‘I want to finish him’ – Kamaru Usman expresses his desire to take on Jorge Masvidal in a rematch and finish him


‘I want to finish him’ – Kamaru Usman expresses his desire to take on Jorge Masvidal in a rematch and finish him

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Kamaru Usman (L) and Jorge Masvidal (R)

‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Kamaru Usman, has expressed his desire to take on Jorge Masvidal again. The pair faced-off in July, 2020 at UFC 251, as Kamaru Usman won via. unanimous decision. Usman, was actually scheduled to take on Gilbert Burns at the said event, but Jorge Masvidal stepped in on extremely short notice, as Gilbert Burns had tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Speaking of this in an interview with Brett Okamoto of ESPN, Usman revealed that he would like to face Jorge Masvidal in a rematch, and earn a stoppage win, this time. He also revealed that he wasn’t in full shape going into the fight, since he had a broken nose.

A lot of people haven’t dealt with a broken nose‘ – Kamaru Usman

Usman was quoted as saying, “I was unhappy because as much as I put into preparing for fights, I basically was just on autopilot that fight. A lot of things played a factor in that fight. I’m way better than that. I have way more tools and skills to display than what I showed, because out there, I beat him with stuff I’ve been doing for five years. It’s me versus me out there. So, there’s a potential of that fight happening again if he works himself there, but I want to do it again because I want to put an exclamation on it. I want to finish him. I want to impress myself.”

Speaking about his condition, prior to the fight, Usman said, “Two weeks before, shattered. A lot of people haven’t dealt with a broken nose. When anything comes close to your face, you’re trying to defend and not get that nose hit. There are a couple of guys here who hit pretty hard. We can blame that one on Carrington Banks and Justin Gaethje.”

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Usman defends his welterweight title against Gilbert Burns, at UFC 258, on the 13th of February. Masvidal, on the other hand, is currently without a fight, although a fight with Colby Covington seems to be looming large.

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