{"id":296849,"date":"2019-01-02T20:03:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T04:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=296849"},"modified":"2019-01-02T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T04:04:15","slug":"breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#8216;a done deal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the sounds of it, Kamaru Usman will get the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Twitter on Thursday evening, the surging UFC welterweight contender announced that his next fight is &#8220;a done deal&#8221; \u2014 and it sure seems like he&#8217;s talking about a title fight.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMAN84kg\/status\/1080670818705727488<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a done deal and has been signed,&#8221; Kamaru Usman wrote. &#8220;March 2019 I will be the New WW Champion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This claim from Usman certainly makes some sense.\u00a0UFC President Dana White has recently claimed that Usman will fight for the UFC welterweight title at UFC 235 on March 2 in Las Vegas \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-kamaru-usman-will-fight-for-title-but-it-might-not-be-against-tyron-woodley\/\"> whether it&#8217;s against the reigning champion Woodley or not.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat fight is happening or Usman vs. someone for the title,\u201d White told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/12\/ufc-235-dana-white-says-kamaru-usman-will-get-welterweight-title-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a> via text message recently.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, it&#8217;s not clear whether Usman&#8217;s potential title shot will come against Tyron Woodley, or perhaps against somebody else, if Woodley isn&#8217;t available.<\/p>\n<p>That being said Woodley is healthy, and his only objection to fighting Kamaru Usman has been that he wants to fight his arch rival Colby Covington first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to whoop Colby\u2019s ass to be honest,\u201d\u00a0Woodley stated on The Hollywood Beatdown.\u00a0\u201cBecause they done built this dude up. They allow [Colby] to annoy the universe with his terrible sh*t. He\u2019s garbage. I think it is just way more to sell this fight, and the [UFC] is not going to allow me to fight a guy like [Conor] McGregor, or let me go up a weight class. I\u2019ve never been allowed to go up a weight class to fight for a title. I have asked to do it a million times. [Michael] Bisping, then they let GSP [Georges St-Pierre] come in and fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if those fights aren\u2019t on the table, I\u2019m gonna end up fighting [Kamaru] Usman anyways, so let me fight Colby first! Let me get this bag right quick, and let me whoop his ass!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Kamaru Usman is indeed fighting Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 on March 2, who do you think will leave Las Vegas with the welterweight title wrapped round there waist? Join the debate in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/2\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the sounds of it, Kamaru Usman will get the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. Speaking on Twitter on Thursday evening, the surging UFC welterweight contender announced that his next fight is &#8220;a done deal&#8221; \u2014 and it sure seems like he&#8217;s talking about a title fight. https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMAN84kg\/status\/1080670818705727488 &#8220;It&#8217;s a done deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":283245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10616,10175,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#039;a done deal&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kamaru Usman says his next fight is a &quot;done deal&quot; \u2014 and it sure sounds like he&#039;s talking about a UFC 235 welterweight title fight.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#039;a done deal&#039; | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kamaru Usman says his next fight is a &quot;done deal&quot; \u2014 and it sure sounds like he&#039;s talking about a UFC 235 welterweight title fight.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-03T04:03:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-03T04:04:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kamaru-Usman-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thomas Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Thomas Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Thomas Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/496adaba08f39521150b5053c28fa1a0\"},\"headline\":\"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#8216;a done deal&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-03T04:03:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-03T04:04:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\"},\"wordCount\":387,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Kamaru Usman\",\"Tyron Woodley\",\"UFC\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\",\"name\":\"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is 'a done deal' | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-03T04:03:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-03T04:04:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Kamaru Usman says his next fight is a \\\"done deal\\\" \u2014 and it sure sounds like he's talking about a UFC 235 welterweight title fight.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#8216;a done deal&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/496adaba08f39521150b5053c28fa1a0\",\"name\":\"Thomas Taylor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/thomas-taylor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is 'a done deal' | BJPenn.com","description":"Kamaru Usman says his next fight is a \"done deal\" \u2014 and it sure sounds like he's talking about a UFC 235 welterweight title fight.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is 'a done deal' | BJPenn.com","og_description":"Kamaru Usman says his next fight is a \"done deal\" \u2014 and it sure sounds like he's talking about a UFC 235 welterweight title fight.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2019-01-03T04:03:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-03T04:04:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kamaru-Usman-3.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Thomas Taylor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Thomas Taylor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/"},"author":{"name":"Thomas Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/496adaba08f39521150b5053c28fa1a0"},"headline":"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#8216;a done deal&#8217;","datePublished":"2019-01-03T04:03:05+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-03T04:04:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/"},"wordCount":387,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Kamaru Usman","Tyron Woodley","UFC"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/","name":"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is 'a done deal' | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-01-03T04:03:05+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-03T04:04:15+00:00","description":"Kamaru Usman says his next fight is a \"done deal\" \u2014 and it sure sounds like he's talking about a UFC 235 welterweight title fight.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-kamaru-usman-says-welterweight-title-fight-is-a-done-deal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"BREAKING | Kamaru Usman says welterweight title fight is &#8216;a done deal&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/496adaba08f39521150b5053c28fa1a0","name":"Thomas Taylor","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/thomas-taylor\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}