Kamaru Usman Gives Update Following Surgery

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has given fans an update after undergoing surgery to repair a double hernia. Usman posted to his Instagram story per MMAjunkie, saying, “I had knee surgery before, I thought this was going to be like that. This ain’t that at all, at all. This (expletive) different.”

While he didn’t say much else in that update, he expanded on his status in a post Twitter on Monday, which you can see below. Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz told the site that a timeline for Usman’s return is not yet certain.

Surgery went well yesterday and today I’m already in Physical Therapy. Thank you all for the support and well wishes 🙏🏾🙏🏾 #bebacksoon #thechamp

— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) March 13, 2019