Welterviktsmästaren Kamaru Usman besegrade Gilbert Burns i sitt tredje titelförsvar under UFC 258 under helgen. Nu står mästaren på tretton raka segrar i UFC. Mästaren gick då om legenden George ST Pierre som hade tolv raka. Denne som utav många är ansedd som den bästa genom tiderna.
Går inte att möta Usman
Usman som vill bli den bäste genom tiderna har tidigare sagt att ett möte mot ST Pierre lockar. Denne är dock pensionerad men tränar flitigt.
Kanadensaren berättade dock för The Good Show Canada att en fight mot Usman nu inte ens skulle vara möjlig. En fight mot mästaren skulle krävas en ordentlig förberedelse vilket han inte kan få i Kanada nu på grund utav covid-19 situationen.
“Of course, I will always train but if ask me if I want to come back? Just try to put yourself into my shoes and try to come back, “Of course, if I tried to come back for a fight with Kamaru Usman, I would have to literally leave the country. You cannot train right now in Canada, with the Covid. I would have to bring my coaches somewhere, find a basecamp. Fly in some training partners because it’s Kamaru Usman. You need to get ready, you need a real training camp.
“Just that, leave my home, leave my family, leave my place, I’m very reluctant to do it and I don’t need to do it. I’m healthy, I’m wealthy, it’s not appealing to lose three months of my life, stress and everything for trying to get a win over Kamaru Usman. It’s not. As time pass by, it’s getting less and less and less appealing. I don’t think there’s anybody now that will make me come back. I’m good.”
Glad för Usmans skull
Legenden menar på att han är glad för mästaren Usmans framgångar men att återvända för en fight mot denne motiverar inte.
“Time has passed, My life’s not the same as it was two years ago. The universe has changed, so to speak. That’s how it works. For now to go back for Kamaru, I’m very happy for what he does, what he has achieved, but to go back to give three months of my life, put myself in training camp to try and get a win against Kamaru Usman, it doesn’t get me motivated.
“I don’t know if there is anything that will get me motivated to go back to competition.”
