{"id":456025,"date":"2022-08-18T05:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=456025"},"modified":"2022-08-18T05:49:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:49:39","slug":"kamaru-usman-responds-to-critics-who-say-hes-gone-hollywood-ahead-of-ufc-278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-responds-to-critics-who-say-hes-gone-hollywood-ahead-of-ufc-278\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman responds to critics who say he\u2019s gone \u201cHollywood\u201d ahead of UFC 278"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman has responded to those who say he&#8217;s gone &#8216;Hollywood&#8217; heading into UFC 278 this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Kamaru Usman will look to maintain his place at the top of the food chain when he defends the UFC welterweight championship against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/leon-edwards\/\">Leon Edwards<\/a>. &#8216;The Nigerian Nightmare&#8217; has already successfully defended the strap five times and as he aims to make it six, many wonder whether or not a victory in Salt Lake City would vault him into the GOAT conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Another bonus heading into the event is that Usman <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/kamaru-usman-to-guest-star-in-black-panther-wakanda-forever\/\">recently landed<\/a> his first major acting role in the upcoming <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<\/em> sequel.<\/p>\n<p>When discussing that during media day, Usman wanted to make it clear where he stands.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kamaru Usman on Leon Edwards&#039; striking: \u201cWe all saw what Masvidal did to him in London\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q1V6YmYUsc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI was in a movie and everyone says, \u2018He Hollywood now,&#8217;\u201d Usman said. \u201cWhen I was in college eating $5 Little Caesars pizza and I was surviving off of that for two days, and eating ramen noodles for a whole week, you know what I did? I dreamt of getting to a point where I didn\u2019t have to do that. To where I could walk into any steakhouse wherever I wanted and tell my mom and dad, \u2018You guys want to go there? I got you. Let\u2019s go there. You want to fly private? I got you.\u2019 I always dreamt of that and always wanted that. So I put the work in to get to that point. To get to the point where I wanted silk shirts. \u2026 I always wanted that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI put the work in and I got that. But that doesn\u2019t stop me. I want to be bigger than Dwayne Johnson. I\u2019m not bigger than him, so that means I need more work. So this notion of people who say, \u2018You\u2019re Hollywood now. It\u2019s going to his head.\u2019 If he\u2019s thinking that, it\u2019s the biggest misconception \u2013\u00a0it\u2019ll be a short night for him come Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/08\/ufc-278-news-kamaru-usman-wants-to-be-bigger-star-than-dwayne-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Will Kamaru Usman retain the strap this weekend?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamaru Usman has responded to those who say he&#8217;s gone &#8216;Hollywood&#8217; heading into UFC 278 this weekend. 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