Mixed Nigerian-American martial arts champion, Kamaru Usman, has revealed that he once hawked ‘Fufu’ in Nigeria when he and his family had nothing before moving on to seek greener pastures and finding his beloved sport.
The UFC’s current Welterweight Champion disclosed this during a media-house programme, as the 33-years-old father-of-one recalled how he farmed and hawked to secure the next meal.
Kamaru, who moved to the United States of America at age 8, disclosed the family struggles and how his mother catered for him and his two other brothers.
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“We grew up in the village. We farmed. As a small boy, farm boy, I used to hawk Akpu, put hot Akpu on my head. I came from nothing.
“There is just struggle every day, the struggle to, how are we gonna eat next week, next month. What are we gonna do? We owned a small store where we sold clothes, we sold shoes, my mum sold bags, anything that we could sell, my mum was able to get and try to sell. My mum was a hustler and that is one of the things I respect so much about her as a woman with three rowdy Naija boys”, the Auchi-born fighter said.
