Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is considering retirement, following his loss to Dricus Du Plessis last weekend in Oklahoma City.
Usman (21-5) fell to 1-4 in his last five appearances in the five-round decision, in which he failed to win a single round on one of the judges' scorecards.
Speaking about the loss on his "Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru & Henry" podcast, Usman acknowledged it might prove to be his final bout.
"Right now, I have to sit with the coaches and the team and assess kind of everything and place where I'm at in my career -- all in all, see if it's worth continuing to do this, whether it's worth continuing to put them through that," Usman said. "Listen, I've never really gone out there and not represented them appropriately, myself and my coaches. This one was a hard one because I felt I didn't do that."
Usman, 39, went on to admit that Saturday's loss looked different from the others, because "to the untrained eye, it looked like I bit off more than I could chew."
Widely regarded as one of the greatest welterweights of all time -- alongside Georges St-Pierre -- Usman defended the welterweight championship five times between 2019 and 2021. He lost the belt in a stunning, fifth-round knockout to Leon Edwards, after dominating most of the contest. That loss was the first of his current 1-4 skid.