Douglas Lima doubts the UFC would ever try to match him up against against their champion. The Bellator welterweight title holder doesn’t think the UFC would take the risk pitting him against Kamaru Usman – the current UFC champion at 170 pounds. Lima (32-8 MMA, 14-4 BMMA) weighed in Friday about the potential matchup with Usman after being asked about it on Twitter . “UFC won’t take the risk,” Lima posted. UFC won’t take that risk https://t.co/EOauZD52MP — Douglas Lima (@PhenomLima) February 5, 2021 Related Bellator free fight: Gegard Mousasi denies Douglas Lima's champ-champ attempt Douglas Lima gave Gegard Mousasi 'way too much respect,' not done at middleweight Scott Coker likes Michael Page, Neiman Gracie as potential next opponents for Douglas Lima Lima has long been interested in facing Usman in a cross-promotional bout.

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Douglas Lima doubts the UFC would ever try to match him up against against their champion. The Bellator welterweight title holder doesn’t think the UFC would take the risk pitting him against Kamaru Usman – the current UFC champion at 170 pounds. Lima (32-8 MMA, 14-4 BMMA) weighed in Friday about the potential matchup with Usman after being asked about it on Twitter . “UFC won’t take the risk,” Lima posted. UFC won’t take that risk https://t.co/EOauZD52MP — Douglas Lima (@PhenomLima) February 5, 2021 Related Bellator free fight: Gegard Mousasi denies Douglas Lima's champ-champ attempt Douglas Lima gave Gegard Mousasi 'way too much respect,' not done at middleweight Scott Coker likes Michael Page, Neiman Gracie as potential next opponents for Douglas Lima Lima has long been interested in facing Usman in a cross-promotional bout. Bellator has been keen to working with other promotions in the past, but the UFC has not

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