It’s no secret that UFC president Dana White has a bad relationship with former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, who is rarely excluded from the “greatest conversations of all time” between MMA fans and media.
Probably because “Rush” follows the beat of his own drum.
This may explain why White is in such a hurry to place Kamaru Usman in the first place among the greatest of all time, at least in his current weight class, just days from “Nigerian Nightmare” returning to action. .
“Usman is tied with GSP for consecutive UFC victories at age 12,” White told TMZ. “If he wins this weekend, he will break the GSP record to 13. He is on a streak of 16 consecutive wins. This guy hasn’t lost in seven years. He hasn’t lost since 2013. If he makes it through Gilbert Burns on Saturday night, which is going to be a tough fight, he’s a guy who will keep on fighting, and one day we’ll all wake up and go ‘oh wow’ and everyone we’re going to talk about GOAT status for this guy. “
Or we could be talking about another turn in bookie-busting if opponent Gilbert Burns manages to turn the division upside down this weekend (Saturday, February 13, 2021) in the UFC 258 main event in pay-per-view ( PPV), held within the APEX center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Durinho” was originally scheduled to face “The Nigerian Nightmare” last July.
If Usman, 33, wants to overtake St-Pierre in the memories of fickle fighting fans, he may need to venture outside his comfort zone. “Rush” came back from a four-year layoff to win the middleweight title of then champion Michael Bisping in 2017, breaking his promise along the way.
Usman’s journey continues this weekend in “Sin City”.