UFC: Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman Retains Welterweight Title

• Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman has retained his welterweight title 
• The UFC fighter defeated Colby Covington by unanimous decision 

Ekohotblog reports that Nigeria’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Kamaru Usman in the early hours of Sunday, November 7th defeated American Colby Covington to retain his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title.

The Nigerian Nightmare retained his welterweight title by defeating Colby Covington by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-7, 49-46).

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Kamaru Usman has now successfully defended his UFC title 5 times and against 3 men; Colby Covington (twice), Jorge Masvidal (twice) and Gilbert Burns.

Kamaru Usman

He has also extended his record for the longest active winning streak in the UFC (15) and is just one win away from equaling the longest winning streak of all time (16) held by the retired former Middleweight champion, the Brazilian, Anderson Silva.

Reacting to his win after the fight, Usman said

“There was a lot of bad blood and I’m sure there will be some still but he is a tough son of a b****. When you share an octagon with someone tough you gain that respect. I can tell his technique and power has come up. I am the pound for pound best alive, we take our time, stay calculated.

“New York, thank you for coming out, I hope we put on a performance for you.”

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