Kamaru Usman made his dislike for Colby Covington known from the jump.
That said, having beaten his foe twice, Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC) will find Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) useful in vetting contenders who come within an arm’s reach of his UFC welterweight title.
“There are a lot of guys in that top of the division,” Usman said in a recent interview with The Underground. “You’ve got Belal Muhammad is there. You’ve got (Khamzat) Chimaev is there. You’ve got Covington is still there, holding that door strong. At this point, Covington is standing right in front of that door. For it to really make sense, for anyone to really get through, they need to go through him because he’s proven he can beat everybody else but he can’t just beat me.
