One of the hardest parts of this game, and what I don't think people understand, is the mental side of it. They think, 'Oh, he's a big, stronger guy.' But let me tell you, and I believe this without question: It's not always the biggest, strongest, meanest, toughest-looking who gets the job done.

Kamaru Usman

Men Art You

I love to study people, and that's basically what sociology is.

Kamaru Usman

Love T Study

When it comes down to digging, can't nobody dig as hard as I can dig.

Kamaru Usman

T Own Nobody

There's a blessing in everything that happens to us.

Kamaru Usman

Very Us Thing

I am what I am. I don't regret anything.

Kamaru Usman

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Anybody in that welterweight division that think they want this, you know you don't, because I'm a problem. I'm a problem in this division.

Kamaru Usman

You Weight Weigh

I fractured my left foot.

Kamaru Usman

T Red Left

At the end of the day, my job is to win in impressive fashion.

Kamaru Usman

Win T Press

My thing is, if you're going to talk online, if you're going to come at me with a certain energy, when you see me on-site, keep that certain energy. That's it. That's it. That's all I am.

Kamaru Usman

You Wit Thing

There comes a time in our careers that you get that one guy. That guy that just makes your blood boil. That really pulls the savage out of you.

Kamaru Usman

Time Car Age

You can't out-wrestle me. You can't out-strike me. You don't have more power than me.

Kamaru Usman

Power You Wrestle

Can't nobody handle me.

Kamaru Usman

T Nobody Me

You can't say that I don't have the skills. You can't say that. I have the skills.

Kamaru Usman

You T Skills

I believe that I'm not just a fighter in this game; I love to study the sport. And in studying the sport, I believe I have a good eye for the sport, and I'm able to talk about the sport.

Kamaru Usman

Love Good Yin

Once you have an opponent in your mind that you're preparing for, you're working on specifics, and you get guys in to mimic what they do.

Kamaru Usman

Work Your You

Can anyone tell me what Jon Jones was ranked when he fought for the UFC title? No one knows. I believe, in that aspect, it was easier to get fights back then. It wasn't, 'What's this guy ranked?' You fought, made your money, and went home.

Kamaru Usman

Money Home Your

In other countries, being from somewhere else is celebrated. But not in America.

Kamaru Usman

Where UN Ted

Fighting is just something that's gonna open doors for things to come in the future.

Kamaru Usman

Future Us Tin

I'd like to think I'm a hybrid to where, if you had to pick, where would you say I'm weak? I can outwrestle guys; I can outgrapple guys. I can put your lights out, and I have a gas tank for days. I can do it all.

Kamaru Usman

Your You Wrestle

I think it's great to have USADA come in and clean up the sport, because what I don't want to do is train my butt off for 10 weeks to prepare for a fight for a limited amount of money to feed my family, then get out there with a guy that maybe put in 3 weeks training and cheated.

Kamaru Usman

Sad Money Great

That's why I think that I have a big advantage, because I work on my striking a ton, but I don't forget about my wrestling, what brought me to the dance.

Kamaru Usman

Work Age Wrestling

I'm a good, upstanding guy with moral values and core values.

Kamaru Usman

They say the body is 70 percent water, and you need that water for a reason.

Kamaru Usman

I got into this sport to make a statement.

Kamaru Usman

I'm not just a grappler.

Kamaru Usman

For what we do training, as a fighter, you have to be able to flip that switch where you turn into that savage, that guy that's prepared to go to war.

Kamaru Usman

Wrestling definitely shaped the direction of my life because, before that, I wanted to fit in so much. I wanted to be one of the cool cats. I was friends with the captain of the football team because he had all the chicks. I wanted to be that guy.

Kamaru Usman

One of the hardest parts of this game, and what I don't think people understand, is the mental side of it. They think, 'Oh, he's a big, stronger guy.' But let me tell you, and I believe this without question: It's not always the biggest, strongest, meanest, toughest-looking who gets the job done.

Kamaru Usman

You can't say I don't have the confidence, because I have that.

Kamaru Usman

Crazy things happen in this sport, and you have to be ready. And for me, luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Kamaru Usman

Nothing but respect for Demian Maia.

Kamaru Usman

There was a time when guys just had a specialty, like boxer or wrestler or jiujitsu guy. Then came guys who could blend taking you down with also being able to kick your head off.

Kamaru Usman

Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families and countries? We're going to flood the market.

Kamaru Usman

I believe in fate.

Kamaru Usman

It's my job to show up, make weight, and prepare to be a world champion if that opportunity presents itself.

Kamaru Usman

We didn't have running water. We had to get water from wells, and there was a stint where I lived with my grandma where we had to get water, bring it over to the house. You had to boil the water because you never knew what parasites were in the water.

Kamaru Usman

I recall the hard work that my family went through just to continue to live the lifestyle that we were living, which wasn't by any means a great lifestyle.

Kamaru Usman

I believe the UFC was sold based on their performance and the services they've provided, so if a company comes in and buys it, they just bought the blueprints of their success. I believe that WME-IMG bought the UFC because of its structure and success.

Kamaru Usman

I always envisioned hearing them say, 'and new,' and wrapping that belt around me and thinking of all the things I was fighting for.

Kamaru Usman

I want Dong Hyun Kim. He's a grappler, he's a strong stand-up fighter, and I think that would be a great fight. I think I beat him every and anywhere.

Kamaru Usman

I'm not the ugliest guy in the world.

Kamaru Usman

I believe that, just naturally, I'm a very soft-spoken person. Everyone tells me that on a daily basis - 'Speak up, we can't hear you,' or 'Elaborate on this.' But that's just how I am.

Kamaru Usman

I can't fight forever. Commentating is one of those major things that I definitely feel I want to do and can do.

Kamaru Usman

The fight game has changed to where it's no longer the toughest is fighting the toughest to be the best on the planet.

Kamaru Usman

Fighters no longer manage themselves: they have a whole team behind them. A fighter has a manager, an agent, a Hollywood agent - they got this and that. And on top of that, they've got their whole team of coaches.

Kamaru Usman

I'm a people watcher, and I love to listen.

Kamaru Usman

I would love to fight a lot more often, but of course it's the UFC, and whenever they feel that they have an opening, then they can put us in there because there's so many fighters.

Kamaru Usman

When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's still a form of martial arts. It's still controlled.

Kamaru Usman

USADA is wonderful, I think they're doing a remarkable job, and they do a remarkable job all around the world.

Kamaru Usman

At the end of the day, I'm a professional.

Kamaru Usman

One thing about me is that my parents didn't force me to be an athlete.

Kamaru Usman