UFC champ's chilling warning to hated challenger

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UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman had a just informing to challenger Colby Covington: if you've not studied up, you're going to get dropped.

There was nary carnal altercation erstwhile the brace stared each different down aft the authoritative weigh-in, as determination had been 24 hours ago.

"Tomorrow night, unrecorded connected pay-per-view, I'm going to bushed the brakes disconnected Marty, I'm going to go undisputed champion," Covington said.

"I'm jumping connected the aforesaid pitchy backmost to Miami arsenic pound-for-pound the champion combatant to ever to bash it."

It was a steadfast substance of boos and cheers for the arguable challenger, earlier a surprisngly pro-Usman assemblage made immoderate sound for the champion.

"I'm blessed to beryllium successful this position, to beryllium capable to present different show similar we did the archetypal time.

"If helium did his homework, it's going to beryllium an astonishing fight. But if helium didn't, I'm gonna enactment his bitch ass distant early."

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Usman won the archetypal combat via a knockout successful the 5th round, taking large pleasance successful breaking his hated rival's jaw.

Covington told Wide World of Sports earlier successful the week that helium had evolved arsenic a combatant since that nonaccomplishment successful 2019, and the effect would beryllium precise different.

"You're decidedly going to spot a much well-rounded combat set," helium said.

"I'm going to propulsion him to deeper waters and the much helium has to wrestle, the much bushed he'll get and past I'll interruption him."

A stacked paper successful New York City volition besides spot Rose Namajunas support her strawweight rubric against Zhang Weili, and a imaginable combat of the twelvemonth contender betwixt Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler.

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