Kamaru Usman beats Colby Covington, Alexander Volkanovski wins gold | UFC 245 Recap | ESPN MMA

ESPN MMA’s Ariel Helwani and Brett Okamoto recap all the action from UFC 245 in Las Vegas where Kamaru Usman defended the welterweight title vs. Colby Covington, Alexander Volkanovski won the featherweight belt from Max Holloway and Amanda Nunes beat Germaine de Randamie in a rematch to retain her women’s bantamweight title. They deliberate potential options for all the winners, including if a Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal fight is the best option next. (9:16) They also discuss the men’s bantamweight title picture after Marlon Moraes beat Jose Aldo and Petr Yan topped Urijah Faber, with Okamoto making a case for Aldo to potentially call out Justin Gaethje.

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[juanfreire]

It will be great if Aldo call the winner Ngannou vs Rozentruik

[drewdown]

Lol I really can’t believe Brett wants to see Aldo fight Gaethje. That’s insane

[Kevin-pvcg]

Max got a haircut - loses
Usman got a haircut - wins

Moral of the story - embedded haircut curse doesn't affect you if you don't have hair

[maidenless]

Brett Okamoto is a massive casual who somehow finds himself in the heart of the industry. Madness.

[JeremyWhy]

WHAT IS BRETT SMOKING? 🥴💨

ALDO vs JUSTIN ?!! He clearly hates Aldo! 😆

[GutturalReef]

Bret is the type of guy to actually believe Max when he calls out DC for the Daddest Man on the Planet!

[kevinbryantsr.]

He obviously doesn't realize how much bigger Justin Gaethje is than a current SMH CMON

[vaibhavbhalerao]

The guy who said Aldo should fight Gaethje, needs a good night sleep

[BrianCheng]

Hats off to Colby Covington. He had a jaw dropping performance tonight, literally.

[Azirix_]

Gaethje vs aldo? The man just got down to 135 after so much difficulty that's just stupid

[feim]

Colby got beat but most of people would have dropped the towel on the third round. He showed he's a badass.

[samofalltrades]

Nahh I don't agree. I feel Aldo should fight Stipe or DC, he looks fine at 135 but much better at heavyweight

[ProofintheDoof]

It’s pretty unbelievable they don’t realize how good Leon Edwards is. He gives Usman the toughest fight, what a great matchup with Masvidal as well. Edwards has the deadliest elbows from the clinch throughout the UFC.

[srensburg]

Brett I know it’s late and you have media duty but lay off the pipe. Aldo no way goes to 155 after dropping muscle

[lennyb]

When Ariel said "final ppv of the decade" i wondered how long id been asleep at first

[arnaldurbjornsson]

Props to Covington for putting up a fight like that. That being said the better man won

[aberagrant]

Brett okom-ondrugs- I’d love to see Aldo fight Gaije 🧐🤨

[milankulic]

Brett : maybe I'm just talking out of my mind
Ariel : Yes

[auniquedisposition]

Colby: Sorry Mr. President

Trump: You failed me boy. Bad. Very bad.

[sallgoodman]

Usman proved his striking is strong, adaptable and his cardio held up. Volkanovski stayed true to his word and did everything he said he would do by being the better fighter everywhere in the fight. Nunes layed and prayed, but brains over brawn is always a good option