Kamaru Usman has no problem facing Colby Covington again one day in the future but he definitely disagrees that their first fight somehow ended with a cloud of controversy hanging overhead.
The reigning welterweight champion earned a fifth-round TKO after he blasted Covington with a combination that put him down on the canvas and left latching onto a leg trying to scramble for a takedown. Usman followed that up with a barrage of rapid-fire punches that forced referee Marc Goddard intervene to stop the contest.
Covington protested afterwards and then exploded on Goddard for the stoppage during one of his first interviews following the event.