Kamaru Usman

Film & TV

Acting · Benin City, Nigeria

Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Welterweight division.

Known for

• UFC on ESPN 69: Usman vs. Buckley — Self2025
• The Naked Gun — Yemi 'The Bull' Coker2025
• UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 — Self2023
• Thug Rose: Mixed Martial Artist — Self2023
• UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 — Self2023
• UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 — Self2022
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Naval Officer2022
• UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 — Self2021
• UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns — Self2021
• UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 — Self2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

India

Active from

1940-09-22

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

96

Total plays

234

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,698x

2. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,995x

3. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019

   · 2020 · cited 10,224x

4. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,254x

5. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 7,999x

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Key facts

Born

Kamarudeen Usman , ( 1987-05-11 ) May 11, 1987 (age 39) , Auchi , Edo, Nigeria

Nickname

The Nigerian Nightmare

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight

170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)

Division

Welterweight (2012–present), Middleweight (2023)

Reach

76 in (193 cm)

Fighting out of

Denver, Colorado , U.S.

Team

Blackzilians (2011–2017) , Kill Cliff FC (2017–2020, 2022–present) , Onx Sports (2020–present)

Trainer

Jorge Santiago (grappling) , Trevor Wittman (striking)

Rank

Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Jorge Santiago

Wrestling

NCAA Division II Wrestling

Years active

2010–2012 ( freestyle wrestling ) , 2012–present ( MMA )

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