“It’s going to be fun to see, this guy is an absolute killer. “There is obviously a lot of excitement and anticipation for him coming in (Saturday) night,” said White. The featured prelim bout will see two-division kick boxing champion Alex Pereira make his UFC debut. White was impressed when he had the chance to see the 34-year-old Brazilian up close. I try to avoid as much of that crap as possible.” The fight on its own, stands on its own. The thing that I was worried about (Friday) was (Usman) got him yesterday, so Colby was going to try to get him back today. Listen, the press conference was good enough. “Everyone thinks it’s good for selling pay-per-views. One thing that White did not enjoy during Thursday’s press conference was when Usman pushed Covington during their staredown. “Some people would call that unlucky, I say it’s lucky because to achieve that GOAT status you have to have the dance partners and this guy has nothing but.”

White believes this has only helped to further build the champions’ legacy. Usman has had a run of high-profile title defences since capturing the belt in a victory over Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 in March of 2019, leaving grudge matches and former training partners in his wake. He said it best, he’s lapping some of these guys, he’s coming around the track for the second time. You’ve got the guy with the second-most takedowns in welterweight history going up against a guy that has never been taken down in his entire career and is on a 14-fight win streak.

“The question is, how much better have Usman’s hands gotten? He’s got knockout power in both hands, he’s dangerous everywhere. “I had it tied going into the fifth round of the last fight, so to say he should do anything other than what he did last time is crazy,” said White.

“I just think that people feel like Usman has gotten better since their last fight and we’ll find out (Saturday) night.”Īs for what Covington can do to achieve a different outcome than the first fight, where he suffered a fifth-round, TKO defeat, White says, based on the way that bout was going after the first four rounds, it would be wrong to suggest changing anything. “Other than the champ Usman, who is on his way to possible GOAT status, there is no doubt that Colby Covington is the next best guy in the world,” White told TSN. The champion has won all 14 of his fights in the UFC, including four successful defences of his gold, but UFC president Dana White does not agree with any notion that this fight is going to be a slam dunk victory for the champion. Saturday’s stacked UFC 268 card is headlined by a welterweight championship rematch between title holder Kamaru Usman and No.

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