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UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou is heaping praise on the latest Ultimate Fighter winner Mohammed Usman.<\/p>\n

On the main card of UFC Vegas 59, Usman went one-on-one with Zac Pauga to determine the TUF 30 heavyweight winner. Usman ended up knocking Pauga out cold<\/a> in the second round to lay claim to the label of TUF champion.<\/p>\n

After the fight, Ngannou sent a congratulatory message<\/a> to Usman and joked that he doesn’t want any smoke from the new TUF heavyweight king.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/1556135713959059456?s=21&t=itq-p8_-iM0odCU05Mx5UQ<\/p>\n

“A new contender was born in the heavyweight division and personally I want no business with this man. Congrats brother @Umohammed97.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Mohammed is the younger brother of reigning UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman<\/a>. Mohammed has improved his pro MMA record to 8-2 with the KO win to punch his ticket to a UFC contract.<\/p>\n

During the UFC Vegas 59 post-fight press conference, Mohammed dismissed the notion that he received this TUF opportunity because he’s Kamaru’s brother (h\/t MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to put the work in to get here,\u201d Usman said. \u201cFighting is fighting. It\u2019s not, \u2018Oh, Kamaru\u2019s your brother. Now let\u2019s just push you up here. You\u2019re in the \u201cUltimate Fighter\u201d finale. , you don\u2019t have to fight these two hard monsters that are coming in at 265 pounds to be here. We\u2019ll just put you here because your brother is Kamaru Usman.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s false. Everything about fighting is yourself. That\u2019s why I love it so much, because as much as people speak about my brother, that\u2019s why I love it because I\u2019m still the one that has to go out there and compete and have to fight and have to win for you guys to even be up here and talk crap to me and tell me about my brother. If I don\u2019t win, I\u2019m not even getting up here and looking at you guys.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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