'There was no element that Belal Muhammad lost' vs. Leon Edwards - Chael Sonnen | ESPN MMA

[@mdm9096]

Leon is the boring champ not belal. Belal actually kept marching forward and did all the right things !

[@vlx714]

man i hope he trust his hand more, he got heavy hand. he rocked leon with just jab dafuq.

[@elliehodgkinson5582]

@@vlx714when ? Where ? 🤣my brudda has never rocked anyone in the ufc bro what you talking about 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@vlx714]

​@@elliehodgkinson5582he koed sean brady standing, fkin casual.

[@roofroofroof1]

@@elliehodgkinson5582Leon is a decision machine too… Leon only has 4 more finishes than Belal. Leon is a passive distance striker.. at least belal will bring it and be in your face. Rather watch that than someone passively leg kicking and jabbing.

[@Newbtuber]

@@vlx714 wow....Sean Brady. Are we suppose to be impressed? LOL and you pulled the casual card on that? /clap Doesnt change the fact that he never rocked Leon. No idea why you brought up the Sean brady knocked out to defend your logic instead of actually pointing to when he actually rock Leon. Leon doesnt have pillow hands but he fight too safe. Belal has probably the best fight IQ in MMA but the dude has the most average stats across the board and the most pillow hand of a champion. That is just facts. Why are we trying to dispute this logic with Sean Brady knock out? So sad

[@GutturalReef]

Belal kept saying give me my shot and I'll be champion; Dana kept saying, "NOPE". Look at the embarrassment on Dana's face as he put that belt around Belal's waist!

[@OreoZCookie2020]

Hes embarrassed to have a decision king as champ😂 belal has 14 decision wins in his last 15. And you call that a champ? I think not.

[@JustinNDTrollSniper]

​@@OreoZCookie2020 makes absolutely no difference if they win by decision, submission or KO when all they do is win

[@uche007us]

​@@OreoZCookie2020casual

[@jonyhyder6506]

@@OreoZCookie2020 this was a fun fight.belal was more active.and leon is decision machine too.and colby is worse.and what about stricland.big mouth while no finish.was dana emberrassed by decision machine strickland.who make striking fight boring.

[@OreoZCookie2020]

@@JustinNDTrollSniper your wrong. You clearly dont know how business works. UFC is a business. Those who have finishes, make exciting fights make more money. The UFC does not want a decision champ becuase they dont bring any revenue

[@hakh1245]

Belal shut up a lot of haters and casuals

[@zarifinator1327]

Belal walked him down like he owed him money 😂

[@what9331]

😂😂😂😂

[@mohammadqayyum937]

😂😂😂

[@Tartar_Roshanu]

He definitely did by talking all that smack 😂😂😂😂

[@what9331]

@@zarifinator1327 Belal actually won the fight by not flinching at the standoff. That's when the Leon lost the actual fight

[@WhispersOfaSilhouette]

@@what9331 People who think fights are won at the standoff never fail to make laugh. Ohh look at that guy he looks meaner he is definetly going to win 😂

[@sam8374]

Respect for Belal ,Leon got schooled.

[@findout19]

oil wrestler 🐱

[@vuhmie]

@@findout19it’s mma kid and he outboxed Leon 😂😂

[@findout19]

@@vuhmiewrestlers are 🐱 they take down cause they’re scared of getting hurt 😢🫢

[@nimbus5526]

@@findout19far out struck him too. Leon blew it

[@FactualHottakes]

Shut up you Muslim

[@bossmandolo23]

Belal fullied his promise he tortured leon for 5 rounds.

[@Breakfast.pancake]

4 rounds

[@ameerhejazi2746]

@@Breakfast.pancake 5 rounds. Cope harder.

[@Breakfast.pancake]

@@ameerhejazi2746 4. Im pro belal

[@TheLoos3Goos33]

@@ameerhejazi2746 Cope? Are you really so childish you can't admit or remember Leon holding Belal's back for a round. Ffs, Belal won 4 of 5 rounds. That's impressive enough. No need to be a liar.

[@InspectorSmeg]

Not exactly torture 😂

[@anwarabdullah6318]

Bilal showed the Palestinian grit, against the odds n through the pain still came ontop

[@chivacetana]

Gross.

