Kamaru Usman Downplays Relevance of BMF Title

Kamaru Usman doesn’t consider the UFC’s BMF belt to be a real title.

The BMF title has recently attracted attention after current BMF champ Max Holloway was knocked out for the first time in his career in a failed title bid against featherweight champ Ilia Topuria at UFC 308 last weekend. While Holloway’s BMF strap was not on the line, “El Matador” was seen carrying the BMF belt along with his featherweight gold strap after the fight. UFC CEO Dana White also said that midway through the fight he was wondering why he didn’t put the BMF title on the line as well.

However, former middleweight champ Usman believes the BMF title isn’t worth this much discussion. According to “The Nigerian…