{"id":339590,"date":"2020-01-29T16:53:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T00:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339590"},"modified":"2020-01-29T16:53:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T00:53:55","slug":"kamaru-usman-praises-colby-covington-he-really-showed-how-good-he-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-praises-colby-covington-he-really-showed-how-good-he-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman praises Colby Covington: &#8216;He really showed how good he is&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington had a heated rivalry in the lead up to their UFC 245 fight. The two traded shot at one another on social media and in interviews and it appeared any respect between the two was gone.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, following UFC 245, where Usman <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/ufc-245-results-kamaru-usman-tkos-colby-covington-highlights\/\">won by fifth-round TKO<\/a>, the welterweight champion praised Covington. He also said that fight was the first in his career where he had to ask his corner if he was winning the fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"aMHTvn\">&#8220;I knew it was close because for the first time ever I asked my coaches, \u2018did I win that round?\u2019 I\u2019ve never in my career done that. &#8220;I\u2019m the type of guy, even when I was wrestling, I\u2019m the type of wrestler that likes to run up the scoreboard,&#8221; Kamaru Usman said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=UUnxGkOGNMqQEUMvroOWps6Q&amp;v=3awplfP2hbU&amp;feature=emb_title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Rogan Experience<\/a>. &#8220;I don\u2019t like to leave any doubt that I won that round. I\u2019m going to dominate that round. I\u2019m going to make sure I won. So in my head I know I won, I don\u2019t need to ask. For the first time in my career I went back [to my corner] and asked, &#8216;did I win that round? Did I win that round?\u2019&#8230; I always knew I was going to finish that fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He really showed how good he is. I give respect where respect is due, I\u2019m no hater. I know this kid can fight, I know he is good, I know he is tough,&#8221; Usman continued. &#8220;And I know he is a competitor. I\u2019ve always known that he was a competitor. He was going to come out and try to compete. Mentally, I think I\u2019m just on a different level than these guys. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/kamaru-usman-explains-why-he-nearly-retired-in-2018\/\">Just because everything that I\u2019ve been through<\/a>, that I\u2019ve done in my life has shaped me into the man that I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was an incredible fight that many were split on who was winning before the stoppage. And, Usman believes he will fight &#8220;Chaos&#8221; again <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/video-colby-covingtons-jaw-is-healing-up-nicely\/\">in the future once Covington&#8217;s jaw heals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of the day, to make fantastic fights you have to have the right dance partner. He was the right dance partner. To be honest with you, if I didn\u2019t take too much out of him because each fight takes something out of you internally. If I didn\u2019t take too much from him, I think I might see him again, to be honest. It\u2019s clear that we are the two best guys in the division. I look forward to seeing him again,&#8221; Kamaru Usman concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, neither men are booked in a fight, but all signs point to Usman<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kamaru-usman\/kamaru-usman-says-dana-white-told-him-jorge-masvidal-is-next\/\"> defending his belt against Jorge Masvidal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Kamaru Usman praising Colby Covington? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/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 1\/29\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington had a heated rivalry in the lead up to their UFC 245 fight. The two traded shot at one another on social media and in interviews and it appeared any respect between the two was gone. 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