little question mark kick
Usman
Usman is currently recovering from an injury he sustained while defending his title against Colby Covington in December, 2019.
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