GSP Who? Dana White Says Kamaru Usman is the GOAT

By: Nikhil Chauhan Image Credit UFC

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[{"selector":"#anim-dbf59b13-765d-400a-a83b-134d8b916723 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-62.78207250526634%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ae1767b1-feef-4f36-ba90-ca103bcfe6fc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-45682931-8c98-486f-9289-b8cbdc418035","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-63c5adfc-89d7-4045-9766-ce6a5a77e4b6","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(30deg) translate3d(0px, -86.73188%, 0) rotate(-30deg)","rotate(30deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(-30deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0cb0d5c6-5b1f-425d-b827-922870a2ab03","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":900,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Brush Stroke And UFC president Dana White seems to think so as well. Kamaru Usman is the current pound-for-pound #1 fighter in the UFC. Image Courtesy: UFC

[{"selector":"#anim-6abf1742-b7c1-44d6-8fe6-24094f3f4c88 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-15.644375721844632%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d61baf65-6fb7-4b3a-a54a-609d47ea514c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-57004a8d-503f-4780-86dc-8ec3fe05d4e1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-147.27273%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":1600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7d14c92f-d9cb-4e07-9998-9af21d70d746","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":900,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-916f4788-8c70-43f4-b4aa-919b9908bddc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f445bf02-cf98-4e76-87d4-cc38bf597a6b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-125.17483%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] In a recent conversation with BT Sports ahead of UFC 278, Dana White proclaimed Kamaru Usman as the welterweight GOAT.

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GSP Who? Dana White Says Kamaru Usman is the GOAT

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