Khamzat believes Kamaru Usman will never recover from KO loss against Leon Edwards
'It was a crazy fight, good fight,' said Khamzat about fight between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards
KARACHI: Khamzat Chimaev worries that Kamaru Usman won't ever fully recover from his devastating knockout loss to Leon Edwards in the UFC.
When Edwards knocked Usman out with a head kick with just a minute remaining in their title match last month, Usman lost his welterweight belt. Usman's 20-fight unbeaten streak came to an end with the loss, and he also lost his ranking as the UFC's top fighter in terms of weight class.
Chimaev said that Usman won't ever be the same kind of fighter after the horrific knockout.
"I learned a lot of things about that fight. Usman was too high up: ‘I’m gonna fight with Canelo,’ and he got shot. It was a crazy fight, a good fight. [Usman] wasn’t being focused I don’t think he’ll be the same guy again in the mind.
"We’ve seen a lot of champions thinking no one can beat them because he defends so many times, now [he’s]unbeatable and bam, somebody knocks you out. Now you know you’re human, as well," Chimaev told ESPN.
With a potential trilogy bout against Usman appearing likely, Edwards wants to make the first defence of his belt at a venue in the UK. Usman will need to take some time off from training to recover from the knockout before he can start thinking about returning to it.
Comments