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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 02: Tyron Woodley and Kamaru Usman, of Nigeria, grapple during their welterweight title bout during UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena on March 02, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images/AFP
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 02: Kamaru Usman of Nigeria celebrates after defeating Tyron Woodley in a welterweight title bout during UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena on March 02, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Usman won by unanimous decision. /AFP LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 02: Kamaru Usman of Nigeria celebrates after defeating Tyron Woodley in a welterweight title bout during UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena on March 02, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Usman won by unanimous decision.LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 02: Kamaru Usman, of Nigeria, kisses his daughter Samira following a welterweight title bout against Tyron Woodley during UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena on March 02, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The UFC is the biggest competition in MMA, where competitors combine boxing, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, wrestling and other disciplines while fighting in an octagonal cage. Usman, 31, produced the performance of his career to dominate long-reigning welterweight champion Woodley.
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