1. KAMARUDEEN USMAN

Kamarudeen “Kamaru” Usman (born May 11, 1987) is a Nigerian-American mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is the current UFC Welterweight Champion after beating Tyron Woodley at the UFC 235 on March 2nd 2019. Usman is also the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Tournament.


Usman was born in Benin City, Nigeria. His father was in the Nigerian army. Usman and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 8 years old. He started wrestling in his sophomore year in high school, at Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas. After compiling a 53-3 record in high school wrestling, Usman wrestled alongside Jon Jones at the senior national tournament before leaving for college.

After high school, Usman wrestled at William Penn University for one year, where he was an NAIA national qualifier. He then transferred to the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Usman earned NCAA Division II All-American honors all three years he attended UNK and helped the school win its first-ever overall team title in 2008. In his senior season, he won the NCAA Division II national title at 174 lbs in 2010. Additionally, he was also a member of the University World Team for freestyle wrestling in 2010. He was known in wrestling circles as Marty. Usman has a brother, Mohammed, who is also a mixed martial artist. Former NFL star Christian Okoye, who has the nickname “The Nigerian Nightmare” trademarked, gave his blessing for Usman to use it.

Record: 15-1-0
Born: 11 May 1987 (age 31 years), Auchi
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 77 kg
Reach: 76 in (193 cm)
Team: Hard Knocks 365

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2. ISRAEL ADESANYA
Israel Mobolaji Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a Nigerian-born New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and boxer. He is the former Glory middleweight contender winner and King in the Ring two-time cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, which is the most titles in King in the Ring history.Born: Israel Mobolaji Adesanya; 22 July 1989 …Nationality: Nigerian-New Zealander.

Adesanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He trained taekwondo for a brief time in his youth but was removed by his mother after breaking his arm. At the age of 13, he moved to Rotorua, New Zealand and attended Rotorua Intermediate. He started training in kickboxing at age 18 after being inspired by the Muay Thai film Ong-Bak and went on to amass an amateur kickboxing record of 32-0 prior to moving and fighting in China.

At the age of 21, Adesanya relocated to Auckland, New Zealand and began training at City Kickboxing with other established fighters such as Kai Kara-France and Dan Hooker.

Record: 16-0-0
Next Fight:
KelvinGastelum Vs Israel Adesanya (The Last Style Bender)
April 13 – UFC 236

3. ANTHONY JOSHUA
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, OBE (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is currently a unified world heavyweight champion, holding three of the four major championships in boxing: the IBF title since 2016, the WBA (Super) title since 2017, and the WBO title since 2018. He has also held the IBO title since 2017, and at regional level he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2014 to 2016.

Joshua represented England at the 2011 World Championships as an amateur in the super-heavyweight division, winning a silver medal; he also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, winning gold. In 2014, a year after turning professional, he was named Prospect of the Year by The Ring magazine. In 2017, his victorious fight against Wladimir Klitschko was named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Joshua is the second British boxer, after James DeGale, to win both a gold medal at the Olympics and a world title by a major professional sanctioning body, as well as being the first British heavyweight to do so.

As of September 2018, Joshua is ranked as the world’s best active heavyweight by The Ring, and known for his exceptional punching power, he has finished all but one of his fights to date by knockout.

NEXT FIGHT
Anthony Joshua (AJ) Vs Jarell Miller (Big Baby Miller)
Date June 1st, 2019
RECORD
22-0-0

SOCIAL LINKS
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4. EFE AJAGBA

Ajagba took up the sport of boxing in 2011 after previously playing football for a club in Ughelli since 2005. He was coached by Anthony Konyegwachie.

Ajagba was selected to compete for the Nigerian team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow. Competing in the super heavyweight division he defeated Junior Fa of Tonga in the round of 16 and Paul Schafer of South Africa in the quarterfinals. He advanced to the semifinals where he was defeated by Joseph Goodall of Australia, meaning Ajagba won a bronze medal.

At the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, Ajagba was selected as the Nigerian entrant in the men’s super heavyweight event. He won the gold medal, beating Keddy Angnes of the Seychelles by a score 3–0 in the final.

In 2016 he won the gold medal in the super heavyweight event at the African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. By doing so Ajagba qualified to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the first round Ajagba beat Ugandan Michael Sekamembe on points, he defeated Tunisian boxer Aymen Trabelsi in the semifinal to secure his qualification, then in the final he beat Mohamed Arjaoui of Morocco. Ajagba was the only Nigerian boxer of the ten who competed to qualify for Rio through the tournament, leading to claims from Nigeria’s coach Konyegwachie that judges had been bribed. On August 24, 2018, Ajagba scored the fastest victory in boxing history in a match against Curtis Harper, winning via a 1-second disqualification after Harper walked out of the ring in protest over a pay dispute.

RECORD
9-0-0

NEXT FIGHT

SOCIAL LINKS
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I don't know Efe.
Out of all the 'Nigerians' the only one I honestly claim is Kennedy Nzechukwu.
With him I can hear the Nigerian inflection in his speech.
The rest are more or less citizens of whichever country they reside.

meobizy:
I don't know Efe.
Out of all the 'Nigerians' the only one I honestly claim is Kennedy Nzechukwu.
With him I can hear the Nigerian inflection in his speech.
The rest are more or less citizens of whichever country they reside.

Efe Ajagba, represented Nigerian at the Olympics. Most of the mentioned lads grew in Nigeria.

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