Miles Johns had more horsepower when it mattered most.
, Usman swept the scorecards with 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 nods from the cageside judiciary.
Collier staggered his counterpart with a left hook in the first round and followed it with a right uppercut at close range. However, his progress was interrupted by an inadvertent eye poke early in the middle stanza. After the restart, Usman opened a cut near the St. Louis native’s left eye with a jab and continued to target the wound to great effect. He executed a high-amplitude takedown in Round 3, settled in half guard and applied his ground-and-pound.
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