Belal Muhammad doesn’t buy Dana White’s claim that Leon Edwards accepted three different opponents for UFC 300: “I think it was more so to hype up Leon”
Belal Muhammad doesn’t believe Dana White’s claim that Leon Edwards accepted three different opponents for UFC 300.
While he may not be fighting at UFC 300, it wasn’t through a lack of trying for Leon Edwards. The UFC welterweight champion was reportedly offered three different opponents for the event, as per Dana White. However, none of those actually came to fruition.
The popular opinion from many fans is that Belal Muhammad should be next in line for a crack at the belt. He’s been on quite the run of form in order to earn a championship opportunity, and he’s waited patiently.
In a recent interview, Belal expressed his doubts about Dana’s aforementioned claims regarding Leon.
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Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) sheds some light on the status of a title fight against Leon Edwards
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Muhammad questions White’s Edwards claim
“If I’m gonna be honest, I don’t really buy the whole, ‘We offered him three fights,'” Muhammad said. “I know they offered it to Islam and I know Islam turned it down. But I don’t buy that they offered it to Shavkat because Shavkat was hurt, and I don’t buy that they offered to Khamzat because he ain’t making weight.
“So, for me, I think it was more so to hype up Leon. Leon doesn’t go on social media, he doesn’t do interviews, he doesn’t hype himself up. So, it’s like, Dana White’s a promoter. He has to promote this guy and be like, ‘This guy’s a killer! He said yes to every single fight!’ But if they really wanted him at 300, they knew they could have called me and I would have said yes,” Muhammad continued. “It just tells me that they didn’t really want him on 300 or Leon’s a hard guy to deal with. For me, that whole thing was just to hype up Leon and make it seem like he’s a bigger attraction than he really is.”
Quotes via MMA News
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