Ever since Islam Makhachev dethroned Jack Della Maddalena to become the 170-pound UFC kingpin, Henry Cejudo and Ali Abdelaziz have wanted Kamaru Usman to be the first in line to fight Makhachev when the latter makes his first title defense at welterweight.
‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ recently spoke about another contender, who he thinks, besides him, also deserves a title shot.
Usman named Carlos Prates as the other worthy title challenger. On the Pound 4 Pound podcast, he said:
“I would say Prates. I still think maybe another fight to really kind of.