Trots att det är någonting han vill ha så tror inte Belal Muhammad att han får en returmatch mot Leon Edwards.
Belal Muhammad tror inte att han får en returmatch mot Leon Edwards
Tidigare under året möttes de två welterviktarna Belal Muhammad (20-3-1) och Leon Edwards (19-3-1) i ett möte som slutade i en No Contest till följd av ögonpetningar från Edwards sida. Sedan dess har Muhammad gjort det tydligt att han vill ha en returmatch, någonting han nu inte tror blir av.
Under en intervju med MMA Fighting så berättade Muhammad att han inte tror att Edwards kommer att ge honom en returmatch.
I don’t think he’ll fight me. I think he’s playing the politics game. He knows that I’m a bad matchup for him. Before, he had that excuse ‘oh he’s ranked No. 12 it doesn’t make no sense for No. 3 to fight No. 12.’ Well now I’m ranked No. 5 — now what’s your excuse? There’s a card coming to London, why not?
Kan få titelmatch innan Edwards
Muhammad tror även att om han lyckas ta hem en till stor vinst så kommer han gå förbi Edwards och få en titelmatch innan honom.
That’s why I think that it pushes me better if he’s going to sit there and wait. Usman, he’s an active champion, he deserves some time off to be with his daughter and family and things like that. So he’s earned that. So if he wants to wait until next summer, if I get one more big name win in before Leon, I literally fought eight times while Leon’s fought three times in the last two or three years. I’m the one pushing. I’m the one being active. Dana White says he likes active fighters. He doesn’t like these people waiting. So if I go out there and get a big win, I think I earned to definitely skip in front of him.
Vill möta Colby Covington
Som ett exempel på ett sådant stort namn han kan möta tillfrågades Muhammad om Colby Covington (16-3) och Muhammad menar att han gärna möter Covington då han velat möta honom i flera år.
That’s one I’ve literally been calling for, for years. Probably like five years. Even before he got into title contention, rankings, any of that. I’ve always wanted that fight. Just because he’s another guy that a lot of guys didn’t want to fight him because of his style. To me, I think my style is better than his. I think I’m a better version of him. I think I have better grappling, better cardio and way better striking than him. He gave Kamaru a lot of problems with that style. I think me fighting him, beating him dominantly, a guy that Dana White says would be the champion if Usman wasn’t here. I think would definitely put me over the top and a guy I would just like to punch in the face. Just out of pure hatred for the guy.
Huruvida Muhammad får sin vilja igenom och ställs mot Covington härnäst återstår att se.
