Kamaru Usman: I Would Never Fight Israel Adesanya

Well, you know, we had talked about your dad and your dad being in jail and of all people, man, Kim Kardashian has had, I think, something like 28 people wrongly accused, released from prison. She's all about, like, prison justice reform, and she makes these regular trips to the White House to talk to the president about prison reform and about getting people out of jail that got bad deals. Yeah, and I mean, that's a worthy cause. It's an amazing cause. It's an amazing cause. I stopped making fun of her. Yeah. I was like, I'm not going to make fun of her anymore. She's doing great things. Like, she's a good person. You know, and I mean, like, I don't know that family personally, so, you know, I could have never really speak on them, but for someone to come out and actually, because there's so many people that are behind bars. Yes. Because of being wrongfully accused and the fact that she, a celebrity like her of her stature is really shedding light on that and actually taking the steps to go out and actually help some of these guys. It's just amazing. It's amazing. And speaking of my father, like I said, like, this is no accident that we're here. Like life is, this is no accident, Joe. Like the last time I was here, you know, was the first time I ever talked about it and opened up about it. And this attorney, Gray Tesh, out of South Florida, actually contacted me. Like, hey, you know, I would love to take a look at the case and, you know, look at what's going on here. And so, you know, he's kind of been like looking into it, working on it and, you know, sending the letters that need to be sent and making the calls that need to be made. And Joe, the moment I just walked in here and this is Nola, I just showed you the text. I just walked in here and I'm in the bathroom and I get the text that says he's going to be released soon. That's incredible. And it's like, that's incredible. You should bring them with you to the White House. I will definitely try. I will definitely try. How wild that would be. Oh man. You know, the big thing to me that would mean so much to me is that my dad front and center for my fight, having my dad come into the cage and put that belt around me. That that would be, there's these moments in life that I call it like being floored. And that's just when my, your heart hits the floor. And I think those moments arrive and it, which is what for me, when you think about the pursuit of happiness, these are the definitions of that is when you can, you can make your parents heart hit the floor by doing something like doing something to where you recognize so much to where they're recognized for the work that they did raising you the good work that they did. You know, whether it's winning the, you know, a road scholar, whether it's winning the novella peace prize. Like, can you imagine as a parent watching your child accomplish something great? Like that feeling is a feeling that I long for. I've long, I want, I want to make my parents feel that as many times as possible before they're called home and they pass from this earth. And I'm sure my daughter at one point is going to want to do that. And you know, I think winning that title, I would have loved to see my dad's face when I won that title and just, and just look into him and see how he felt. So I can't, I can't wait for him to be at the next one. I can't wait for him to actually feel that. How long has it been locked up for? I think since 2009. Shit, 11 years. I think. Yeah. And then my dad did miss beat too. Like you go see him, my dad's the same guy. Real is the same guy. You would think this is something I would defeat somebody that would crush them and kill them. And of course I'm not with him day in and day out, but my dad's still the same guy to me. And so, uh, man, it, uh, I'm not going to cry, but, um, I can't, I can't wait for him. I can't wait for him to actually hold my dad again. If you could choose, who would you like to see him cage side when you fight? Who would you like to be fighting when he's there for the first time? If I could choose, if you could choose. Would it be red panties night? Oh man, that's a toss up. Red panties night. I don't know how you can get a pass up on red panties night. Connor can get it too, but you know, at the same time it's, it's his choice. Connor is his work to get to the point where if Connor decides I want to get my ass kicked by Usman, that's his choice. You know, he has the right to make that decision because he's put himself in that position, you know, but it's not a fight that I'm going to beg for that. I really want. I think someone brought it after my last fight that I'm sitting at right under Georgia's record from most consecutive wins in the welterweight division. And I think I'm like one behind. And so I think imagine me breaking that record, fighting the guy that has the record. That would be insane. I think besides Connor, that's the biggest fight to make too. The other biggest fight to make is Kabib. Kabib decided to go up to 170. Yeah, but I would never fight Kabib. Really? Yeah, that's my brother. I you know, it's just it's just like a mutual respect to where I don't see myself ever. I don't see myself ever fighting Kabib. I don't see myself ever fighting Israel. You know, even though a lot of people have kind of been hinting towards it, they're like, yeah, you guys need to fight. You guys need to fight. I don't see myself fighting him. You know, there's plenty of people having to. Yeah, plenty of people having two belts in Nigeria is better than just having one guy holding two belts. Yeah. I hear what you're saying. And so, yeah, there's no there's no desire there. I mean, that's that's my guy. I'm a giant fan of him. Oh, my God. Everything about him. Everything is hilarious. He's got a fantastic personality. He could be a huge, huge superstar globally. Oh, he will be. I think he will be. He really could. He really could. I mean, he's got everything. First of all, his striking is some of the most intricate, complex and creative striking I've ever seen. Just fluid angles and fluid. Yeah. He switches stances and sets you up and leaves traps. And yes, and I'm I'm a fan of I'm a fan of a lot of UFC fighters, almost every UFC like UFC fighters I'm a fan of, especially now getting into the analyst work, too. Like I get to actually have to watch some of these guys that are just making their debuts and things like that. So I'm a fan of a lot of these guys, not just the champions. And you know, Israel is he's special. He's special. And I get kind of envious. I'm like, damn, I wish I could do that. I wish I could do this with my hands around the way he does it and the way he, you know, does this little that little question mark kick. And I'm I'm a fan of these guys. And Israel is one of those guys that's special. And Francis, I'm a fan of Francis. I want to be able to swing at somebody even if the punch doesn't land. They fall over. I want to be able to have power like that. Francis's power is preposterous. It doesn't make sense. It's preposterous.