{"id":155734,"date":"2021-11-06T02:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T03:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=155734"},"modified":"2021-11-06T09:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T09:57:05","slug":"ufc-champs-chilling-warning-to-hated-challenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=155734","title":{"rendered":"UFC champ's chilling warning to hated challenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC<\/a> welterweight champion Kamaru Usman had a fair warning to challenger Colby Covington: if you've not studied up, you're going to get dropped.<\/p>\n

There was no physical altercation when the pair stared each other down after the official weigh-in, as there had been 24 hours ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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"Tomorrow night, live on pay-per-view, I'm going to beat the brakes off Marty, I'm going to become undisputed champion," Covington said.<\/p>\n

"I'm jumping on the same jet back to Miami as pound-for-pound the best fighter to ever to do it."<\/p>\n

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It was a healthy mixture of boos and cheers for the controversial challenger, before a surprisingly pro-Usman crowd made some noise for the champion.<\/p>\n

"I'm blessed to be in this position, to be able to deliver another performance like we did the first time.<\/p>\n

"If he did his homework, it's going to be an amazing fight. But if he didn't, I'm gonna put his bitch ass away early."<\/p>\n

\"Covington's<\/p>\n

Usman won the first fight via a knockout in the fifth round, taking great pleasure in breaking his hated rival's jaw.<\/p>\n

Covington told Wide World of Sports earlier in the week<\/a> that he had evolved as a fighter since that loss in 2019, and the result would be very different.<\/p>\n

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"You're definitely going to see a more well-rounded fight set," he said.<\/p>\n

"I'm going to push him to deeper waters and the more he has to wrestle, the more tired he'll get and then I'll break him."<\/p>\n

A stacked card in New York City will also see Rose Namajunas defend her strawweight title against Zhang Weili, and a potential fight of the year contender between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler.<\/p>\n

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