Belal
Muhammad envisions himself pitching a shutout against Leon
Edwards in a potential title clash.
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A title fight has evaded Muhammad so far despite him being unbeaten
in his last 10 outings. Until recently, it seemed that Muhammad
might not get a gold bid at all, as Dana White revealed that
“Remember the Name” was not among three names offered to Edwards
for a potential title defense at UFC
300.
However, Muhammad’s wait for a shot at divisional gold might
finally be over. Edwards’ coach, Dave Lovell, recently revealed
that the
Roufusport product is most likely getting his long-awaited
title shot next. According to Lovell, a title fight between Edwards
and Muhammad for the UFC upcoming Manchester card in July is all
but done.
“The UFC is over here in July. So, no doubt Leon will be on that
bill,” Lovell told talkSPORT. “Unfortunately, he couldn’t make the 300
bill for whatever reasons, the lads that was put to him, Shavkat
[Rakhmonov], Khamzat [Chimaev], Islam [Makhachev], they was all
fasting, we was ready to go. It is what it is. Because he wasn’t on
the 300 bill, there is no doubt there is a big Muslim contingency
[sic] in England in Manchester, so I think it will be Belal. iI’s
not written in stone, but 99.9 [percent] I think it will be
Belal.”
Meanwhile, Muhammad shared a bold prediction when asked how he
expects a potential clash against “Rocky” to play out. “Remember
the Name” expects to dominate the champ in every aspect before
dethroning him via a 50-42 unanimous decision.
“I picture me coming out, piecing him up with boxing the first
round. Then second round, I start kicking him and hurting him to
the body. Then third round, I start clinching him and hurting him
with elbows,” the 35-year-old wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
“Then in between rounds, my coach tells me to stop playing with my
food, but I don’t listen. And then [fourth] round, I take him down
and start getting him in submissions to the point of him tapping,
but then I let them go until I hear his coach scream the magic
words from the corner. Then at that point, I lick my lips and I’ll
point to the ground like Max Hollowy, and Leon will look at me in
fear. Then I’ll shoot takedown and win 50-42 on all three judges’
scorecards.”
I picture me coming out piecing him up with
boxing the first round then second round I start kicking him and
hurting him to the body then third round I start clinching him and
hurting him with elbows then in between rounds my coach tells me to
stop playing with my food but I… https://t.co/Vzc06j2aZu— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170)
April 23, 2024
Muhammad scored a dominant unanimous decision win over Gilbert
Burns in his last outing in May 2023. Meanwhile, Edwards
recently recorded a lopsided unanimous decision win over Colby
Covington at
UFC 296 in December 2023.