KAMARU USMAN accidentally pushed Dana White, UFC chief, in the stomach while he was stepping up his feud against Colby Covington.
Covington was already shoved by the Nigerian Nightmare as they fought before Saturday's main event at UFC 268
Dana White was more uncomfortable than he anticipated being the middle man between hot rivals Kamaru Usman & Colby Covington
Covington taunting Usman about his "scam artist" dad, the welterweight champion could not be more excited for their long-awaited match.
White, the UFC president, got more than he bargained when he leapt between them.
After reeling backwards the promoter confirmed via Instagram: "Usman elbowed my stomach."
Africa's first UFC champion Usman has pledged to repeat his historic win over Covington in 2019.
Chaos, also known as Covington, tried his best to excite the hatred and make it seem like he had been robbed during that first showdown.
He also referred to Usman's father's prison sentence for health care fraud.
Covington, a former champ, said: "Hey Marty! Is your daddy the Jailbird coming on Saturday night?"
"I have a hook-up to law enforcement. If you would like me to call his parole office, I'll make arrangements for him to come on Saturday night.
Free Bets: Get more than PS2,000 in NEW CUSTOMER DEALS"You want me to make sure?" "I feel so sorry for Mrs. Usman."
Covington said Usman was trying to avoid a rematch by going all out, and that "Uncle Dana" and the UFC had forced his hand
"He was trying fight other lightweights."
He added, "If he didn’t fake timeouts in the first fight I would have destroyed them."
Usman replied, "Listen, if you're saying that I was faking something or that to get out the fight, then I wasn't."
"I stayed in fight, and I broke your jaw!"
