Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will launch footage of a current heated podcast face-to-face with Belal Muhammad, however there are circumstances.
Muhammad captured Usman’s former title by defeating Leon Edwards at UFC 304. The title win capped off a exceptional run by way of the welterweight division, together with wins over former title challengers Stephen Thompson and Gilbert Burns.
Since Muhammad earned a UFC belt, he hasn’t toned down his confidence. He’s taken photographs at a lot of his previous detractors, together with Usman and others who felt he couldn’t compete amongst the welterweight elite.
After successful the title, Muhammad has repeatedly poked at Usman and different high contenders. Issues hit a boiling level when Muhammad made an look on Usman’s Pound 4 Pound podcast with Henry Cejudo.
Since Muhammad claimed there was a blow-up through the podcast episode, many have known as for the footage to be launched. Usman is keen to launch what occurred, however provided that Muhammad wins his upcoming struggle.
Kamaru Usman opens up on Belal Muhammad podcast incident
In a current episode of the Pound 4 Pound podcast, Usman defined his aspect of the story.
“In typical Belal vogue, in fact, Belal did Belal,” Usman mentioned of Muhammad. “So the interview didn’t go as deliberate. It wasn’t that nice of an interview in any case. It wasn’t even that lengthy, however it went the way in which that it went. That was the largest second of his life as a result of that’s all that he appears to need to speak about. I haven’t talked about all of it, as a result of it wasn’t that eventful, however that’s all he appears to need to speak about on a regular basis…
“We hear you, followers, and we will certainly drop the interview if we get actually, actually low on content material, I imply, why not?” Usman continued. “To be trustworthy, it’s the largest second of his life, that’s why he talks about it each second. And if we do drop the interview, will probably be the second-biggest second of his life as a result of it provides him relevance, it provides him slightly little bit of clout. ‘Look, I used to be capable of possibly tangle with the champ slightly bit,’ which wasn’t that eventful. But when he’s capable of get by way of Shavkat Rakhmonov, and we run tremendous, tremendous low on content material, why not?” (h/t MMA Preventing)
Muhammad will face undefeated contender Shavkat Rakhmonov within the UFC 310 primary occasion in December. Usman, in the meantime, hasn’t fought since a middleweight loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294.
An announcement relating to Usman’s deliberate UFC comeback hasn’t been made, as of this writing. Muhammad hasn’t responded to Usman’s remarks, however issues are escalating between the 2 welterweights.
