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Kamaru Usman vows to reclaim UFC throne: ‘If I want to, I will be the welterweight champion again’

Former undisputed welterweight champion and pound-for-pound number one, Kamaru Usman has claimed that if he wants to reclaim the divisional crown again – he will simply do it, despite currently finding himself in the midst of a three-fight losing skid.

Usman, the current number one ranked welterweight contender, most recently made a short-notice return at UFC 294 back in October in an impromptu middleweight debut, dropping a controversial majority decision loss to unbeaten phenom, Khamzat Chimaev.

The loss came Auchi veteran, Usman’s third on the trot, following a pair of welterweight championship rematch and subsequent rubber-match losses to Birmingham star, Leon Edwards as part of the pair’s trilogy of clashes during their Octagon tenures.