'The Nigerian Nightmare' may have lost some sleep over this UFC title challenger.
For a time, Usman was one of the most feared fighters in the welterweight division, knocking out title challengers left and right. That didn't stop him from being a little afraid himself - after all, the former champion is only human.
"I say one of the most violent because of, he was out for almost like two, three minutes," Usman said of Masvidal's KO on ''. "He was out. I remember I was there. I remember watching like, 'Oh s***, he still stiff. Not is he out, but he's still stiff. Then, all that happens, that was 2019 and then I think maybe a year later you and I fight...
"Of course, we get nervous for every fight, but one of the first times it got to me, everything around me got to me because, bro, they're playing your viral knockout, one the most viral knockouts ever," Usman said of the Askren knockout. "They're playing that thing every freaking minute on every channel everywhere, on all the socials everywhere. I'm like, 'Oh, this guy's trying to come in on six days notice...' Now I'm trying to make the mental switch.
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