The ' Nigerian Nightmare' Kamaru Usman makes a return to the Octagon on Saturday, November 6, 2020, in UFC 268 for another title defence in 2021.
The Welterweight titleholder will face Colby Covington at the MGM Arena at the UFC 268 main event on Saturday night.
The Fight which is the second meeting between the fighters will be Kamaru Usman's third title defence in 2021 alone and it will take his title defence to five in total since he defeated Tyron Woodley in 2019 to win the title.
The 32-year-old Nigerian American recorded a TKO over Colby in his first title defence in 2019 as Colby retired after Kamaru broke his jaw in the final seconds of the fifth round of the keenly contested fight.
Kamaru has since gone on a roller coaster to defeat Jorge Masvidal twice and Gibert Burns once with TKOs and Knock Outs while Covington recorded around five TKO over Tyron Woodley in the solitary fight he had since he was defeated by Kamaru.
All is now set for their second meeting as both fighters will go head to head in the octagon for the Welterweight belt.
Time of the event
The start time for the main event depends on the duration of the undercards but the earliest time both fighters can step on the Octagon is midnight E.T which is 5 am West African Time on Sunday.
How to watch
The fight can be streamed live on ESPN via Pay Per View.
It will also be live on Super Sports, DSTV in Nigeria and on some live sports apps on the internet.
The Purse
No official release of the purse for the fight but the last time Kamaru dought he took home an improved purse of 1.5 million dollars and he expected not to settle for a lesser amount this time.
Undercards
Apart from the Usman/Covington2, other mouth-watering encounters make UFC 268 a special night.
The co-main event will see UFC women’s Strawweight champion Rose Najamunas, defend her title against former champion and No. 1-seeded contender, Zhang Weili.
Another fight to look out for on the night is the fight between is the PPV opener, the banger between Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler, the fact that the winner of the fights may have a title shot next, makes it a fight to follow.
