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Kamaru Usman has sent a heartfelt message to Gilbert Burns following their thrilling welterweight title fight.<\/p>\n

Usman, the UFC welterweight champion, met Burns, the division’s No. 1 contender, in the main event of UFC 258<\/a> on Saturday night. Usman defended his title with a third-round TKO victory, but dealt with some definite adversity in the matchup, as he was dropped early in the first round.<\/p>\n

The real drama of Usman and Burns’ fight, of course, is that they’re long-time friends and former training partners. While the pair kept things civil in the lead-up to their fight, fans were enthralled by the pair’s familiarity with one another and how that might affect the matchup.<\/p>\n

After beating Burns by TKO, Usman was quick to praise his long-time training partner.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/usman84kg\/status\/1360859630071545858<\/p>\n

“You deserved to be in there with me,” Usman wrote on Twitter<\/a> after the fight. “You\u2019re the next best in the division.”<\/p>\n

Usman also had warm words for his former training parter at the UFC 258 post-fight press conference, but emphasized that, when he’s inside the cage with a fighter hoping to take his title, friendship is irrelevant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you step into my cage, we have to go to work,\u201d Usman said. \u201cThere was no friends in there. No friends at all. I am the best on the planet for a reason. You need to put some respect on my f**king name.\u201d<\/p>\n

With his victory over Gilbert Burns, Kamaru Usman is now on a thirteen fight unbeaten streak. Prior to beating Burns, he picked a decision victory over Jorge Masvidal. That win was preceded by a fifth-round TKO win over Colby Covington and a title-winning decision defeat of Tyron Woodley. Usman now holds wins over six fighters in the UFC welterweight top-10, and is undoubtedly one of the sport’s greatest welterweights ever.<\/p>\n

What do you think of the classy message he sent Gilbert Burns post-fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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