What mattered most at UFC 245 in Las Vegas? Here are a few post-fight musings …

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1. Kamaru Usman’s championship potential

Kamaru Usman got his welterweight championship reign off to a memorable start with his first title defense being a fifth-round TKO of Colby Covington. It was a huge fight, and for Usman to win it with those style points had to feel pretty sweet.

What also must be sweet is knowing he got through arguably his toughest test in the division his first time putting up the belt. There are a lot of great welterweights out there, but Covington wasn’t an easy stylistic matchup, as we saw in the fight.

The likes of Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz, Leon Edwards, Stephen Thompson, Santiago Ponzinibbio, and more all have more glaring flaws Usman can take advantage of, and that must have “The Nigerian Nightmare” pretty excited about what he can make of this run as champion.