{"id":381345,"date":"2021-04-06T16:43:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T23:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=381345"},"modified":"2021-04-06T16:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T23:43:26","slug":"kamaru-usman-says-its-green-panty-night-when-any-welterweight-fights-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-says-its-green-panty-night-when-any-welterweight-fights-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman says it&#8217;s &#8220;green panty night&#8221; when any welterweight fights him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman knows it&#8217;s a big night for any welterweight when they get a chance to fight him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-announces-the-ufc-is-back-with-fans-jorge-masvidal-vs-kamaru-usman-2-set\/\">In the main event of UFC 261<\/a>, Usman is set to rematch Jorge Masvidal in a high-profile fight. Although many believe Usman asked for the rematch because of how much star power and draw &#8220;Gamebred&#8221; has, he says that isn&#8217;t true. He knows there will be more eyes but he believes he&#8217;s the reason why it is a big fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s truth and there&#8217;s not truth to that. You can&#8217;t say you are the star and that&#8217;s who I want to be, that&#8217;s wrong, because I have what everyone in the world wants, so you can&#8217;t say that,&#8221; Kamaru Usman said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bdhAR7ll6qs&amp;ab_channel=ESPNMMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>. &#8220;Of course, does he bring more eyes right now? Absolutely, I&#8217;m a realist, I&#8217;ve always been a realist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I look at all the pools of guys I&#8217;ve been through all of them, now I&#8217;m just lapping them all,&#8221; Usman added. &#8220;We&#8217;re running a race right now and I&#8217;m lapping everybody right now. He&#8217;s the first guy, so he&#8217;s dead last right now, the first guy I&#8217;m about to lap. I&#8217;m lapping him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, does he bring a little bit more eyes? Absolutely. I don&#8217;t take that away from him, I&#8217;m proud of everything he has done, absolutely proud of him,&#8221; Usman continued. &#8220;Respect in that aspect. Let&#8217;s be honest, I have what everyone wants. It&#8217;s green panty night when you fight me. He&#8217;s not getting the pay-per-views on his own, he has to fight me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kamaru Usman does have a point that his and Masvidal&#8217;s rivalry is a reason why the fight is so big. He also has the championship belt which they are all after and he&#8217;ll continue to headline pay-per-views and rack in extra money due to that.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Kamaru Usman saying it&#8217;s green panty night when welterweights fight him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman knows it&#8217;s a big night for any welterweight when they get a chance to fight him. In the main event of UFC 261, Usman is set to rematch Jorge Masvidal in a high-profile fight. 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