The UFC welterweight title fight between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington went through multiple postponements. But all parties soon found middle ground, and the matchup will now take place as the headliner for UFC 245 in December.
Many questioned if the fight would sell or not, but for Usman, there is much more to this pairing that what may be perceived.
“Let’s be honest, this thing is big,” Usman said on Tuesday’s Dominance MMA press event (transcript by MMA Junkie). “It’s really, really big. Not just because it’s a fighter against another fighter, it’s what this whole fight represents.