Usman: ‘I spent a week in college in a dorm room that Colby Covington moved into a year later’

UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman Reveals How His Life Paths Crossed With Colby Covington.

“Crazy how our paths crossed,” Usman said. on the YouTube channel “Full Send Podcast”. — And it started a long time ago, even before MMA. I told you that in Iowa we somehow ended up at the same party with Jon Jones and for the first time in our lives we watched the UFC. Then we hung out for a week, and I spent the night in his dorm room.

Exactly in the same room a year later, Colby Covington will move in, who will become John’s neighbor. Then in college we fought against the same guys in the same weight, but we never met each other. When I lost my second pro fight, I know that Colby was offered to fight me. I learned this from my wrestling coach, who was working with Colby in ATT during those years. And I worked with this coach in high school. And Colby then refused to fight me. Is he also a wrestler? No, I’m not taking this fight.” Although I was defeated. Then he refused to fight me in the UFC three more times, but when we finally had no choice, this fight took place.“.

On November 7, Usman defeated Covington via unanimous decision at UFC 268 in New York. In their first fight in December 2019, the Nigerian knocked out an opponent in the 5th round.