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Nigeria’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman has been hit with another taunt by mixed martial arts (MMA) icon, Conor McGregor.
Megasportsarena.com reports that, with McGregor keen on making history by adding Kamaru’s belt to his closet, the Irishman has called out ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ once again.
This time, McGregor’s spat comes hot on the heels of a counter by Kamaru, who accused the former double-sport contender of seeking publicity with his verbal barrages.
In response, McGregor has told Usman to ‘put his money where his mouth is,’ in an apparent mocking of the UFC welterweight champion’s inferior career earnings in mixed martial arts.
Usman reportedly earned in excess of $1million (£766,170) for beating Colby Covington in his last UFC fight in November.
By comparison, it was suggested that McGregor’s earnings from the Poirier defeat topped $5m (£3.61m).
Usman is expected to defend his welterweight title against Leon Edwards in his next fight, with his opponent seeking to become only the second British UFC champion.
Heading into that bout, McGregor has publicly called out Usman as he plots a summer return to fighting from a serious leg injury suffered in a defeat by Dustin Poirier last year.
The Irishman shared a training video as he steps up intensity in preparation for a return and captioned the video: “I’m gonna break a head with these, add it to the list of heads.”
That drew a reply from Usman, who became welterweight champion in 2019, with the 34-year-old sending a jab both at McGregor and the former dual-weight champion’s teammate, Dillon Danis.
“Even Danis looks ok on pads lol,” Usman stated, which prompted McGregor to respond, in a tweet since deleted, with what appeared to be a shot at Usman’s inability to command the same level of financial reward for his fights that McGregor can.
McGregor added a laughing emoji and wrote: “Put your money where your mouth is then, oh wait.”
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