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Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman have proved themselves as the Nigerian prides, as they two have won two different Ultimate Fighting Championship titles (Adesanya's middleweight and Usman's welterweight). - Kamaru Usman Usman became the 2nd muslim fighter to win the UFC title after Khabib Nurmagomedov in the lightweight. Usman won the welterweight title by defeating the previous champion Tyron Woodley by unanimous decision at the co-main event of UFC 235 (March 2, 2019). The former Ultimate Fighter champion since then has defended his welterweight title twice. Most recently was UFC 251 (July 12, 2020), when Usman defended the title from Jorge Masvidal, which was originally scheduled for his title defense against top contender Gilbert Burns. However, it was announced on July 3 that Burns was pulled from the contest after he and his coach, Greg Jones, tested positive for COVID-19. - Israel Adesanya Similar to Khabib Nurmagomedov, Adesanya is also undefeate...

Khabib Nurmagomedov has been unbeaten in all of his fights in his Ultimate Fighting Championship career, from his debut in January 2012, until his retirement in October 2020. The Russian also became the first muslim fighter to win UFC title (lightweight) after defeated Al Iaquinta on UFC 228 and has successfully defended the title three times.  Most controversially was UFC 229 (October 6, 2018) in his title defense against Conor McGregor, who vacated the title in early in 2018. After beating McGregor by submission, Khabib attacked McGregor's side, before being arrested by Las Vegas Police Department. As the result, Khabib and his cousin, Abubakar, were temporaily suspended from UFC for nine months, while McGregor was suspended for 6 months. Khabib and his cousin Abubakar were released from suspension in May 2019 after Russian president Vladimir Putin accepted the appeal. Khabib returned to defend his title at UFC 242 (September 7, 2019); since then, he relocated his tit...