Usman promised not to finish off Makhachev

Kamaru Usman promised not to finish off UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev if he manages to stun him in a head-to-head confrontation.

“No hostility, no animosity, only competition. We do this in the gym for free every day to go out and entertain the crowd. I like it.

If I land a strike on him that knocks him down, and there is an opportunity to finish him off, I won't do that,” Usman said in an interview with ESPN.