[@randydaytona6673]

🤮

[@playablecharacter3871]

Bilal is American

[@BenaldinhoOG]

Palestinian grit, born out of chicago

[@hardnewstakenharder]

​@@BenaldinhoOG oh now he can be American? When he loses he's Palestinian tho, right?

[@alcottdevalte7440]

Awesome that Belal won the belt. Should have already gotten a title shot instead of overrated Colby last year. Belal made Brady quit, beat Burns with ease and barely lost rounds during his winning streak. A shame that the UFC never wants him as their champ.

[@SenorOchoa]

Todays your first as a day Belal fan!🤣

[@SenorOchoa]

todays your first day being a belal fan!🤣

[@OreoZCookie2020]

Beat a 1 arm burns, Belal has 14 decision wins in his last 15😂 give me a break. Youd be embarrassed to have him as champ as well.

[@CalebG-r3p]

I know you’re a bandwagon lmao we all know

[@jonyhyder6506]

@@OreoZCookie2020 leon is decision machine too.and colby is worse.and what about stricland?big mouth while no finish.was dana emberrassed by decision machine strickland.who make striking fight looks boring.

[@sstech5410]

I can’t believe belal literally outstruck him. I think belal could’ve had more success on the feet if he didn’t take him down.

[@naturoidz2714]

Leon isn't an inside fighter. He always stays outside. Belal was the only fighter that had guts to close that gap and trade with him. Great performance by Belal.

[@Y_dz1]

Leon has awful self confidence. Belal actually believes in his ability, that’s the difference.

[@abdullahpolat3788]

@@Y_dz1100000000% true. He is standing in his own way.

[@user-cw3vc9qe5p]

​@@naturoidz2714 that made him similar to Strickland in some way

[@luizsalazar87]

​@@Y_dz1that or he doesn't like being punched. I've seen countless flights where fighters are getting dominated, need a finish in the last round, don't put themselves in the fire, and lose a decision.

[@user-nm6qv9ll7l]

In my freaking opinion belal was better than Leon tonight . Leon probably underestimated belal and belal really improved alot and tonight he outfought Leon in any form of mixed martial artist and dominated leon.

[@TiberiusHassius]

Please be quiet haters. Bilal is the champ.

[@carnthecorby]

Shavkat is coming. Don't get comfy.

[@gratesagag4948]

We or I atleast didn't doubt he couldn't beat Leon we just didn't care either way

[@bobjimbobjim9006]

@@carnthecorbyshavkhat is coming in 2 years when he fights again

[@JayDubNation83]

@@gratesagag4948Facts bro. 💯

[@i.still.function3463]

@OP May wanna know how to spell dudes name before clowning on ppl.

[@ravivishwakarma7532]

Bisping is completely biased in commentary , he is doing a neutral job .. his behaviour was crazy .

[@sathvikkumar3577]

So was dc in some segments. Only jon anim is usually neutral

[@MikeyLee559]

Yeah he literally said Leon could have won that round with that one elbow at the last 18 seconds.

[@Aslapfromthefuture]

Fing moving mad 😂😂😂. When Leon had Bella’s back he wasn’t saying anything bad but starts talking sht when Belal did it and then Belal was hitting Leon but he wasn’t giving Belal doing it

[@LifeOfTheOwl]

@@MikeyLee559 My brother is a Bisping fan and was annoyed with his antics during commentary

[@ajmaeenahab4481]

Bisping always does it tho, gargling the ballsacks of all the British, and also against the MW contenders of his time, whom he knows he could've never won a round against.

[@makiosasaki3731]

“England will lose again” - Belal. The greatest qoute.

[@freddiemac327]

Colby and Kamaru are done getting title shots until they clear out the division like Max. Kamaru lost his last 3 fights and Colby has already lost 3 straight title shots. Time for Shavkat to get his chance. Din and Chael are embarrassing themselves saying Kamaru and Colby.

[@mengkham]

Chael wanna give the title shot to Colby what a loser!!!

