“I was never attached to the title” – Kamaru Usman tells Joe Rogan he was relieved after losing the belt to Leon Edwards at UFC 278
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Kamaru Usman is not as devastated as you would think he is after losing the most-precious welterweight title to his rival, Leon Edwards at UFC 278. The Nigerian Nightmare explains to Joe Rogan on the podcast how he felt after losing to “Rocky” in Salt Lake City, Utah.
UFC 278 was one of the greatest UFC nights of all time. The world witnessed the ultimate underdog story in Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards as the latter ended the dominant reign of the former with a wonderful headkick. The entire fight was like a script out of a movie. Usman not only lost the fight against Leon at UFC 278, but he lost his welterweight title, the pound-for-pound best title, and his chance to break the legendary Anderson Silva’s record.
While most fighters would have been devastated to see their dominant reign in the UFC come to a brutal end like that, Kamaru is rather in good spirits after his first-ever loss inside the UFC octagon. Usman has taken his loss like a true champ and is already looking forward to the next fight of his career.
Kamaru Usman talks about the several expectations people had for him during his last fight
Talking to the UFC commentator on his popular podcast, Usman explained that he felt a type of relief losing the belt to Leon Edwards. The fighter had never lost inside the octagon and has been one of the most dominant fighters to ever fight in the welterweight division. “It’s weird to really explain, but you get to a certain point where people start putting expectations in you, ‘you’re gonna do this, you’re gonna do that, you’re gonna become this,’ to where I didn’t get into all that,” said Usman, talking to Rogan.
“I was never attached to the title, as weird as that sounds. I didn’t, I was never attached to it, there was no, ‘Oh I’m champion, I gotta hold on to this,'” added Usman in the conversation with Rogan. The fighter said he always entered his title fights with no overconfidence. The Nigerian Nightmare is currently 20-2 in his professional career and has 16 wins in the UFC since his debut. The fighter faced his first loss at UFC 278.
Usman is already one of the greatest to ever do it in the history of the division and many also claimed that he’s a better champion than Georges St Pierre. Usman, however, does not believe in all that. The fighter is not chasing records and is currently looking to fight the trilogy against Edwards which will most likely be in the UK.
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