{"id":331110,"date":"2019-11-06T10:45:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=331110"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:45:01","slug":"kamaru-usman-plans-to-show-colby-covington-i-am-more-american-than-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-plans-to-show-colby-covington-i-am-more-american-than-he-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman plans to show Colby Covington &#8216;I am more American than he is&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman feels that he is more American than his UFC 245 challenger Colby Covington, who is an outspoken patriot and supporter of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Usman, who was born in Nigeria and immigrated to America, shared his thoughts in an interview with Kristine Leahy on FAIR GAME, asserting that he is the one living the American Dream \u2014 not his MAGA hat wearing rival.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colby Covington&#039;s Trash Talk on UFC Champion Kamaru Usman &quot;Doesn&#039;t Have Limits&quot; | FAIR GAME\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79S66hVAb7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country is built off of immigrants, so when did we get to the point where it\u2019s like we need to divide, we need to push this immigrant out, or that immigrant, or separate, and so I feel like that\u2019s what he\u2019s pushing,\u201d Usman stated (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/11\/kamaru-usman-absolutely-more-american-than-colby-covington-ufc-245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cThat\u2019s what he\u2019s trying to say, and I need to let him know that I am more American than he is. I am absolutely more American than he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an immigrant who came here, worked his tail off to get to where I am,\u201d Usman added. \u201cI did everything right. I didn\u2019t cheat anybody. I didn\u2019t lie, I didn\u2019t do any of the things that they\u2019re trying to say immigrants do. I didn\u2019t do any of that. I paid my dues, and I got what he wanted. I\u2019m sitting up here, and he\u2019s down here looking up at me, so I need to remind him, I\u2019m more American than he is. I\u2019m the one living the American Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington will collide in the main event of UFC 245 on December 14. The card will also feature a featherweight title fight between champion Max Holloway and challenger Alexander Volkanovski, and a women&#8217;s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and challenger Germaine de Randamie.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of these comments from Usman? How do you think Covington will respond?<\/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 11\/6\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman feels that he is more American than his UFC 245 challenger Colby Covington, who is an outspoken patriot and supporter of Donald Trump. 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