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The reign of Kamaru Usman

Originally Published: April 22, 2021
By Dotun Akintoye

Last summer, after he defeated Jorge Masvidal at UFC 251 and flew back to his home in Denver, Colorado, Kamaru Usman thought he might die. He woke up in his bed one morning and felt weak and sick. He spent the day inside trying to shake it off. He lost his appetite and hardly ate for three days.

"Man, I just made all this money and I'm not gonna be able to spend it," he thought to himself, only half kidding.

Four days later, he was so dehydrated that he ...

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