{"id":335643,"date":"2019-12-16T12:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T20:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=335643"},"modified":"2019-12-16T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T20:55:32","slug":"kamaru-usman-sends-warning-to-little-man-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-sends-warning-to-little-man-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman sends warning to &#8216;little man&#8217; Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman has some words of warning for Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8221; Usman collided with his arch-nemesis Colby Covington last weekend in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/ufc-245-results-kamaru-usman-tkos-colby-covington-highlights\/\">the main event of UFC 245<\/a>. The welterweight champion used his striking to chip away at &#8220;Chaos&#8221; until he finally sealed the deal with a fifth-round knockdown and followup ground strikes, successfully defending his title for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>After delivering this championship performance and extending his win streak to 15, Usman has the whole welterweight division hot on his tail for a title shot. That includes former featherweight and lightweight champion and current welterweight competitor Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after UFC 245, &#8220;The Notorious&#8221; took to Twitter where he cryptically mentioned the weight limits of the featherweight, lightweight and welterweight divisions. The 170-pound class is the only division mentioned that McGregor is yet to conquer \u2014 a major hint that he wants to take on Usman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">145. 155. 170.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1206238514142228480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/16\/kamaru-usman-colby-covington-conor-mcgregor-ufc-fight-georges-st-pierre\/\">TMZ<\/a>, Usman told McGregor to be careful what he wishes for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He must want to die,&#8221; said Usman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, what?! He must want to die. This is not &#8217;45, &#8217;55. You saw what Khabib [Nurmagomedov] did to him. Oh my god, it wouldn&#8217;t even be fair if I fought Conor. Much respect to Conor for what he&#8217;s done for this sport and transcended it. [But] Nah, this is not what you want\u201d Usman continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just sit down little man, sit down. Learn to walk before you can run because I would hurt that [Conor McGregor] guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kamaru Usman is represented by Dominance MMA, the same management company responsible for McGregor&#8217;s last opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov is the lightweight champion and successfully defended his title against McGregor when he submitted the Irishman via neck crank in their 2018 fight.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, McGregor has dipped in and out of retirement. He is set to return in 2020 to fight Donald &#8220;Cowboy&#8221; Cerrone. The former lightweight fighters will be stepping up to welterweight for their clash.<\/p>\n<p>If McGregor is successful against Cerrone, do you think he\u2019ll call for a fight with Kamaru Usman?<\/p>\n<p><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 12\/16\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman has some words of warning for Conor McGregor. &#8220;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8221; Usman collided with his arch-nemesis Colby Covington last weekend in the main event of UFC 245. 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