Kamarudeen Usman is a Nigerian-American professional mixed martial artist, former freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler.
Kamaru Usman parents: Who are his father and mother?
Kamaru Usman was born on May 11, 1987, in Auchi, Nigeria to Muhammed Nasiru Usman, who was a major in the Nigerian army, and a mother who was a teacher.
He is one of three children born to his parents are has two brothers named Kashetu and Mohammed. Mohammed, like him, is also a mixed martial artist and fellow The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) winner.
At the age of eight years old, his family decided to emigrate to the United States. There, his father changed his profession and became a pharmacist. After arriving in the United States, his family settled in Dallas, Texas.
There, he attended Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas, where he started wrestling in his sophomore year. After he attended both William Penn University for a year and later transferred to the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK).
