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Video – Kamaru Usman admits pre-Fight nerves, worry to Jorge Masvidal: ‘Is he gonna baptize me?’

Former undisputed welterweight kingpin, Kamaru Usman has admitted to Jorge Masvidal that prior to their two-fight series, he was legitimately wary of suffering a hellish knockout loss – or as the latter put it, a “baptizm”.

Usman, a former undisputed welterweight champion and prior pound-for-pound number one fighter under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined since last October, succumbing to a third straight defeat in a controversial decision loss against the unbeaten, Khamzat Chimaev.

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Video - Kamaru Usman admits pre-Fight nerves, worry to Jorge Masvidal: 'Is he gonna baptize me?