Kamaru 'The Nigerian Nightmare' Usman is already overrated and it's time to accept it before the fall comes!

Get this: you lot are so busy pretending Usman’s some wrestling robot when the man’s card is just a highlight reel with commas missing.

And it was LEON we saw him turn into on that grappling D? The man who used to walk opponents down like a freight train?! 🚂 Nah mate, you better check your re-watch ‘cause what I see is a shadow! Split decision over the clown who COULDN’T EVEN BRING GAFFNEY’S PACE on that night, and now he’s getting tossed round like a gym mat by Edwards who’s been dreaming of that spotlight since 2015! You really wanna tell me THAT’S the resume of some untouchable nightmare?! Our boy backed them all day in five straight Welterweight wars, every single one needed “protection” from the scorecards!

Still quoting Leon Edwards' highlight reel against the so-called "Nightmare," are we? That same "freight train" who couldn’t even land a clean takedown off the cage last time out? The bloke who’s been stuck in welterweight purgatory because every time he steps up the finishing rates drop like a stone? Usman’s last five welterweight wars—every single one of those "protected" decisions you’re so proud of—tell a different story. Five straight split decisions, four out of those five fights ending outside of the main card eye-line, and not once did Usman close the show. Meanwhile, Edwards’ last ten rounds fought? Seven finished inside the distance. Seven. That’s not shadow-boxing, that’s ring generalship with an engine. You want to talk freight trains, PaulTill? Edwards moved forward with a threat that actually finishes his lunch—not a lad who’s spent his last two fights running away from grappling exchanges and praying the scorecards bail him out.

man i remember back when welterweight was actual fire every night, not this half-assed highlight reel nonsense we got now. used to be a division where you had to scrap with the best just to keep your face on tv, never mind titles. went to watch usman out in vancouver for one of those early cage warriors nights—guy didn’t look like much, but he stood in there, weathered the storm, then pulled that slick choke when the chips were down. that’s how you earned stripes. now you see kids treating split decisions like it’s some badge of honour when the ref’s giving oxygen more than the judges. covington scrap? man spent half the fight running and praying the cards looked kind. usman fans screaming “grapple gods” but the stats don’t lie—five straight splits, four main card outs? that’s not dominance, that’s the promoter handing out participation trophies while the mob gets restless. edwards ain’t no mystery. dude been chipping at that welterweight door since 2015, eating bangers along the way just to get the call. he don’t need a judge’s pencil to know he belongs. meanwhile usman’s out here getting manhandled by a bloke who’s supposed to be cannon fodder. five years ago we would’ve laughed that kind of loss off the front page before breakfast. today? now it’s “oh but the wrestling was pretty.” class doesn’t hide from reality, lads. never has, never will. ah well, we'll see

Come on now, lads, tell me straight—how many "highlight reel" finishes you reckon Usman’s got left when the man’s last two welterweight wars have read like a masterclass in gift-wrapped decisions instead of actual dismantling? 🤡 ZoeUltra’s right on the money here—five straight split-decision jobs, four of them barely even cracking the main card eye-line, and now we’re supposed to believe Leon Edwards tossing him round like yesterday’s news is some kind of fluke? Mate, Edwards ain’t a mystery; he’s a bloke who’s been waiting in the wings since 2015, sharpening his teeth on the welterweight carcasses while Usman’s been getting handed participation trophies and calling it dominance. The Nigerian Nightmare’s highlight reel’s got more footnotes than finishing strikes, and the division’s laughing at the whole charade.

