Kamaru Usman - trash talks and Quotes

“What a fight!! Congratulations to both men @MerabDvalishvil & @PetrYanUFC #UFC323”

– reacted to UFC 323 main event between Yan and Merab

“What a fight!! Congratulations to both men @MerabDvalishvil & @PetrYanUFC #UFC323”

– reacted to UFC 323 main event between Yan and Merab

“Before every fight, you say, 'I am going to k.o. them'. You just lie, you keep running in every fight. It's just boring.”

– via the Pound 4 Pound Podcast, criticizing Ian Garry's performance and fight approach at UFC Qatar.

“I don't think either guy this puts them up for a title shot. Not long ago, [Machado Garry] just lose to Shavkat Rakhmonov. That was not that long ago... If Belal is able to win that, so?.Now you want to challenge the man [Islam Makhachev] you didn't want to challenge you to fight for the title? Because you said that was my brother, I trained with him, I don't want him to challenge me for the title?... It's a tough one, but I might have to lean toward Garry. It's a tough one, even though Belal has the ability to completely win this fight, but I do lean toward Garry”

– via the Pound 4 Pound podcast, arguing that the winner of Muhammad vs. Garry shouldn't automatically get the next welterweight title shot

“I don't think either guy this puts them up for a title shot. Not long ago, [Machado Garry] just lose to Shavkat Rakhmonov. That was not that long ago... If Belal is able to win that, so?.Now you want to challenge the man [Islam Makhachev] you didn't want to challenge you to fight for the title? Because you said that was my brother, I trained with him, I don't want him to challenge me for the title?... It's a tough one, but I might have to lean toward Garry. It's a tough one, even though Belal has the ability to completely win this fight, but I do lean toward Garry”

– via the Pound 4 Pound podcast, arguing that the winner of Muhammad vs. Garry shouldn't automatically get the next welterweight title shot

“Islam knows how much I love him, and this is what brothers do brothers make each other rich”

– via Anatomy of a Fighter, discussing his desire for a title fight against Islam Makhachev

“When I look at a guy like Islam, I don't see holes [in his game], and that's something that scares me, that causes that heartbeat to go up”

– via the Pound 4 Pound podcast, expressing his view on Islam Makhachev's completeness as a fighter.

“I'm good with him. I already broke his face”

– via UFC 322 Q&A, expressing indifference toward Colby Covington after defeating him twice

“I just think he's a dork. And you know what you do with a dork is you ignore them, because... I'm looking at the title. I've been where he hasn't been. Yes, of course, he's been a champion, but you know what happened when it was time for you to defend. And so I have nothing to gain from fighting Belal Muhammad... I want to get the title, and I want to continue on my track of defending... If I have the title and he's the next guy, I would luckily kick his head in.”

– Kamaru reacted to Belal's callout during the UFC 321 Q&A.

“If JDM [Della Maddalena] defends that title against Islam, who better to say OK, let's solidify him as the new generation of champion by taking on the biggest name, the former pound for pound in the division, of course, me.Of course, if Islam wins, pound for pound vs. pound for pound fighting, I mean, I'm not really worried here. I've done my job to let them know because they wanted to see, 'Hey, are you still that guy, can you still hang with these guys, can you still do your thing,' and I've done that. I went in there and showed them that. So, I'm not worried.”

“If JDM [Della Maddalena] defends that title against Islam, who better to say OK, let's solidify him as the new generation of champion by taking on the biggest name, the former pound for pound in the division, of course, me. Of course, if Islam wins, pound for pound vs. pound for pound fighting, I mean, I'm not really worried here. I've done my job to let them know because they wanted to see, 'Hey, are you still that guy, can you still hang with these guys, can you still do your thing,' and I've done that. I went in there and showed them that. So, I'm not worried.”

“Holy Sh*t Jiri is a Mad man #ufc320”

– reacted after Jiri's win at UFC 320

“Merab is a machine, hell of a fight both men #ufc320”

– reacted after Merab's win at UFC 320

“Merab is a machine, hell of a fight both men #ufc320”

– reacted after Merab's win at UFC 320

“Jeeeeez Pereira came to Thump!!”

– Reacted to Pereira's win at UFC 320.

“I don't understand why everyone continues to group Ankalaev in the Dagestani wrestler kind of fighter. He's not; he's his own type of Dagestani fighter that loves to strike, that loves to pick people apart. That is who Magomed Ankalaev is—he's not a Dagestani wrestler that is going to come in there, take you down, and just beat your face down while you're down there.We saw him struggle to take Pereira down in the first fight. That's not what's gonna happen. Ankalaev is a very, very good and seasoned striker, to where this is where he likes to be. This is where he's been for years now. This is where he likes to conserve his energy. He also understands that by giving continuous takedown attempts, he's gonna get tired as well.”