Colby Covington's greatest rival Kamaru Usman breaks down his fight vs. Joaquin Buckley at UFC Tampa.
The Frazier to his Ali, then-champion Usman knows Covington better than anyone, going 10 rounds with his most-heated rival across two fights that he both won. Years after their series and no longer holding the strap, Usman and Covington find themselves near the top of the division, having to fend off a contender or two if they want to return to the welterweight title conversation.
"Buckley is hungry, he's aggressive, he's gonna come after Covington early," Usman continued. "I worry about the inactivity of Covington because I said that before in his last fight, I said him going into a title fight with Leon Edwards such a long layoff, it's going to take time to get into the fight to where he starts get going again. That's the issue that I see here.
"He's also had another long layoff since that fight. I think it's going to be a little tough for him to get going. Buckley's not the kind of guy that you're just going to stand there and take a couple of shots and then eventually get going later. He has to be able to get a hold of Buckley, get Buckley into wrestling and grappling and up against the cage to really start to build up those lactic acids.
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