Do you love or hate Kamaru Usman?

[Sincere Guy]

He's too much full of himself, but he backs it up fighting very well, so he's ok. I'm indifferent because of that, he doesn't have any reason to be like that IMHO.

 

[sandokan83]

Arrogant maybe, but he has credibility, he is the champ and one of the best ever.At least he is a legit winner unlike that loser Masvidal.That one is the one to be a hate

 

[gaffbyknees2]

He should borrow Izzy's pearls for his next fight to mix it up. Maybe get french tips. Ppl would get a lot more fired up about him.

Maybe hump Leon after the win?

 

[ifindgifsforjackslack]

I just don’t care for him, it’s not dislike but i wouldn’t go out of my way to hear him speak. Maybe I do dislike him come to think of it, the way he talks is so forced and clearly meant to make him appear like a huge personality. He’s got the same curse as Israel, where they are constantly trying to make the sound bite but end up just sounding like a twelve year old on the internet.

Okay yeah strong dislike. However when i completely block out his personality/interviews and only focus on his fights, I’m indifferent. Except for those times he just holds people against the cage and stomps on there feet. Oh wait he’s done that a lot too.

okay I am indifferent towards usman until I have to watch him speak or fight, then I don’t like him.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Indifferent, that's the worst place for a fighter to be too (great fighter of course)

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Appreciate his skills as a top level fighter. As a person, pretty indifferent. He tries a little too hard and can be a bit cringy at times, but I don’t dislike him because of it.

Generally this. I think it’s tough for a normal person to navigate the current environment. You know that you could be one viral moment away from making way more money but it’s not really your personality. Can’t blame these guys for dipping a toe in when they see Conor, Nate, Masvidal, etc. getting so much exposure for the things they say.

 

[mudrubble]

Maybe hump Leon after the win?

As much as we're joking, humans are so easily swayed by sensation that you just have to drop your standards a bit to get them fired up. It doesn't even take much - Kamaru would just have to have less shame.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

He's a bad ass. There is not "tries too".
You're either a badass or you're not.
Are you suggesting that he's incapable of the mannerism that he's projecting?

He’s obviously referring to the way he presents himself out of the cage.

 

[textwarrior]

Since he's fighting this saturday, I thought lets see what the numbers will be like on here for this man.

In time he maybe considered one of the GOATs.

I have a friend like him from the Military, they even look identical, he is a cool guy and very respectful.

 

[Strategery]

Who?

 

[Tweak896]

I get why you could hate him prior to getting the belt, but he's one of the only champs I know that was a boring fighter and turned exciting after getting the belt.

 

[gaffbyknees2]

As much as we're joking, humans are so easily swayed by sensation that you just have to drop your standards a bit to get them fired up. It doesn't even take much - Kamaru would just have to have less shame.

Honestly he's a nice guy and obviously an amazing fighter. The issue that I see is he comes off like he's trying way to hard and fake when he's trying to be entertaining. Almost kinda cringe cause you know he's not even confident in what he's saying.

Its almost like a good salesman vs a bad salesman. A wrestler that's great on the mic vs one that cannot cut a promo.

 

[fightfan70]

i appreciate his skills, he seems to be a pretty well rounded, competing at a high level,

his 2 bouts with masvidal prolonged his title run, colby is a tough fight for anybody and so is burns. .

age seems to be catching up with him, i did dislike him earlier in his career but he hasn't done anything

to make me dislkie him

 

[aali14]

Not a fan of cherry pickers so voted dislike (Jorge 2x and now doing his best to avoid Khamzat)

 

[bjjHERRERA]

war rocky

 

[Frode Falch]

He is a nice guy but he tries too hard to be a badass.

He dont really need to try.. he is a long defending UFC champ ffs..

 

[genecop]

No problem with him…

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Kamaru fought three times in 2021 and finished two of those fights.

Compare that to GSP.

‘nuff said for me.

 

[NoSmilez]

He dont really need to try.. he is a long defending UFC champ ffs..

You totally miss the whole point.

 

[HHJ]