Will Kamaru Usman angle to fight the Burns vs Brady winner?

[svmr_db]

I think Kamaru Usman might angle to fight the winner of this, if he can't (hopefully) get a title shot next this is probably his best option given the landscape. One win and he probably gets a title shot now that Leon is no longer champion.

Given the other options, Usman would probably to prefer to fight someone like Burns who he already has a win over or Brady who isn't a particularly great striker.

What do you think?

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Burns vs Brady would make sense. But if I was Usman I'd push for Ian Garry. He has a lot of hype. it's a new opponent for Usman which might give him motivation and I'm not sold on Ian's experience / skill set completely

 

[markantony20]

He was rumoured to be up against JDM no?

I could of sworn I heard something about that.

JDM is still currently injured to my knowledge so it probably wouldn’t be for a while.

 

[Horiguchi'sEar]

He should try to fight garry if possible. His style would work better against Garry as opposed to JDM. Imho

 

[svmr_db]

Burns vs Brady would make sense. But if I was Usman I'd push for Ian Garry. He has a lot of hype. it's a new opponent for Usman which might give him motivation and I'm not sold on Ian's experience / skill set completely

He should try to fight garry if possible. His style would work better against Garry as opposed to JDM. Imho

If I were in Usman's position / his manager I'd prefer to fight Brady than Garry. Brady isn't a particularly dangerous striker where as Garry probably would have a considerable striking advantage over him at this point. Wouldn't shock me if Usman could beat both guys but I like his chances against Brady better.

 

[Horiguchi'sEar]

If I were in Usman's position / his manager I'd prefer to fight Brady than Garry. Brady isn't a particularly dangerous striker where as Garry probably would have a considerable striking advantage over him at this point. Wouldn't shock me if Usman could beat both guys but I like his chances against Brady better.

Garry is more sloppy on the in in-between stuff. I feel like Brady is strong enuf to beat usman at his own game

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Bwahhaaahaaahaa!

That cherry picker is looking for a TS. In any division.

lol at looking for a top contender fight (top 5.. with no TS in the next fight).

Nope.

 

[Question]

Maybe if Burns wins since he'll probably be willing to do a quick turnaround, especially against a guy who beat him before in Usman. Brady will most likely take the rest of the year off considering his activity level

That being said, I don't think Usman should bank on that since that'll most likely lead to him being inactive for all of 2024. Plus, there's higher ranked guys available that would help his case better if he beat them such as JDM
Garry isn't highly ranked, but has some has name recognition and is close enough to the top five. It's another option for sure and I mean considering someone like Khalil just got a shot off beating Smith on short notice, a win against an undefeated opponent like Garry can go a long way in the current UFC landscape

Whatever Usman goes with, he is in the UFC's good graces with how his title run went and him saving that last Khamzat bout. So getting a single decent or big win could put him back in contention despite it bringing him to 1-3 in his last four(if he won his next contenders fight against one of the options presented above)

 

[CatchtheseHands]

Bwahhaaahaaahaa!

That cherry picker is looking for a TS. In any division.

lol at looking for a top contender fight (top 5.. with no TS in the next fight).

Nope.

Rank squatting until you get a TS opportunity seems to be the in thing now days.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Kamaru Usman will retire. I dont believe he'll fight again.

 

[Question]

Kamaru Usman will retire. I dont believe he'll fight again.

I think he'll fight again, probably against a contender(maybe MSG as Jones/Stipe co-main?), lose and retire
Although it could be a thing where he said he's not retired, but goes inactive for a few years and then fully confirms it like 2-3 years later lol

 

[Thepaintbucket]

If I were in Usman's position / his manager I'd prefer to fight Brady than Garry. Brady isn't a particularly dangerous striker where as Garry probably would have a considerable striking advantage over him at this point. Wouldn't shock me if Usman could beat both guys but I like his chances against Brady better.

Maybe. But if Usman wants another TS as soon as possible, he's gonna to have to stop Ian Garrys title run in his tracks. Otherwise it's possible for Garry vs Jack della maddalena to materialize and then give that winner the title shot first. And by first, I mean after Leon Edwards , cause we already know the UFC loves rematches

 

[Kenny Powerth]

Other - retirement

I think if he doesn't get this next TS he will retire. I got nothing against Marty btw, just my opinion

 

[svmr_db]

And by first, I mean after Leon Edwards , cause we already know the UFC loves rematches

I think Leon wil need 1-2 wins to get back to a title fight, no immediate rematch for him. He may as well try to fight the winner of this fight, JDM or Garry.

 

[Egészségére!]

Usman v Garry - South Africa Feb ‘25

just a guess

 

[Dave Poodle]

He's going to wait and see what happens with the next title fight hoping to get that. If he doesn't he'll get one of the upcoming contenders. JDM or Garry probably do the most for him. If Brady wins his hype is still damped by the fact he was finished by Belal and Burns has lost his hype. Him beating Brady drags them both down rather than elevating Burns.

 

[payton]

Bwahhaaahaaahaa!

That cherry picker is looking for a TS. In any division.

lol at looking for a top contender fight (top 5.. with no TS in the next fight).

Nope.

- He doesn't make fights.
- He has done enough to cherry pick.
- Some fighters deserve special treatment, Usman is one of them.
- Stop hating.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Although it could be a thing where he said he's not retired, but goes inactive for a few years and then fully confirms it like 2-3 years later lol

I think we're about through year 1. I believe khamzat was that fight. It was a big name that made him a lot of money. No one at ww has that type of name value right now. Even a fight with Belal wouldn't sell better or make him more money than he did with khamzat. If he doesn't get booked for a fight this year, within 3 months I'll know it's over

Also I expect the Madison square garden card to be trash. Not sure why. Just a hunch that the UFC will give us dog shit Jones Vs stipe and justify it as goat lhw Vs goat hw.

Zhang/jandirobi co-main

 

[laleggenda27]

Belal-Shavkat
Usman-JDM
Leon-Garry
Colby-Burns/Brady winner

 

[Question]

I think we're about through year 1. I believe khamzat was that fight. It was a big name that made him a lot of money. No one at ww has that type of name value right now. Even a fight with Belal wouldn't sell better or make him more money than he did with khamzat. If he doesn't get booked for a fight this year, within 3 months I'll know it's over

Also I expect the Madison square garden card to be trash. Not sure why. Just a hunch that the UFC will give us dog shit Jones Vs stipe and justify it as goat lhw Vs goat hw.

Zhang/jandirobi co-main

I agree, if we don't see any news about him even booking a fight before the year ends than I could see him molding into the idea of not fighting again. He did seem pretty bummed out right after the Khamzat bout once the idea of being on a three fight skid settled in

I'm not sure for the MSG or Jones cards in the modern era, UFC 285 was great, UFC 295 was solid but it didn't have too many names outside the main and co-main. 295 the main fell through of course with Jones/Stipe, but it sort of over-delivered where even the smaller lesser known names put in fun performances