Nigerian-born mixed martial artist, Kamarudeen “Kamaru” Usman, defended his UFC welterweight title after he knocked out Jorge Masvidal in a rematch in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend.
The 33-year-old, who is famous for his powerful wrestling, effortlessly defeated Masvidal to retain his welterweight title and continue his winning streak.
Following his win, the Nigerian nightmare took a photo with his daughter, Samirah Usman. In the viral photo, they were pictured together with his belt.
See the photo below,
A while ago, Kamaru Usman shared a story about his humble beginning. According to him, his family had nothing while in Nigeria before moving on to greener pastures and finding succor in his beloved sport.
Kamaru disclosed this and many more in a wide-ranging interview on a Channels TV program, Gist Nigeria.
In his words ;
“We grew up in the village. We farmed. As a small farm boy, I used to hawk Akpu and put hot Akpu on my head. I came from nothing,”
“There is a struggle every day; the struggle to, how are we going to eat next week, next month. What are we going to do?
“We owned a small store where we sold clothes, shoes, my mum sold bags, anything that we could sell, my mum was able to get and try to sell. My mum was a hustler and that is one of the things I respect so much about her as a woman with three rowdy Naija boys.”
