Belal Muhammad is really pushing for a fight with Kamaru Usman.
As two former welterweight champions, a fight between Muhammad and Usman would make sense at the most basic level; however, given the personal history between them, it’s not surprising that Muhammad really wants to make that bout happen.
Last year, Muhammad was a guest on Usman’s Pound-4-Pound podcast with Henry Cejudo, but things went so bad that the episode has never been released. Allegedly, the two came to blows, though specifics are hard to come by, and, for one reason or another, the podcast has yet to see the light of day. And Muhammad claims he knows why.
“I was on his podcast, made him cry,” Muhammad told Home of Fight. “Then threw some blows, then all of the sudden, I don’t know, it got deleted from the cloud and it’s gone, it’s missing. Who knows? Maybe if we get this fight, they’ll use it for promotion, like the Khabib-Conor bus incident. ...
“Usman cried. Tears coming out his eyes,” Muhammad continued. “If you want to see it, maybe that’s why he’s trying to edit it out, find some AI to do something different with it. ...
“The guy’s ego is so big, when you talk to the guy and tell him, and he realizes he’s not where he was or where he used to be or who he thinks he is, I don’t think he can deal with that, physically or mentally.”
Unfortunately for Muhammad, that bout may not happen. After his win over Joaquin Buckley at UFC Atlanta, Usman no sold the prospect of facing Muhammad, instead focusing on a welterweight title shot. But Muhammad thinks that has to wait.
“When you think of that division, the biggest names, we’re both two of the biggest names in the division, especially right now,” Muhammad said. “It makes complete sense with the back and forth, the history, their hidden podcast. All that stuff.”
And should they fight? Muhammad is utterly confident in how that matchup goes down.
“He would get dominated,” Muhammad said. “There’s levels. I’ve been watching him for so long, wanting to fight him for so long, because I know I match up very well with him. He made it look easy against Buckley but you’re not going to take me down. You’re not going to out-strike me. You’re not going to out-cardio me. That’s why I see him trying to avoid the fight, looking for an easier matchup, calling 185 title fights, and random stuff like that. This guy’s delusional.”
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Very obviously option B.
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OR
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FINAL THOUGHTS
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