Khabib reveals concern after Usman defeat

Khabib Nurmagomedov commented on the defeat of Kamaru Usman last Saturday, the 20th, in the fight for the welterweight belt (up to 77.1kg) against Leon Edwards, at UFC 278, in Salt Lake City, in the United States. In a statement to the channel “Mr. MMA Shorts”, the former champion of Ultimate revealed concern for the recovery of the Nigerian fighter after the knockout suffered.

Usman was coming off five consecutive belt defenses, but was defeated by Edwards. Despite the caveat, Khabib believes the Nigerian will triumph in a rematch. “I am aware that the trilogy is already underway. I believe he can beat Leon Edwards. But after a knockout, many people don’t recover. That will be interesting to see. But I would love to see the trilogy. They are 1 to 1”, said the multi-champion.

“I was surprised, you could even say a little upset. I’m good friends with Kamaru and it was hard to watch [a luta]as the best fighter in the world was severely knocked out with 50 seconds left in the fight. [Em] One second everything went wrong. If you put your hand in the wrong place your lights can go out if the proper defense is not in place. You can wake up in the locker room and it’s over.” added Khabib.

Kamaru Usman Breaks Silence About Losing at UFC 278

After losing the UFC belt, the fighter Kamaru Usman broke the silence about the hard defeat suffered in front of Leon Edwards at UFC 278. Despite regretting the setback, the former welterweight champion has already projected his return to the Octagon and asked for a new chance to fight for the division’s title.

“what makes more sense [do que uma revanche]? Look at the division. That will definitely happen next. I talked to Dana [presidente do UFC], let’s let it do its thing and see which date makes sense. I was looking to fit in this year but it will probably be next year and I want to go to England”, said Kamaru Usman in an interview with the website ‘TMZ Sports’.

“I feel that England is my second home. England is half African. It’s time to go out there and entertain my people. What a story! It can’t be written any better than that. I’m feeling good, I’m in good spirits. It’s a fight, it happens. (…) What a blow! It was a big hit! It was like a ‘Hail Mary’ in the last 10 seconds of the Super Bowl, it was a big blow”, he added.

José Aldo loses in the UFC, and Drake sees R$ 1.2 million go

Jose Aldo came out defeated from UFC 278 and still saw Drake lose a millionaire amount due to his bet on the Brazilian for the fight against Merab Dvalishvili. The fight between the Brazilian and the Georgian took place during the early hours of last Saturday, 20, to Sunday, 21, and the musician, even before the confrontation began, published the value of his investment for the meeting between the two lightweight giants. .

According to what Drake himself had published on his social networks, the rapper bet about R$ 1.2 million on Aldo’s victory against Dvalishvili. Thus, if the Brazilian had won the victory, the musician could have profited around R$ 2.6 million, that is, more than double the amount invested by the Canadian. However, with the defeat, he no longer received the millionaire amount in his account.