![]() ![]() He needs to come out and dominate to show he’s the best fighter, he hasn’t done that. But he hasn’t proven he’s the better fighter. I had him so hurt in the fourth round that he shouldn’t have made it out. “I beat him in both fights, in multiple rounds. He didn’t dominate me pillar to post from Round 1 to Round 5. ![]() ![]() He’s been in there with me for almost an hour now - two fights, 10 rounds - and he knows he hasn’t proven that. “He knows deep down inside of his heart that he hasn’t shown he’s the better fighter. “He even said after the fight there ‘might be a trilogy with Colby,’” Covington said of Usman. While it’s typically a tough sell for the UFC on a trilogy fight with one side winning the first two fights, Covington believes that if Max Holloway can get a third fight with Alexander Volkanovski, a third meeting with Usman is a no-brainer. “Chaos” is 16-1 in his pro career outside of his two fights with Usman, which includes victories over former champions Tyron Woodley, Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos, as well as multi-time title challenger Demian Maia. ”Ĭovington feels like he won the final three rounds of their headliner at Madison Square Garden, and he even believes there’s an argument to be made he won the first five minutes as well. I think if we fought seven times, I beat him four. “We have so many similar attributes in MMA, with our game plans, and our styles. That makes sense to do because it’s a such a close fight on paper. “I’m a better fighter than him, we’re so evenly matched that that’s a fight that needs to play out over a championship series - a best-of-seven. “Beating Marty Fake Newsman, that’s it,” Covington said. In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Covington was asked what would be more meaningful, becoming world champion with a win over a different titleholder, or simply beating Usman, title or no title. They also competed in an all-time classic at UFC 245 in December 2019, where Usman picked up a fifth-round TKO win - a stoppage that Covington disputes still to this day. The welterweights most recently met in a main event rematch at UFC 268 with Usman taking a 2-0 lead in the series with a unanimous decision victory to retain his world title. Someone get Dana White on the horn! Time to make this happen (even if it could only take place in the EA Sports UFC video games).Colby Covington doesn’t just want a trilogy fight with welterweight champion Kamaru Usman - he wants to do something that’s never been done before in the sport’s history. Obviously, the Colby fight was super-close and Gilbert had a moment there, but this is a dominant run.“ “ We’ve not seen him in many vulnerable spots. 1, that is essentially saying if everything was equal, he’d be the guy who would win. If I’m, if I’m thinking of pound for pound in that way, sort of have to go for Kamaru. He’s just been so good for so long and he’s developed into a great striker, especially now training with Trevor Wittman. 1 on my pound-for-pound list right now is Kamaru Usman. When asked who would win a hypothetical UFC “Openweight Grand Prix” tournament with zero weight classes, here’s what he had to say: Last week, Boardroom spoke with Ariel Helwani, the biggest MMA journalist in the game. As long as I take care of what I need to take care of, I’m gonna show you that I am the best.” Ariel Helwani on Kamaru Usman And I’m just like, all right, I’mma do my thing. The media has to build ’em up as this giant that’s willing to come in and dethrone me. A lot of these guys, I let ’em take the gas, because that’s the job. I got into a space where it’s like, man, all right, I’ll let you talk. Go out there and show you.’ And that’s the way that I had to approach that. The elites are the type of people that are able to tap into that mentality, like, ‘oh, word? I’m gonna show you. “This is what separates the good, great, and the elites. Usman spoke about the mental approach of a man who wears championship gold and how he views his opponents - not a single one of which has bested him since he made his UFC debut in 2015 at the age of 28. In February, Usman appeared on Boardroom’s “The ETCs” podcast with Kevin Durant and Eddie Gonzalez to discuss his title reign in the run up to his rematch with Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 - a bout that ended with an absolutely thunderous knockout. Subscribe The Nigerian Nightmare on “The ETCs” Podcast ![]()
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