Daniel Cormier Show - Kamaru Usman on getting KNOCKED OUT by Leon Edwards, UFC title run, beating Buckley
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Former UFC champion and MMA legend Kamaru Usman sits down with DC in the fifth episode of The Daniel Cormier Show! Cormier and Usman go back and talk about the Leon Edwards head kick that knocked Kamaru out. Usman shares an incredible story of how crazy it was in those hours after the fight! DC and Kamaru also talk about Rashad Evans and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson and how those guys had such an impact on Usman's MMA and UFC career. Plus, don't miss Cormier and Usman talk about his win over Joaquin Buckley, his championship legacy in the UFC, dealing with Rumble Johnson's passing, Kamaru's move from Nigeria to the United States, and when he thinks he'll call it a career and retire from the sport.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.0 | The volume. |
| 0:09.5 | Daniel Kornemian. |
| 0:15.7 | Valentina, Chefchenko. |
| 0:17.5 | Welcome to a very special episode of the Daniel Kormier show brought to you by Total Wireless, the official wireless provider of UFC. |
| 0:25.3 | They're in your corner with unlimited 5G data that will not slow you down. |
| 0:29.9 | Today, guys, I have the honor of sitting now one of the greatest fighters and welterweights to ever compete in the UFC. |
| 0:36.6 | Kamar U.S. Bond went from growing up in Nigeria to becoming a national champion wrestler in the |
| 0:41.5 | U.S. and rose all the way to be in the undisputed world champion and put together one of the most |
| 0:47.8 | dominant win streaks as sports ever seen. But what makes this conversation special |
| 0:52.4 | is that I'm not going to just talk to him about the titles and the highlights. |
| 0:57.0 | I want to talk about the man that's behind the run. |
| 1:00.1 | We'll get into living in Nigeria, the identity challenges he faced, there was a knee injury that changed his entire athletic path, and the rise from an overlooked wrestler to a world champion. |
| 1:12.7 | We want to talk about the Leon Edwards fights, how emotional he was after he beat |
| 1:17.3 | Joaquin Buckley, fatherhood, mentorship, the impact of Rashad Evans and Rumble Johnson, |
| 1:23.5 | his future in podcasting, television, and fashion, and what life looks like after fighting. |
| 1:29.3 | Kamar Usman is a fashionista at heart. |
| 1:32.2 | Today, I'm trying to get to the fighter, the father, the mentor, and the man. |
| 1:38.2 | Guys, give it up for the one and only, the great Kamaro, the Nigerian nightmare Ousman. |
| 1:44.7 | Oh, so I see what you mean. |
| 1:45.8 | You know what I'm saying? |
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