‘He’s Just a Regular Guy’- Kamaru Usman Trashes ‘Loudmouth’ Conor McGregor

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman spoke to ESPN MMA’s Ahora O Nunca and ran through a gauntlet of topics. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ has become an established figure in the sport and continually pops up on various platforms. Usman commented on the state of the contenders in the division and also detailed his disdain for Jake Paul.

Chiefly, Kamaru Usman provided an interesting take on Conor McGregor who has a fight coming up soon. McGregor has inserted himself into the fabric of MMA once more, as this is his second fight in 6 months. Usman not only detailed possibly fighting McGregor but also the way his contemporaries viewed ‘The Notorious’.

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Have Conor McGregor’s passed accolades passed him by?

When asked about possibly fighting McGregor, the welterweight champion explained that the decision was in McGregor’s hands. More interestingly was Usman’s take on the way fighters today didn’t respect McGregor the same way as when he was coming up. Usman believes that the Irishman’s ‘champ-champ’ status has now passed him in the rearview mirror.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 14: Kamaru Usman of Nigeria enters the octagon during the UFC 245 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 14, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

“Loudmouth. He does more talking than he does fighting. If he wants to fight me, he knows where to find me. He can call me and we can make that fight happen. Right now, it’s more of a loudmouth. He’s a loudmouth He’s a guy that can compete but he’s not the champion, Conor McGregor.“

“He is not the double champion, he’s not that guy anymore. He’s just a guy that’s in the UFC that if he wasn’t Conor, hasn’t done the things that he’s done then he would just be a regular fighter. The level of respect he gets now, he’s just a regular fighter with a lot of money and lot of hype and recognition but the old Conor, the hungry Conor, that was the fighter that fighters respected.”

Kamaru Usman has definitely laid down the seeds of a possible bout with the biggest money fighter that the sport has to offer. If things fall into place, and McGregor captures the lightweight belt, it’s possible that ‘The Notorious’ looks towards welterweight. He’s already competed at 170-pound a few times and etched a couple of wins.