Joaquin Buckley is making an attempt to finagle a combat with Kamaru Usman.
Sadly for “New Mansa,” it doesn’t sound like “The Nigerian Nightmare” is fascinated by accepting the problem, lately telling the No. 9-ranked welterweight contender to “get in line” — a line that features reigning 170-pound champion Belal Muhammad.
“I actually don’t count on him to push for that combat simply due to how troublesome the combat could be for him,” Buckley advised Luke Thomas. “I’m nonetheless engaged on issues, however I actually really feel like on the subject of the standup, I don’t suppose Usman actually has something for me. I feel my cardio and tempo is unquestionably gonna problem him and normally he’s the one which’s pushing that narrative on his conditioning, however I feel that I can push my conditioning previous Usman at this level in my profession.”
If Usman stays sidelined, then Buckley could be prepared to tackle three-time welterweight title challenger Colby Covington. That stated, “Chaos” solely competes as soon as per calendar yr courting again to his Usman loss at UFC 245 in late 2019.
“The final combat that he had was towards Leon [Edwards] and that was a few yr in the past,” Buckley continued. “Time ain’t on no person’s facet so if you happen to actually wish to present the world what you’ve been as much as and the way you’ve been working, you bought to combat. You understand that I’m blissful to go and discover out myself too with Colby Covington if he’s not acquired a combat lined up. I’d positively be prepared to take that combat. That’s anyone that has fought for the belt, has confirmed himself, extremely ranked within the division for 170, so why not?”
Buckley (20-6) has received three straight with 5 finishes.
