UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman undergoes hand surgery, will be ready to fight by July

One of the UFC’s top fighters is fixing a lingering issue with his hand.

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman announced that he has undergone successful surgery to repair a ligament in his injured hand, and could be ready to step back into the octagon as early as July.

The 34-year old essentially broke his hand approximately three weeks before his highly-anticipated rematch with rival Colby Covington at UFC 268 in November 2021. He managed to fight through the injury and beat Convington via unanimous decision to remain undefeated since making his UFC debut back in 2015.

Usman has a 15-0 UFC record, and has now successfully defended his Welterweight title five times since taking it from Tyron Woodley in a title fight at UFC 235 back in July 2019.