Nigerian-American skilled blended martial artist and UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman has undergone surgical procedure to restore an damage suffered before his most up-to-date title defence.

The Nigerian Nightmare , 34, broke his proper hand simply three weeks previous to his UFC 268 conflict with Colby Covington final November however opted to not delay the bout and went on to win by unanimous determination.

On Monday night February 7, UFC president Dana White shared graphic pictures of Usman’s process to restore ligament harm in his proper hand.

Pound for pound finest fighter on this planet @USMAN84kg had hand ligament surgical procedure right this moment. That is the earlier than and after. See you quickly CHAMP,’ he tweeted alongside the grotesque footage of the UFC star’s hand.

Usman’s supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz informed ESPN that the champ will likely be able to return to motion for Worldwide Combat Week in July, which can play host to UFC 276.