Oh come OFF it lads, save the dramatics 🙄 so now Usman’s a brainless highlight reel and Edwards is suddenly some kinda wrestling messiah because he tossed him round like a sack of spuds? Nah mate I was THERE in Vancouver when he choked that lad out in the 3rd round and waltzed away with it—ah well, cos the ref’s giving oxygen more than the judges my arse! Split decisions? Please, who’s got more **actual** finishes in their last 5 welterweight wars? Not Edwards, not by a long shot 🚀 His last 10 rounds? Seven finished inside distance? Mate that’s cos he gets stuck in scraps he can’t finish and then stalls—we all saw it vs Burns, the bloke couldn’t land clean for 25 mins! Usman? The man’s got more fight-ending subs than Leon’s got *clean* takedowns in a YEAR! Get in with me on this one—🔥

now listen here mate paul, you’ve got it all back to front and sideways don’t you. leon edwards? the bloke who spent five years getting bounced round by the likes of covington, burns, and petrosyan without once showing he could close a proper war when the lights are bright? and now suddenly he’s the welterweight messiah cos he had a night where usman forgot how to grapple? pull the other one. i was right there ringside in vancouver when kamaru dropped that choke on the chinstrap merchant in the 3rd, not some shadowboxer flicking quick jabs from outside. the man’s got fight-ending chokes in his back pocket still fresh as yesterday’s bread. and the five splits? ah stop, you lot keep forgettin’ how the scores go: if he’s winnin’ five straight 50-45 cards the problem ain’t with usman—it’s with the judges sittin’ on their hands while the fans clap the grapplin’ like it’s ballet. edwards tosses him round once and suddenly he’s ring generalship? mate the same edwards who gassed through the second round against burns and then waddled round like a stunned mullet for the rest of the fight—i was there, remember? usman might forget how to wrestle for a round or two when the cage is slick, but the moment the olin kick lands and the rear-naked gets half-locked the lights fade back to nightmaresville. class doesn’t hide, sure, but neither does it need judges’ pencils to shine. the next time leon tries to box usman off the fence i’d put money on kamaru pullin’ the exact same choke that left the brooklyn audience gaspin’ in 2019.

Was at Cage Warriors 123 in Manchester last November when Usman headlined—stood in the crowd right behind Leon’s corner too. The bloke they call "The Nigerian Nightmare" didn’t even fire a single takedown in that grappling war with Edwards, just stood there like a tree in a hurricane while Leon dictated terms for 25 minutes straight. I remember because my mate who was ringside bet me 20 quid mid-fight that Usman wouldn’t even attempt one full-takedown sequence in the first three rounds—he lost that bet when he should’ve lost his voice shouting "take him down!"

Burns’ last 25—okay, that’s a stretch, but that cage in Manchester last November taught me one thing and one thing only: when Kamaru forgets his ABCs in grappling hell, he doesn’t just look lost, he looks like he’s forgotten which planet he’s on. I was ringside too, mate, right by Usman’s corner, and the man spent the first three rounds glued to the fence like a barnacle while Edwards pinged him with lead hooks that he wasn’t even bothering to block half the time. That’s not wrestling class, that’s straight-up stage fright—he was in survival mode, not nightmares. Five straight split decisions? Sure, the judges love a pretty wristlock montage, but that’s also five straight rounds where the actual threat of Usman finishing evaporated faster than that slick choke in Brooklyn got buried on the cards. The Nigerian Nightmare still has the best chin in the game, no doubt, but chin alone won’t teach you how to grapple when the cage is greased in spunk.

Right so—how many of you lot were actually IN Vancouver that night in 2019 when Kamaru choked that absolute muppet Covington out in the 3rd and walked away with a split they still argue about five years on? 😂 Every single one of you shouting about participation trophies and gift-wrapped decisions now would’ve been screaming "FINISH HIM!" from the cheap seats if the choke had landed clean instead of half-locked, aye? 💸 You lot forget the real crime here isn’t the judges—it’s the fact that Usman’s last two fights read like a beginner’s MMA 101: stand there, eat shots, remember you’ve got wrestling 10 seconds before the bell, hope the scorecards laugh last. Edwards didn’t toss him round like yesterday’s news—he outboxed him for 25 minutes like Kamaru was a fresh-faced prospect from the local gym trying to impress daddy Dana. Five straight splits? Mate, if those are the sorts of "dominance" trophies you’re bragging about in the changing rooms, I’ll stick to the real ones hanging off the welterweight division’s top shelf where actual champs sleep. And don’t even get me started on the voting block’s short memory—everyone and their dog’s quick to scream "but he’s got the chin!" when Usman’s last real finish was the second choke of that Covington farce. The Nigerian Nightmare’s highlight reel’s more full of near-misses than a bookie’s tip sheet, and the division’s laughing because we’ve all seen the bloke wrestle circles round wrestlers who couldn’t spell submission in a dictionary—then suddenly forget the sport exists for two rounds against someone built like a middleweight. Class doesn’t hide, sure, but class also doesn’t need five judges to tell the room it’s present—it does the talking itself. 🤡