[@JamesHall_II]

Brett too. He was co-signing Kamaru getting a title shot as well like y’all can’t be serious right now. And as for Colby, not only is he 0-3 in title shots, but he blatantly ducked Shavkat, Belal, & Gilbert on the way to being gifted a title shot against Leon

[@CHUCKATTACK-dy2wi]

Belal vs Colby is next🤣

[@mustaquimahmedtanbeer2437]

Guys like mma guru and weasel helwani will be coping very hard. It will be more interesting if Umar wins his fight next week.

[@shafqatishan437]

InnShaaAlllah

[@jalen911as]

The only one who will is guru the other two d ride plenty of Muslim nut huggers I mean fighters

[@mumshorts]

He definitely will! He's a gun

[@Tartar_Roshanu]

You're right. He's accused him of using steroids 😂😂😂😂

[@classicrise1]

helwani is islamophobic,

[@lee0567]

Dana did not look happy 😂

[@Brownmumba8973]

Dana is scum for that. The fight was an action packed fight yet he has the audacity to complain and not give props to the one guy who just kept coming forward?

[@Citrus12471]

@@Brownmumba8973100%

[@mikefaulksy1447]

@@Brownmumba8973 that was not an action packed fight that was boring AF. Been watching UFC for years Belal will be the worst champion in UFC history mark my words

[@johnnycage6676]

@@Brownmumba8973action packed is a understatement. Watching two grown men wrestle for 5 rounds isn’t action paced

[@AbdurRahmanSami-ud6gc]

Okay boomer. Stop watching UFC, go to pub watch drunk guys fight.

[@moegamezzz3622]

Went to his home and put him in his place. Ragdolled

[@MrShahrozzz]

Leon's coach was so close to saying "Don't let him bully ya son" but stopped last second 😩 Ironic considering Belal's alias is Bully B 😅

[@Sdot-od8jf]

Bahahhaha I caught that.

[@user-cw3vc9qe5p]

LOL Belal trashtalk really got to his head 😂😂

[@WhispersOfaSilhouette]

All that guy does is try to hype him up I’ve never seen him give actual technical advice just the Don’t let them bully you stuff. If you need a hype guy in your corner every fight it seems you don’t really care that much about fighting to me. He’s a bad coach if all he does is try to motivate you but doesn’t actually give any strategy to turn the fight around.

[@andrewzulu5101]

Happy Bilal won. He’d been chasing the title shot his whole life in Mojahed’s animation with Dana always turning him down 😂

[@Palestine123-t]

dana lost a lot of money on the bet

[@saidadan1659]

Belaal : "ENGLAND is gonna lost again "....good line 😊

[@songbird9444]

*Lose

[@maxamedcabdullahi3693]

Belal just beat the whole England😅😅😅!

[@sufyanyousaf8456]

England just lost again 😂

[@rohitchaoji]

​@@sufyanyousaf8456Common Bri'ish L

[@falafel_boys4]

ALHAMDULILAH BELAL AND NEWW 🇵🇸🇵🇸🔥🏆☝️

[@user-lt9nw1vl9r]

It’s boring but Bilal dropped Leon on his head 😂

[@iknowilookdumbwhenisaythis5593]

Bro go watch some boxing then, if you dont like MMA then dont watch MMA

[@AhmedDooley09]

How tf did leon win the first round these people are genuinely just talking to talk like did u watch it?! Goddam

[@Ahmed-ug5jx]

Yeah I agree lol

[@roofroofroof1]

How did a judge give Leon round 5! That’s nuts too…

[@Kbax3614]

@@roofroofroof1nah 5th is okay for Leon. But 1 for Leon is outrageous. Belal clipped him in the first.

[@roofroofroof1]

@@Kbax3614 How? Just because he cut him with a elbow and was throwing ground and pound for 20 seconds? He was dominated on the ground for 4:40 mins.

[@Cornerviews2020]

Remember the name....Belal Muhammed!!!

[@davidbg1696]

Blahal😅

[@nd2528]

Remember the decision

[@WydionWytcher-o9]

​@@davidbg1696 david ❌ Covid Now we can say same thing about others so dont

[@davidbg1696]

@@WydionWytcher-o9 I remember your mother, eating my ass

[@rojhasan548]

Khabib "The king maker" Nurmagomedov...well done Belal Muhammad Alhamdullilah doing it for the people of Gaza

[@draco2xx]

leon deserves to lose, idk why he lacks the urgency to win fights like this and he lacks the killer instinct, terrible performance by leon edwards man

[@nm5612]

Agree he should have never had beat Usman. Even in that last round no urgency just some lucky head kick. Watch that last round again he is a shell of himself

[@Newbtuber]

Leon decision to wrestle Belal was almost as stupid as Bobby Green taking down Paddy.

