{"id":389579,"date":"2022-05-23T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389579"},"modified":"2022-05-23T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:57:45","slug":"kamaru-usman-believes-the-fans-are-now-entitled-to-seeing-him-in-the-ufcs-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kamaru-usman-believes-the-fans-are-now-entitled-to-seeing-him-in-the-ufcs-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamaru Usman Believes the Fans Are Now &#8216;Entitled&#8217; to Seeing Him in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an informal chat with UFC royalty, MMA pundit and broadcaster Chael Sonnen spoke to Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo, and Khabib Nurmagomedov who had all gathered for the Eagle FC 47 event. Sonnen went around the table asking all the famed athletes specific questions regarding their careers and eventually pointed towards the \u2018Nigerian Nightmare\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Chael Sonnen asked Usman about the timeline for his return from active competition following a comprehensive hand surgery. Per Usman, his hand still needed a few weeks of healing, and he also shared a new, interesting perspective on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Goo63xEkak4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Nigerian Nightmare\u2019 commented on how the fans had somewhat taken his frequent strength of schedule for granted and expected him to compete in the cage no matter what the surrounding circumstances were. Usman looked to move past this fan \u2018entitlement\u2019 and is keen to<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I never really take time off to do anything. Now that I am forced to, especially with the year that I had last year, it&#8217;s almost like the fans, and the media and the public are kind of entitled to me being in there, next week, next month.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-389419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/ol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/ol.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/ol-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/ol-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/ol-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m seeing all these news everywhere which is why I stay off the internet nowadays. It&#8217;s like &#8216;Oh you&#8217;re fighting in June, Oh you&#8217;re fighting in July. The biggest thing for me right now is to make sure I want to be able to fight healthy, and be able to get more fights in.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Usman\u2019s activity rate in recent years has been impressive, to say the least, and he\u2019s elevated his game as well. He\u2019s let go of the image of being a slow-paced fighter and has become an action-oriented champion who seeks the finish under any circumstance. It\u2019s this increase in intensity that has allowed Usman to become a household name in the sport over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/khamzat-chimaev-aligns-himself-for-a-fight-against-leon-edwards-following-kamaru-usmans-delayed-return\/\">Khamzat Chimaev Aligns Himself for a Fight Against Leon Edwards Following Kamaru Usman\u2019s Delayed Return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MMA community will be on the lookout for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kamaru-Usman-120691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamaru Usman<\/a>\u2019s long-awaited return, as he\u2019s admittedly made some positive steps on his road to recovery. In the meantime, the UFC might consider putting up an interim title until Usman is ready to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an informal chat with UFC royalty, MMA pundit and broadcaster Chael Sonnen spoke to Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo, and Khabib Nurmagomedov who had all gathered for the Eagle FC 47 event. Sonnen went around the table asking all the famed athletes specific questions regarding their careers and eventually pointed towards the \u2018Nigerian Nightmare\u2019. Notably, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":389401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}