Kamaru Usman has successfully defended his UFC welterweight title on Sunday morning against Jorge Masvidal via a brutal knockout in round two of their scheduled five round contest.
The fight was held at the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, United States of America.
Usman produced two takedowns and struck his opponent 32 times but Masvidal did not see the knockout punch coming.
In the post-fight press conference, the 33-year-old Nigerian said his efforts were aimed at putting what he called a “definitive end” to the Masvidal chapter.
In his words: “There are two set-ups to that right hand that I envisioned him landing and that one was one of them. Actually, I tried the first one in the second round but he is a veteran in the game and he saw it coming, so, I decided to stay composed.”
Usman defeated Masvidal via a fifth-round technical knockout at UFC 245 and completed that chapter with a devastating knockout in UFC 261 and the Nigerian wants to be considered as one of the best in the world – an assertion that UFC owner, Dana White, agrees with.
