Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has made it known that he is interested in fighting the winner of the UFC 322 main event.
On Saturday night, Jack Della Maddalena will defend his UFC welterweight championship against Islam Makhachev. While it’s hard to look past that huge main event clash, Kamaru Usman is already looking to the future.
The former champ defeated Joaquin Buckley in his last outing and in doing so, proved to many that he still has what it takes to be a real player at 170 pounds.
In a recent interview, Kamaru Usman declared his interest in fighting the winner for the belt at some point next year.
Kamaru Usman wants title shot after UFC 322
“A lot of people had a lot of questions: ‘Can he still fight? Is he still this guy? Is he still this way?’ I hope I proved that to everyone (against Buckley),” Usman told MMA Junkie on Monday. “I have my eye on this weekend. We’ll see who comes out victorious (Della Maddalena or Makhachev). I think it’s a big fight, it’s a good fight, it’s a tough fight for both guys. I’m sitting here looking at the winner like, ‘All right, let’s run it.'”
He continued, “I’m in a position now to where I want the biggest, most challenging fights out there, because I understand that I don’t have another 20 fights left in the company. Anything could happen, so if you can get that next one and it could be that fight, then that’s what I want.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
