{"id":273374,"date":"2018-03-28T07:29:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273374"},"modified":"2018-03-28T07:29:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:29:58","slug":"kamaru-usman-blames-dana-white-for-backlash-after-30-percent-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/kamaru-usman-blames-dana-white-for-backlash-after-30-percent-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman blames Dana White for backlash after &#8217;30 percent&#8217; comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you watched Kamaru Usman defeat Emil Meek at UFC St. Louis in January, you&#8217;ll probably recall his controversial post-fight interview, during which he claimed he&#8217;d fought (and won) with just 30 percent of his ability.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Usman made this remark, he was hit by a tidal wave of backlash\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/dana-white-wasnt-impressed-kamaru-usmans-performance-30-comment\/\">including a few critical comments from UFC President Dana White.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the most ridiculous things I\u2019ve ever heard somebody say, and you\u2019re getting booed out of the arena on top of it,\u201d White said. \u201cI don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll see what\u2019s next for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EXRj5qzzzZg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Usman argued that, had White not criticized him, the backlash he received for this 30 percent comment probably wouldn&#8217;t have been so severe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI meant I literally was maybe 30 percent of my abilities, which is what I stated, but of course, when you have a president that is so powerful like\u00a0Dana White\u00a0and he goes out in the media and says what he says, everyone just jumps on it,&#8221; Usman said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/3\/28\/17168826\/kamaru-usman-blames-dana-white-for-misconstruing-30-percent-comment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>). &#8220;I swear if Dana says that, \u2018You know what? An earthquake is going to happen tomorrow,\u2019 everyone\u2019s going to jump on it, \u2018Oh, an earthquake\u2019s going to happen tomorrow.\u2019 That\u2019s just the way that these UFC fans are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo once Dana said that, it was just the backlash of it and whatnot, but what I meant to say was I was at 30-percent health. Dana took it the wrong way, so fans took it the wrong way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, Usman stands by his comment, as he was just speaking from the heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am what I am, I don\u2019t regret anything,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a blessing in everything that happens to us. Yes, of course, it\u2019s getting kind of old, because every time you look at one of my pictures, comments or anything like that, all fans seem to want to talk about is 30 percent, 30 percent, 30 percent. 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