Kamaru Usman is not impressed with what he’s seeing in his division. The welterweight champion doesn’t see a clear contender lining up behind title challenger Gilbert Burns, who fights Usman on Feb. 13 in the main event of at UFC 258 in Las Vegas. Usman (17-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC) is respecting Burns (19-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) as a challenger, but looking at what could potentially be next if successful in his third title defense, “The Nigerian Nightmare” just doesn’t see a clear contender in line for the title. “None of them have really broke out where it’s like, ‘This guy is next for me,’” Usman told MMA Junkie. “So they’re kind of in that thick and in that picture where they’re basically trying to make themselves the next guy up
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