Kamaru Usman sends a clear message.
UFC 310
UFC 310 is this Saturday night, live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally, the main event was supposed to be Belal Muhammad defending his Welterweight Championship against Shavkat Rakhmonov. But, Belal was forced to pull out due to injury. Then, as UFC scrambled to find a replacement, many names were on the table, including Kamaru Usman, Colby Covington, Carlos Prates and Ian Garry.
It was said that while Colby declined, both Usman and Prates wanted to fight. But, Prates injured his foot, and Kamaru couldn’t get the deal done. So, Ian Garry was the man to step in for Saturday night. This led fans to say Usman was ‘ducking’ Shavkat. Now, he has a response, via his Pound-4-Pound podcast.
“This is an intriguing fight, this is a fight that I was potentially going to slide into. I’ve touched on this a million times, which is crazy to me because I’m seeing online people like, ‘Aw, you scared? You ducking? You ducking? You scared? You scared?’ What?
I’m like, ‘Wait, what?’ This is the same sentiment that I feel like people are doing to Jon Jones. It’s just like when people, where you’re fans or fans of a fighter don’t get their desired wish that they want, ‘That’s the fight I want,’ then it’s like, ‘That guy must be scared because he didn’t take the fight.’ Like, guys, shut up. Shut up. We step in there each and every time—I have 22 or 25 fights, I don’t know how many fights, but you think everyone, ‘Oh, you scared.’ World champion and defending belts time and time again, ‘Oh, he’s scared.’ Shut up. Just because you didn’t get what you wanted. Guess what, it’s like your mom telling you, ‘No, you can’t have that toy today.’ So shut your mouth.
Kamaru Usman has not fought since UFC 294 in Ocotber 2023. Ian Garry will fight Shavkat Rakhmonov this Saturday in the co-headliner at UFC 310.
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