October 8, 2024 2:00 pm ET
Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has disregarded Joaquin Buckley’s callout.
Buckley (21-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) issued a problem to Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) after scoring a third-round knockout of former title challenger Stephen Thompson on Saturday at UFC 307. Buckley is now 5-0 at welterweight within the UFC and was praised by Daniel Cormier for his callout. Usman dismissed Buckley however didn’t suggest that he wouldn’t struggle him if supplied.
“Take a quantity and get in line,” Usman stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo. “I consider he’s in all probability, what, the tenth, eleventh man? I don’t know what number of guys have referred to as me out. It’s what it’s. It’s clearly, like DC stated, it’s a extra affordable callout for him as a result of he’s on the streak. He’s been doing good work inside there. I consider he was shedding that struggle, and it was only a technique to be relentless and discover the shot finally to get that end. So, you understand, hats off to him.
“He did an awesome job. If that’s the struggle, then that’s the struggle. If it’s not, it’s not. Clearly proper now I’m engaged on myself and making an attempt to get myself again, as a result of I’ve fought injured for thus lengthy to the place I achieved all of the issues I’ve achieved, however in some unspecified time in the future it does catch as much as you. It’s a must to sit down and proper a few of these errors. However, like I stated, I ain’t going nowhere. I’m nonetheless right here, and finally I’ll get in there and present the those who I’m as soon as once more the king.”
Usman, 37, hasn’t competed since a majority decision loss to Khamzat Chimaev at middleweight in October 2023. The short-notice setback to Chimaev was his third straight after struggling back-to-back title losses to Leon Edwards. For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 307.
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