I Used to hawk fufu on the streets- Kamaru Usman, UFC Fighter
Nigerian-born American fighter, Kamaru Usman has disclosed the life of his unassuming start in Nigeria prior to moving to the United States looking for a better life.
He put out his story during an interview with Channels Television. Usman mentioned that he used to hawk fufu while living in Edo state, Nigeria, on the grounds that his mother was a hustler who ventured in numerous businesses.
The martial arts champion was born in Auchi, Edo state and relocated to the US when he was 8-year-old.
Usman who is UFC’s current welterweight champion said:
“We grew up in the village. We farmed. As a small boy, farm boy, I used to hawk Akpu, put hot Akpu on my head. I came from nothing.
There is just struggle every day, the struggle to, how are we gonna eat next week, next month. What are we gonna do? We owned a small store where we sold clothes, we sold shoes, my mum sold bags, anything that we could sell, my mum was able to get and try to sell. My mum was a hustler and that is one of the things I respect so much about her as a woman with three rowdy Naija boys.”
He likewise revealed that his father went to jail while he was as yet in school and furthermore discussed the bond he appreciates with his daughter, Samirah, who is 5.
“My daughter, Samirah, I love her to death. She’s very intriguing to me because from about 6 months to about three and half years of her life, she went to the gym with me every day. Then she hit about five years and then she started saying, ‘you know I’m not going to do this daddy, right. You know I’m not going do this sport.’
“I think I have to just accept that and honestly I don’t think I want her to this sport anyway. She’s got her thing, she’s doing gymnastics and for self defence. She does Ju-Jitsu because she has to learn how to control the situation if anything happens. I’m okay with those right now.”
Usman additionally uncovered he is wanting to completely move into commentary and analysis of mixed martial arts after his retirement.
“Talking about the Sport that I’ve spent so much time in, that’s a dream. So now instead of getting punched in the face you are talking about people who are getting punched in the face. And so, it’s a dream for me but I’m slowly getting my feet wet in it and finding my ground because it is something I definitely want to do when I walk away from this sport.”
