UFC legend Kamaru Usman has admitted that it will be a bittersweet feeling if Islam Makhachev is ready to get his sixteenth straight win at UFC 322, surpassing his file of 15 and equalling the file set by Anderson Silva.
For a few years, Kamaru Usman was considered as probably the greatest fighters in all of combined martial arts. He managed to place collectively an unimaginable 15-fight win streak within the Final Combating Championship and he was the reigning UFC welterweight champion. Sadly for him, that every one got here crashing down when he was viciously knocked out by way of head kick by Leon Edwards.
After two extra defeats, Kamaru Usman bought again on the profitable path by defeating Joaquin Buckley earlier this 12 months. In the meantime, Islam Makhachev was busy constructing his legacy, and he’s additionally now at 15 straight wins – which he hopes to make 16, which might equal Anderson Silva’s file, by beating Jack Della Maddalena in the primary occasion of UFC 322.
In a latest interview, Kamaru Usman spoke candidly about how he’s feeling heading into that bout, and likewise about the potential of him receiving a title shot in opposition to Islam if he wins.
Kamaru Usman’s ideas on if Islam Makhachev wins at UFC 322
“It’s troublesome, particularly once you guys begin speaking about this and placing it in our heads and asking us about it,” Usman advised MMA Junkie. “I really feel like that’s all I used to be requested going into that struggle, ‘How troublesome is that this? You’re going to tie this file.’ It’s like, ‘OK, I wasn’t serious about it earlier than, however now I’m serious about it.’
“It’s troublesome, and it’s spectacular. To go in there and win, and it’s not simple to win a struggle, particularly within the UFC. To go in there and win 15 in a row is already spectacular, however 16 and tie the file? That’s extraordinarily spectacular.”
“Clearly I’m sort of in a bittersweet place right here as a result of if he wins he ties it, and he’s one up above me,” Usman stated. “But when he doesn’t win the struggle, then that potential matchup of himself and myself, it appears to sort of shrink back. It’s a tricky one. It’s an amazing place to be in for Islam.”
Quotes by way of MMA Junkie
