Teddy Atlas thinks Kamaru Usman got overconfident with his boxing and forgot that he was in an MMA fight against Leon Edwards at UFC 278.
Atlas, a world-renowned boxing trainer, described how a simple boxing parry led to Usman slipping his head in the wrong direction and getting knocked out with a head kick that cost him his welterweight championship.
Atlas claims the knockout could have been avoided if only Usman had remembered he was in a mixed martial arts fight and not a boxing match, reminding ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ that there are kicks to worry about as well as punches in MMA.