Kamaru Usman has big plans in 2026. The former UFC welterweight champion not only intends to recapture the title that he lost in 2022, but also wants to become a two-division UFC champion by dethroning middleweight kingpin Khamzat Chimaev.
Usman won the 170-pound strap in 2019 and held it until August 2022.
He defended it a total of five times before losing it to Leon Edwards in a rematch at UFC 278.
In 2023, at UFC 286, “The Nigerian Nightmare” got a chance to run it back with Edwards a third time but failed to recapture the throne, losing by majority decision.