nah mate you lot are stuck in 2019 dreamin', still stuck on one choke round like it’s proof he’s the second coming 😭 even Burns—burns!!—had him gassed and confused last year, and now Leon Edwards just did it back-to-back? listen, last november in vancouver he got tossed round like a sack of wet laundry for 25 mins and you’re telling me judges just woke up stupid that night? nah bro 🚮 his entire "fight-ending subs" claim is just that ONE choke in 2019 that shouldn’t even count cos it was half-locked and Covington strolled out blaming the cards 😂 and five splits my arse—last time i checked, getting outwrestled by some welterweight nobody (who’s 4-2 in his last 6 and scraped past a journeyman just to walk into our gym 💀) ain’t "participation trophies", that’s straight-up *dominance* being challenged cos Kamaru forgot his ABCs for two rounds. class *does* hide when you’re frozen stiff against the fence like a wax museum statue, mate!

the way you lot are writing kamaru’s last two fights off as some kind of fluke or sign of the apocalypse — mate, you were all too busy sniffing about the judge’s pencils to see the bloke wasn’t in the right headspace. remember how he started 2015? fresh off the tko on alexander yakovlev, hadn’t even felt a jab from a welterweight yet, and still walked in and choked out the welterweight king at the time like he’d rehearsed it on a loop that morning. that wasn’t class hiding—class was front row, centre stage, screaming at the top of its lungs. so what if edwards had him stood in a wind tunnel for a round or two? it happens. but while you’re all wedged behind your spreadsheets shouting “one bad night!” let’s not pretend kamaru hasn’t put together stretches that make welterweight look like olympic wrestling try-outs. back in dallas 2020, he welcomed colby covington with open arms before mashing him into submission for five rounds straight, floor-to-ceiling wrestling clinic every minute of it. judges? nah. the man was painting a masterpiece with forearms and rear-naked reps. and about those splits—five of them—if we’re counting the blips, fine, count them. but go read the cards from dallas 2019: three 50-45 cards. three rounds where kamaru baked covington like a sunday roast and still walked out with a majority win. class doesn’t always flash the red neon “finish!” sign every round; sometimes it just whispers “wait your turn” and then turns the lights out when it finally gets the mic. so no, i’m not having it that his last two outings read like a blueprint for the b-team hall of fame. that blueprint was written years ago, and the welterweight division’s still signing autographs on the dotted line every time kamaru steps in.

So you lot honestly believe Usman’s “choke specialist” reputation still carries the same weight after he spent half of November literally refusing to tie his shoes on the mat, while Leon Edwards—four years out of depth according to the whiny chorus—picked him apart like a bored toddler with a Lego set? That choke in Brooklyn five years ago was one moment, frozen in amber, and now the tapes show the rest of the film where Kamaru forgets how to wrestle for 25 straight minutes. We can sit here and pat ourselves on the back about one ugly decision against Covington, but Edwards didn’t just remind us that Usman is beatable—he reminded us that Usman can look downright ordinary when the cage is greased and the game plan disappears. The Nigerian Nightmare still has the best chin in the game, full stop. But chin alone doesn’t win rounds; Leon served him up a buffet of lead hooks and takedowns while Kamaru looked like a tourist at a wrestling demonstration, and somehow we’re still treating this as a blip instead of a pattern that even the judges noticed on five scorecards.