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Over the last few days, several rumors have surfaced suggesting that rising UFC welterweight contenders Kamaru Usman and Mike Perry might soon collide in the cage. On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour<\/a>, however, Usman assured that there’s nothing in the works with Perry, and that he’s instead keen on a fight with former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kamaru Usman’s issues with Anjos stem from the Brazilian’s rapid rise through the welterweight rankings \u2013 something he does not feel is justified.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou bring in RDA after taking two [losses] at lightweight,” he said of dos Anjos’ welterweight career. “He moves up, he fights [Tarec] Saffiedine who I think was ranked 14th<\/sup> while I was ranked I think 10th<\/sup> at the time. You bring in [Saffiedine]. who\u2019s ranked below me, and [dos Anjos] goes to a decision with that guy \u2013 it was not even an exciting fight, it was a close fight. He goes to a decision, then the rankings come out and RDA\u2019s ahead of me? What sense does that make? Then he fights Neil Magny, who I\u2019ve been calling out for a long time, [but he] just seemed to find a way to duck me. He fights Neil Magny, and finishes Neil Magny in four minutes, I believe. I just killed a guy (Sergio Moraes) who also finished Neil Magny faster than [dos Anjos] did, in the first round. Like what sense does it make for him to be number-five in the world when I\u2019ve literally ran through every guy I\u2019ve faced in that division?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Rafael<\/p>\n

Usman continued, explaining that he believes a fight with dos Anjos\u00a0needs\u00a0<\/em>to happen. It was then that he admitted that, if he doesn’t get his desired scrap with dos Anjos, he’d be willing to fight Mike Perry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf RDA is number five in the world, let him prove it,\u201d Usman said. \u201cI Tweeted him, I said \u2018December 2nd<\/sup>, Detroit, RDA let\u2019s do it.’ I got nothing back. It was like crickets. I got absolutely nothing back. The fans have been going crazy with it. That\u2019s a fight that absolutely needs to happen. He\u2019s not booked, so I don\u2019t see why the UFC won\u2019t make that fight. But if for some reason he decides that he\u2019s on vacation somewhere, and he doesn\u2019t want to fight until I\u2019m booked for a fight, then it makes no sense for me to fight anybody else, except somebody that the fans actually care about, like Mike Perry. Because I know Mike Perry won\u2019t duck me<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Would you rather see Kamaru Usman fight Mike Perry or Rafael dos Anjos?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/25\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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