Leon
Edwards recently shared his prediction for the upcoming title
fight between Belal
Muhammad and Jack
Della Maddalena.
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Muhammad puts his welterweight title on the line against Maddalena
in the main event at UFC 315
on May 10 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. While
Edwards believes it’s mostly a pick ‘em matchup, he would put his
money on Maddalena if he had to. Edwards believes Maddalena is easy
to take down but hard to control on the ground. According to
“Rocky,” the Australian has good enough boxing to shut down
Muhammad.
“If I had to put money on it, I’d probably favor JDM. If I had to
put money on it,” Edwards said on „The Ariel Helwani Show.”
“Actually I don’t know, 50-50… I feel JDM, his boxing [will] shut
him down. And he’s a good anti-grappler, JDM. It’s easy to take him
down, but his scrambles on the floor are good. I feel like Belal
won’t be enough to hold him down for that long. So maybe JDM.”
Edwards lost his welterweight title to Muhammad via unanimous
decision at UFC 304 in July 2024, snapping a 13-fight unbeaten
streak. The Englishman was originally scheduled to return against
Maddalena at UFC
London on March 22 in front of home fans at the O2 arena in
London. Meanwhile Muhammad was originally expected to defend his
throne against undefeated contender Shavkat
Rakhmonov. However, the Kazakh couldn’t accept the fight due to
injury and was replaced by Maddalena. Meanwhile, Edwards will face
surging contender Sean Brady
this weekend in London.