UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman defended his title at UFC 268 by besting Colby Covington by unanimous decision. This is the second time Usman has retained the title versus Covington. In their first fight ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ TKO’d ‘Chaos’, breaking his jaw in the process.
The hype around their fights has largely been generated by Covington, with his trademark brand of fight promotion. This promotion involves performing a pastiche of loudmouth alt-right incendiaries. Part of that act is taking every opportunity to trash talk opponents, with offensive and sometimes racist and/or xenophobic comments. With this pantomime the American has been able to score prime opportunities in the UFC and enrich himself considerably.