Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman takes issue with how quickly MMA fans can turn on fighters. Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) finds himself in unfamiliar territory, having lost three consecutive fights – two title bouts against Leon Edwards and one short-notice middleweight fight against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 . Prior to his three-fight losing skid, Usman hadn’t lost in more than nine years and notched five title defenses. He compares his current state to former champions Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski, and how people have already forgotten their accolades. “For a long, long time there, I was entertaining and entertaining, and entertaining was the thing for me,” Usman said on the “Weighing In” podcast with Josh Thomason and John McCarthy. “I didn’t care what I was going through; I didn’t care what I was dealing with; I didn’t care what I was battling physically, mentally, emotionally
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Kamaru Usman takes umbrage with ‘washed’ comments: ‘How disrespectful are MMA fans?’ – MMA Junkie