Nigerian-American professional mixed martial artist Kamaru Usman has maintained his status as the best pound-for pound fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship after defeating Colby Covington in a recent fight at the Maddison Square Garden in New York to retain his UFC Welterweight title.
In what was a battle of titan, Usman won the fight by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) to defend his welterweight crown at the UFC 268 and rack up fifteenth straight UFC victory.
Usman’s amazing record stands only behind Anderson Silva’s 16 straight wins.
While it was projected that Covington would make Kamaru Usman suffer in the rematch, it was the Nigerian Nightmare that put his challenger’s dream of a win to sleep at the UFC 268.
Local reports have it that Usman took control of the bout from the first round as both fighters attempted takedowns without any success.
In the second round, Usman dropped his opponent twice and thereafter finished the round with number of strong body shots.
It was disclosed that Usman took the next two rounds and Covington could only win the last one but then, it was a little too late to get him a win.
Official records have it that it was nearly two years since the last time Usman and Covington stepped into the Octagon against one another. Back then Usman won via a fifth round KO.
Covington has fought just once since that December 2019 clash, squaring off against Tyron Woodley on Sept. 19, 2020. He beat Woodley by TKO in five rounds.
On his part, Usman has since beating Covington, won three fights, one by KO, another by TKO and another by decision. His most recent fight came against Jorge Masvidal, when he won by knockout on April 24, 2021.
