Kamaru Usman Still Eyes Move to Light Heavyweight to Become Double Champion

The Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is still set on fighting for the Light Heavyweight championship after UFC 278.

Usman is set to defend the Welterweight championship vs. Leon Edwards at UFC 278 on August 20th, he did however bring up the idea of him moving up two weight classes to fight for another championship.

Watch out Jiri because @USMAN84kg has eyes on the Light Heavyweight title too! 👀#UFC278 pic.twitter.com/kY4LOFTTyk

— UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) July 1, 2022

The Nigerian Nightmare let it be known that even though he enjoyed the battle between Jiri Prochazka vs. Glover Teixeira for the title at UFC 275, Usman does plan on taking another divisions championship since they feel no one is a challenge for them at Welterweight.

This is not the first time Usman has spoken about moving up, he has said numerous times he is not looking for a fight against friend Israel Adesanya at Middleweight hence the reason for the move up from 175lbs to 205lbs to fight then-champion Jan Blachowicz.

"I was going to skip Israel and go fight Jan at 205lbs."

"I think I would beat him."@Usman84KG considered jumping from welterweight up to light-heavyweight to face Jan Blachowicz to become double-champ 😱

(via GQ) pic.twitter.com/CV8p13irse

— UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) January 26, 2022

Usman was open to fighting Jan Blachowicz before the former champ lost the belt to Teixeira and even his manager firmly believes Usman can finish all 3 men if he were to move up.

I just rewatched the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, I believe @USMAN84kg will beat Jiri, Jan and Glover.

Not talking trash, but this is real

— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) June 14, 2022

It would be exciting to see Usman move up another weight class to fight for a new championship, whether it’s against Teixeira, Blachowicz or the Light Heavyweight champion Prochazka, it would be an interesting match-up for the Nigerian Nightmare who looks to be remembered as the greatest to ever do it.

UFC 278 is set to go down on August 20th in Salt Late City, Utah. Usman vs. Edwards 2 for the Welterweight championship. Other fights currently set to go down at the event are listed below.

Jose Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili.

Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold.

Amir Albazi vs. Francisco Figueiredo

Marcin Tybura vs. Alexandr Romanov

Leonardo Santos vs. Jared Gordon

Wu Yanan vs. Lucie Pudilova

Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker

Daniel Lacerda vs. Victor Altamirano

Aoriqileng vs. Jay Perrin

A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa

Sean Woodson vs. Luis Saldana

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