Leon Edwards calls Belal Muhammad’s confidence ‘deluded’

UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards thinks Belal Muhammad is in over his head.

Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) defends his title in a rematch vs. Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) within the UFC 304 headliner July 27 at Co-op Stay in Manchester, England. Each Edwards and Muhammad are on double-digit unbeaten runs. The lone asterisk of their streak is a no contest in opposition to one another in March 2021 – a struggle that was dominated a no contest after Edwards inadvertently poked Muhammad within the eye and rendered him unable to proceed.

Muhammad has made some daring claims forward of their rematch, however Edwards isn’t certain the place he’s getting his confidence from.

“Deluded, he’s speaking a variety of sh*t, so be sure you can again it up,” Edwards instructed Pink Nook MMA. “Like I stated, he’s been off over a 12 months. The best way he talks is like he was profitable the primary struggle, so a bit deluded. However like I stated, he greatest be prepared. It’s going to be a protracted, exhausting, powerful struggle for him in Manchester.”

Of their first struggle, Edwards was capable of stumble Muhammad early, profitable Spherical 1 on all three of the judges’ scorecards. The attention poke occurred simply 18 seconds into Spherical 2, and Muhammad is adamant that their first struggle can’t be indicative of how issues would have performed out.

However Edwards thinks in any other case.

“Like I stated, the struggle, Spherical 1 went my method comfortably,” Edwards stated. “I used to be simply getting began, after which the attention poke occurred. Clearly harm him within the first spherical. I really feel like he’ll simply be too gradual for me. Too gradual, too predictable, too flat footed. So, let’s see.”

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