Kamaru Usman Wants To Fight Leon Edwards In London In Early 2023

Kamaru Usman is preparing to combat Leon Edwards in early 2023 — in the Brit’s house nation — however the Nigerian Nightmare ain’t worried about entering into opponent area … ’cause he states the crowd will in fact be on his side.

“I would love to go to England and do this in England,” Usman informed Babcock when they took a seat for the “TMZ Sports” television program (airs weeknights on FS1), including, “I gotta lot of fans in England, a lot of my Africans, a lot of my Jamaican fans in England so I think it only makes sense.”

Lots of fans in England … as in, the crowd will be divided 50/50, we asked.

“No, I think I have more fans in there than he would but it is what it is, going to the UK, doesn’t matter. They don’t help you fight. You gotta fight me. You gotta fight the Nigerian Nightmare when you’re in there so that doesn’t really make a difference for me,” 35-year-old Usman stated.

Of course, Kamaru lost his title to 31-year-old Edwards at UFC 278 in August. Usman was travelling, on his method to a reasonably pain-free title defense … that’s till Rocky landed a completely put head kick that turned the lights off for the champ.

Prior to the loss, Usman won 19 battles in a row … lots of versus the UFC’s finest, consisting of Colby Covington (two times), Jorge Masvidal (two times), and lots of others. He likewise formerly beat Edwards in late 2015.

After the battle, the web did what the web does … and there were memes galore. Usman managed the loss happily.

“I started wrestling in high school and I lost a lot until I started winning. Then I went to college wrestling and then I lost until I did win and then I started fighting, then I lost and started winning,” Kamaru states, making the point … everybody loses. It’s how you recuperate.

And, after over 20 minutes of combating this summertime, Usman states both he and Edwards understand who’s the exceptional fighter.