UFC President Dana White has never been afraid to express his opinion. That remained the same at UFC 268 when he was asked to make his pick for the ‘Greatest of All Time' at welterweight between Kamaru Usman and Georges St-Pierre.

“I’m telling you this guy is very special, he’s damn good,” White said at the UFC 268 post-fight press conference. (transcription via MMAFighting). “I think he’s the greatest welterweight ever. He’s obviously the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world right now. He’s one of the guys that we can already start arguing soon about GOAT status.

“And he’s fighting everybody. It’s not like he’s only fought this guy, he didn’t fight – He’s fought everybody. He’s starting to come back the second time around now and beat guys. … And look at the competition he’s facing. It’s all really bad dudes. It’s very impressive.”

GOAT status at welterweight is a huge honor but MMA GOAT? That's something else entirely. UFC 268 was a step in that direction.

“I think you just keep winning,” White said. “You just keep winning and you get the record so far apart that nobody’s ever gonna break it. Anderson Silva, you look at the 20 years, he did 16 and now this kid could do 18, 20, how much longer does he want to fight? We’ll see.”

“If Usman doesn’t exist, Colby Covington is the champion here,” White said. “Usman is just, this guy’s the best ever. He’s the best welterweight of all time. He’s on his way to possible GOAT status and Colby Covington is one tough dude. I mean, he is so tough.”

Dana White has picked Kamaru Usman as the welterweight GOAT. Soon we will be able to see if he can become the MMA GOAT.