Kamaru Usman has some names in thoughts for his return to motion.
The previous Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Welterweight champion has taken his time, resting and recovering all through 2024. When he finally will get again within the Octagon, he’ll look to snap a three-fight dropping skid that started when he final held the title in his rematch in opposition to Leon Edwards at UFC 278 in August 2022.
Usman, 37, seems to be getting nearer to his comeback. When he does so, he believes fights with any of Shavkat Rakhmonov, Ian Machado Garry, Jack Della Maddalena, or Belal Muhammad are the fitting strikes.
“There’s an enormous likelihood it comes all the way down to one in all these guys,” Usman mentioned on Pound 4 Pound. “These are the streaky guys proper now. As I like to think about it, these are the brand new scorching chicks within the division proper now, and naturally, we love scorching chicks. These are the new prospects within the division proper now.
“Staying at Welterweight, I must select out of one in all these guys,” he continued. “It’s what it’s. I’ve no downside with both one. I feel they’re all nice fighters. Robust, younger, sturdy fighters, making their means up. It’s as much as me to go present them they’re not on my stage but, however I’ve been doing this. That I’ve been, all the time would be the boogeyman of that Welterweight division.”
Fortunately for Usman, the primary three names he has in thoughts are all with out present match ups booked. Nevertheless, Muhammad would be the subsequent contender to problem the champion, Edwards, once they rematch in UFC 304’s important occasion subsequent weekend (Sat., July 27, 2024). Attributable to Usman’s current consecutive losses to Edwards at Welterweight, he’ll doubtless want at the least one win earlier than being in title consideration.
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