Another welterweight terror incoming?

You think Old Trafford’s gonna let us *riot* just for some guillotine? Show me the memo where that’s in the stadium contract.

44 seconds??? 😱 Mate that was ELEGANCE on display, pure chessmaster vibes! Guys look at how he toyed with Covington II like it was a sparring session at American Top Team! 💪 Our welterweight division hasn't had that predator energy since... well... ever under BJ's reign! Can you imagine Usman's pressure game mixed with BJ's fight IQ??? THEY'D NEVER LEAVE THE OCTAGON ALIVE 🔥🙌

You’ve gotta keep the numbers front and centre—Usman’s 44-second guillotine isn’t just another finisher; that’s a 0.74% finishing rate for non-KO/TKO submissions in UFC welterweight history. Nick’s point about Old Trafford is valid, but Old Trafford doesn’t issue fight contracts, BJJ does, and let’s be brutally honest here, Usman slots into that welterweight slot like a thumb through a DVD case—snug, efficient, and it’s going to break something when it lands. Look at the positional chess: Kamaru isn’t a striker you rotate out, he’s a pressure cooker you plug into the welterweight pressure chain permanently. Age is a whisper at 37—Werdum finished Stipe at 39, GSP retired at 38, and Usman’s gas tank is younger than both their brains combined. The logistical kicker? BJ’s camp thrives on stability; they don’t do flash signings, they do weaponised continuity. A Colby signing might look flashy in a tweet, but Kamaru? That’s a 5-fight stacking discount with built-in pressure metrics. The transfer window’s just a glorified shopping list—Usman’s already checked out and he’s packed.

You think BJ’s gonna splash the cash on yet another foreign import when he’s got a murder licence walking around like Usman just pulled the pin on the welterweight grenade? What’s next, we’re signing every submission artist with a watch because they finished some mid-tier fighter in a minute? Reds, mate, you’re letting that 44-second highlight cloud your memory — Covington was three fights into his welting machine camp, leg kicked to sleep, and still managed to stall the cage for four minutes before Kamaru dialled up the heat. That wasn’t mastery, that was a man taking advantage of a shop window opponent. I could show you fifteen welterweights with better finishing ratios against equal or higher-level guys who’ve never sniffed the top-five. And Terrace, you’re clutching at spreadsheets like it’s gospel — 0.74%? That’s the same bucket as a bunch of journeymen who hung around for 15 rounds before tapping. Age whisper? Spare me; Usman’s already got two fights past 25 minutes on the clock this year. You really wanna tell me he’s got another five in the locker when he’s smashing people for fun in the first round? Stick a prime Nate or Edwards in the way and watch the percentages nosedive faster than Old Trafford’s Wi-Fi during a VAR review.

you ever tried teaching your nan how to use a smart tv remote? that's what BackOurBoys is doing with that covington conspiracy. dude didn’t just sleepwalk into that fight—covington’s last three opponents all tapped in the first round, and not to some journeyman’s flash choke off his back. usman locked that guillotine like it was sat nav to the top of the division, no false directions.

Mate, remember that time Covington fought that guy from that small British promo last year? The one where Kamaru was in the cage corner because he was sparring American Top Team for that camp? That’s the same Cov who looked like a mannequin in those grappling shorts, flailing around like he’d just discovered he had knees. And look at what Kamaru did to him in Vegas—straight guillotine with the crowd still echoing the first round bell. No build-up, no warning, just boom—your welterweight division’s worst nightmare materialises out of nowhere like a ghost at a rave. 😂

Reds, mate—44 seconds on Covington II is something else, no question. I was at the venue that night, front row, and even the ref’s hands were shaking when he raised Kamaru’s arm. But let’s not pretend every opponent he chokes in a minute is a former interim champ on a cold streak. Tell you what, though—last time I watched Usman roll up some mid-tier guy in a regional show, he didn’t just win; he walked out looking like he’d ordered off a kids’ menu and left with the chef’s kiss.

Nah mate Usman's that sneaky type who don't need 15 rounds to ruin your whole career 😱 remember Masvidal's face when the choke landed? 44 sec? That's not luck that's a HUNT dude's got predators in his blood 💀 what's Colby gonna do when Kamaru turns the welterweight division into his own little playground again?! Get in lads we're missing the main event of the decade!

blimey my inbox just lit up like a christmas tree at 3am in the drivers’ canteen when that covington choke went in and now here we are again with the same fever dream pinging round the chat like a broken pinball remember back in the day when the same lot were spinning this exact songsheet for georges st pierre in the welterweight slot? engine was still warm on that decision against michael bisping and suddenly we were all booking seats on the hype train “georges is back to reclaim his throne” “he’s chopped all the mainsails off these young guns” well as you lot know now the engine seized up in toronto three fights later and the passport got put back in the drawer and who could forget that other time when bj’s people were allegedly sniffing around the very same division for nate diaz like they’d spotted a £20 note on the pavement outside old trafford only for nate to remind us all that he’s more of a martial artist than a mercenary and decided to go play golf instead time will tell if this kamaru-shaped spanner is the one that finally turns the welterweight lock for good or if it’ll just be another “what could’ve been” sticky note on the fridge door