{"id":283190,"date":"2018-08-18T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T03:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=283190"},"modified":"2018-08-18T20:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T03:37:43","slug":"ufc-228-main-event-backup-kamaru-usman-dreamt-this-is-how-he-becomes-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/ufc-228-main-event-backup-kamaru-usman-dreamt-this-is-how-he-becomes-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 228 main event backup Kamaru Usman &#8216;dreamt&#8217; this is how he becomes champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perennial UFC welterweight contender Kamaru Usman will be on standby incase a replacement is needed for next months UFC 228 main event.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 228, which takes place September 8 in Dallas, is headlined by a welterweight title fight featuring current champion Tyron Woodley taking on undefeated contender <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/darren-till\/darren-till-responds-to-recent-criticism-over-family-comments-stop-trying-to-be-offended\/\">Darren Till<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8221; recently sat down with Luke Thomas on the most recent episode of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/8\/18\/17684400\/kamaru-usman-to-serve-as-official-backup-for-ufc-228-main-event-dreamt-this-is-how-he-becomes\">The MMA Hour<\/a>&#8221; and revealed that he dreamt that this backup opportunity at UFC 228 would result in him becoming champion.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, I was already in training and fortunately [the UFC] was like, \u2018Hey, we want you on standby\u2019. I was going to do that anyway, they didn\u2019t have to tell me. I was going to be there on weight whether they compensated me to be there or not. I was going to do that for free because that was my shot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Usman continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf Darren Till is able to make weight, more power to him, I want him to be able to make weight and get his shot. And if everything is fine with Tyron, more power to him. But in my dreams I dreamt this was the process of how I become champion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Darren <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-liverpool\/mma-community-reacts-to-darren-till-missing-weight\/\">Till has failed to make weight<\/a> in two of his past four octagon appearances, missing the non-championship mark of 171-pounds by a wide margin on both occasions. <\/p>\n<p>Obviously Kamaru Usman would like to fight Woodley next because &#8220;The Chosen One&#8221; is currently the promotions welterweight title holder. 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