# @ESPN MMA on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=2fNUj90Ui1Q
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30251708-ESPN-MMA-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-06T01:00:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ESPN MMA (@espnmma) — https://gondola.cc/espnmma

## Caption

ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto speaks with Kamaru Usman, who is set to face Joaquin Buckley in the main event of the UFC’s return to Atlanta on June 14. Usman discusses his time away from the Octagon, the welterweight title picture, a brief podcast with Belal Muhammad and more.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Not fighting in 2024
3:52 What drives him to still fight?
6:08 Who was he closest to taking on?
7:55 Buckley “is the guy available”
10:15 Scouting potential welterweight opponents
12:28 How does the UFC view him now?
14:20 Thoughts on UFC 315 & title picture
16:14 Thoughts on Belal?
19:00 Would security be needed between the two?
23:22 Five-round fights & end of Khamzat bout

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- **Views:** 72,520
- **Likes:** 1,370
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- **Comments:** 459

## Tags

ufc, usman

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