UFC champion Belal Muhammad is reacting following ‘again harm’ claims made by the coach of Leon Edwards.
It was simply final month at UFC 304 that noticed Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA) defeat Leon Edwards (22-4 MMA) to develop into the brand new UFC welterweight champion.
Edwards coach got here ahead not too long ago saying his fighter had injured his again within the lead-up to UFC 304 and that’s the rationale he wasn’t capable of retain the title that Saturday evening.
Belal Muhammad is having none of it, sitting down with ‘MMA Junkie‘ he shared:
“He’s a joke. He was a joke earlier than the combat as a coach, and he’s a joke after the combat. It’s humorous that all of them have completely different excuses. Leon was like, ‘Oh, I couldn’t sleep,’ and now his coach got here out with, ‘Oh, his again was hurting.’ Get on the identical web page. For those who’re going to give you an excuse, speak to one another beforehand. … They’re making an attempt to determine it out, however we had the right blueprint to beat him up, it was ‘Bully’ proof, not (Kamaru) Usman.”
‘Bear in mind The Identify’ continued:
“I mentioned it was going to be straightforward, and I made it look straightforward. He wasn’t snug with me within the cage, and I made him seem like that. We all know the way it was going to finish up, and we knew he was going to give you excuses.”
Concluding Belal Muhammad mentioned:
“It felt completely different as a result of there wasn’t the stress of like, ‘I must win this to get the chance to combat for the title. All the things was, ‘I’ve to combat for the title. I’ve to get this shot. I’ve to get this shot.’ And at last, as soon as we obtained the shot, that was the sense of reduction. We lastly earned our shot. They gave it to us. It took us perpetually to get it. It’s right here now. Now there’s nothing else to be afraid of. That is our second.”
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