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Kamaru Usman
Sign in to saveAlso known as Marty Usman, The Nigerian Nightmare, The Nebraskan Nightmare, Kamarudeen Usman
Nigerian-American mixed martial artist
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Kamaru Usman is a mixed martial artist born in Benin City, Nigeria, holding United States citizenship and competing for the United States. He was educated at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, resides in Delray Beach, speaks English, and began his career in 2012. He competes in the UFC Welterweight division, and his birth date has been recorded as both 11 May 1987 and 11 May 1988.
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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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1940-09-22
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 96
- Total plays
- 234
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kamaru+Usman">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,698x
- 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
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,254x
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Benin City
- Educated at
- University of Nebraska at Kearney
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- mixed martial arts
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- KamaruUsmanPress2018.png
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Delray Beach
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1987-05-11
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- social media followers
- 947698
- Commons category
- Kamaru Usman
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
YouTube information Channel Kamaru Usman
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