The welterweight title can be on the road within the UFC 304 major occasion on July 27. Second-ranked contender Belal Muhammad takes on titleholder Leon Edwards at Co-op Enviornment in Manchester, England and thinks the champion has a ‘weak mentality.’
“I believe, once you have a look at stylistically the explanation why they thought Colby [Covington] can be a foul matchup for him, it was cardio, it was stress, it was take him down, holding quantity in his face and I do all these higher than Colby. I do these higher than [Kamaru] Usman,” Muhammad advised MMAFighting. “Usman, in that third struggle, he wasn’t the identical Usman. Folks can say no matter they need. I believe he got here again too quickly after that head kick. The second struggle it was quantity, stress and it was breaking Leon.
“Leon is definitely damaged. I believe that is once you see in between rounds his coaches, his workforce, they are not giving him recommendation. They are not telling him, ‘Keep on the skin jab. No. They’re like, ‘You are trying lovely Leon. You are a beast Leon. Do not let him bully you.’ They’ve to provide him these phrases, these motivational speeches as a result of he is obtained weak mentality. He is not sturdy sufficient to go in there and determine it out on his personal.”
The title struggle is a rematch. The 2 first met within the UFC Combat Evening 187 major occasion in March 2021. The match ended seconds into the second spherical after an unintentional eye poke rendered Muhammad unable to proceed and the bout was dominated a no contest. This time round, Muhammad plans to ‘make it look simple.’
“I am the most effective, MMA fighter, full MMA fighter there’s on this division,” Muhammad mentioned. “I actually assume it’ll be one of many best matches I’ve ever had. I believe that I’ll go in there and I’ll stroll by way of him and I’ll make it look simple.”
