‘Sh*t shouldn’t be given to you’

Joaquin Buckley thinks Kamaru Usman ought to should work his approach again as much as the title image.

Buckley (21-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) known as out Usman after knocking out former title challenger Stephen Thompson lower than two weeks in the past at UFC 307. Buckley was dismissed by Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC), who advised him to get in line.

Usman was buying and selling barbs with welterweight champion Belal Muhammad, however with the previous champion being on a three-fight shedding skid, Buckley says combating him in a No. 1 contender bout is sensible.

“That’s the humorous factor: Who’s in line?” Buckley mentioned in an interview with Parry Punch. “The loopy half about Belal was, like, Usman doesn’t even deserve a title shot. Plus, he mentioned Shavkat is a neater combat than Usman, and that’s what I imagine that the UFC goes to make, the Shavkat vs. Belal. Usman, no one calls him out, that’s nonetheless an amazing title. The final combat he had was with Khamzat (Chimaev), so it’s been an entire yr. Come and get this work. Come and receives a commission at the very least.”

Muhammad did find yourself getting booked in opposition to Shavkat Rakhmonov for his first title protection, which headlines UFC 310 on Dec. 7 in Las Vegas. Buckley thinks Usman wants at the very least one win earlier than combating for the title once more.

“He’s simply ready on the chance to have that huge combat, which is combating for a title. However my factor is, that sh*t shouldn’t be given to you,” Buckley mentioned. “You must work for that.

“Simply since you’ve been a former champion, simply since you held the belt for a great period of time, doesn’t provide the proper to come back again and simply be like, ‘Aight, I get to combat for the belt once more.’ You’re nonetheless not accounting these three losses you completed had. So show to the world that you just nonetheless have the power to combat for a belt.”