Kamaru Usman wants the middleweight belt
“Win and then go ahead and probably vacate, go up,” Usman continued. ‘Myself vs. Dricus Du Plessis, if he is the champion, or Khamzat Chimaev, too, if Dricus is no longer the champion, we do that. If Dricus is the champion, we do that in the first card in Africa. That’s another blockbuster. These are back-to-back blockbuster fights you tell your grandkids about. Who wouldn’t watch those?”
It is a bold path by Kamaru Usman, but he’s confident he will do it, and it all starts by finishing Buckley as the underdog at UFC Atlanta. If Usman does finish Buckley, given his status as a former champ, he could very well be in a No. 1 contender fight or get a title shot.
Usman is 20-4 as a pro and on a three-fight losing streak. He lost to Chimaev last time out at middleweight after back-to-back losses to Leon Edwards to lose his welterweight title.
