Kamaru Usman has reacted to his shock knockout defeat to Leon Edwards, in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title bout in the United States on Sunday morning.
Edwards stunned Usman with a vicious leg kick in the last minute of round five to emerge winner in their rematch.
The Jamaican-born British fighter made history as the first man to take Usman down and also record a knockout win against him.
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Before the surprise knockout, Usman was coasting as he was ahead three rounds to one.
And reacting to the loss Usman stated he will surely bounce back from the setback.
“Champs mess up sometimes… but we bounce back and come with vengeance!!“ he wrote on Twitter.
And commenting on his win, Edwards said:“I can’t put into words. They all said I couldn’t do it. Look at me now! It doesn’t matter I was down, I come from the trenches, I’ve been down my whole life, look at me now! I did it for Birmingham, for the kids for the UK, my coaches. I told you I could do it.
“Beautiful, I told you I’d do it for you mum, I told you I’d change your life. This is my moment, two years out, the pandemic, now I’m champion of the world. I was born in Jamaica with nothing.”
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Usman shall come back. “The fall of a man is not the end of his life.” The “Edo spirit” shall dwell in him and can certainly see his come-back possible.