UFC: Kamaru Usman says Conor McGregor ‘can get it too if he wants it’
- Welterweight champion Usman praises ‘special’ McGregor but warns he does not ‘discriminate on the whooping’
- ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ says division contenders must now come to him
Reigning UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman says he does not “discriminate with the a** whooping” and is open to a future Conor McGregor bout.
The 32-year-old Nigerian-American (professional MMA record 16-1), who successfully defended his welterweight title against contender Colby Covington in the promotion’s last event of 2019, is basking in his champ status after years of graft and forced call-outs.
“You know I’m the champion. That’s it, plain and simple. I am the champion and they have to come to me. There’s a reason now they talk about me and that’s because I have the gold,” Usman said at a UFC 246 pre-fight media scrum.
“I’ve been the one begging for fights but now I’m in the position I don’t have to beg any more. Now they have to come to me. I don’t discriminate on the a** whooping”.
The 31-year-old McGregor (21-4) is set to make his mixed martial arts comeback against Donald Cerrone as the UFC 246 headliner this weekend. The 31-year-old has not fought since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a lightweight title fight in 2018.