Kamaru Usman is still steadfast in his belief he could’ve moved up two divisions to light heavyweight when he was still welterweight champion and defeated the champion at the time. Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was written off as crazy several years ago when he faced off with then-light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz backstage at a UFC event and teased moving up 35 pounds in weight . It never materialized, and both men eventually lost their championship belts. Usman most recently competed at middleweight for the first time with a narrow loss to Khamzat Chimaev in October, while Blachowicz (29-10-1 MMA, 12-7-1 UFC) is recovering from multiple surgeries in hopes of returning to the octagon this year. Although the ship has seemingly sailed on the Usman vs. Blachowicz pairing, perhaps it’s not totally off the table
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