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UFC: Kamaru Usman says he’d retire Conor McGregor – ‘it would be a tremendous mismatch’
- Usman thinks ‘we don’t ever see him back in the sport’ if he fights McGregor
- ‘I think I would hurt him really, really bad,’ says welterweight champion
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Conor McGregor has said he’s “open to it all at 170”. But UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has sent him another warning to stay away.
The Irishman, a former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, returns to the Octagon on January 18 to fight Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at 170 pounds.
McGregor has talked up the possibility of a mega-money fight with “BMF” champion Jorge Masvidal but also “likes the look” of a title tilt against Usman. “The Nigerian Nightmare” doesn’t think that’s a smart idea though.
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“It is a [mismatch],” Usman told MMAFighting.com. “More power to him, anything is possible. A fight is a fight, anything can happen. But just being real, that’s a tremendous mismatch. I think I would hurt him really, really bad.”
“I mean we saw what Khabib [Nurmagomedov] did to him. He had to take some time off after the Khabib fight. Now imagine him fighting me. I don’t think we ever see him back in the sport.”
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