[@Sdot-od8jf]

Belal outstruck Leon too. Lmao come on. Belal outclassed Leon and bullied him.

[@bossmandolo23]

Belal would have took him down had he not taken him down first

[@Newbtuber]

@@Sdot-od8jf He out struck Leon because Leon was looking for the big shot and didnt respect Belal power. He did exactly what he was suppose to do because Belal hands does absolutely NOTHING. He ate them on purpose and hoping to counter the jab. The corner even said this. Belal probably would of still won even if he threw ZERO strike standing up simply because he dominated the ground. Just because he out strike him, doesnt mean he was the better striker, he was the better MMA fighter. The issues were the take down that was about Leon was actually worried about and why he never let his hands go.

[@Newbtuber]

@@bossmandolo23 Or if he wasnt an idiot and stop backing up, he wouldnt of gotten taken down. Belal had zero success on take down when he shot in the open. Just look at Belal previous fights where he lost such as Geoff Neal and Vincente Luque where he was forced to back up. His take down success when he is backing up is AWFUL. Thankfully his team were just as stupid because they decided to tell him to stop backing up in the 4th round. Way to late when Belal game plan already locked in.

[@iotolaofrocknrolla2795]

At the beginning of the Patty Pimblett fight, I was thinking, God I wish there was a way Patty could get a takedown on him!! 😂😂😂

[@notorious_new]

Remember the Name Belal Muhammad

[@Ghostkid6598]

What a fraud leon is, never underestimate your opponent

[@weztait39]

Not a fraud, but defo underestimated him. Don't know how him or team allowed that mindset. Belal was treated with same disrespect as Leon was previously

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Frauds don't knock out guys like Usman or beat guys like Colby

[@kenmoraes6843]

I don't feel Leon underestimated him. Belal did an amazing job and fought like a champion.

[@ikhan2181]

Alhamdulillah 24-3 ☝️AllahuAkbar ☝️ And New Champion Belal remember the name Muhammad 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸👊

[@psk9664]

Belal could have ko him true champ bullied Leon in his hometown ragdolled english boy

[@Smily411]

Leon needs a visual coach and a performance coach to believe in himself more so he can be more confident in his attack

[@Nana406]

You nailed it. Its like he's always looking around when taken down for some kind of support or affirmation

[@amerhst1201]

Some people are not fighters. You can't teach heart.

[@anthonydavenport1841]

Nah he just needs to retire he do t want it bruh

[@Palestine123-t]

leon is a fanatic person the leon coach shouts a lot and this annoys him and this is what frustrates him

[@moonvenerable7897]

Masterclass from Belal👏

[@JudasVondig]

Can't believe after the 1st round Leon didn't bite down on his mouth guard, hold the centre of the octagon and throw. People have been saying he's mentally weak. Hard to argue after that. Pretty gutted with that edwards performance

[@Palestine123-t]

leon is a fanatic person the leon coach shouts a lot and this annoys him and this is what frustrates him

[@parasstone8414]

Leon understimated him . He said belal is slow but he was par with him if not fast, implemented kabib style pressure and grappling and it was a win for him. It just shows how dominant kabib style is even when someone tries to replicate it , they become champion

[@WhispersOfaSilhouette]

Well Khabib wasn’t the 1st man with that style of fighting but he really did perfect it. Islam beating Charles showed me that superior wrestling beats superior BJJ.

[@AutististicSchizo]

It's all fun and games until you lose the decision to Belal

[@DrThrax009]

😂

[@DwadeFL4SHMV3]

I can’t believe I have to sit in between rounds and listen to a champion caliber fighter like Leon have to be begged to have confidence in himself. Same thing happened before he got that headshot on Kamaru. Bro legit looks depressed.

[@Meong.office]

Alhamdulillah 🇵🇸☝️🇮🇩

[@DezNutz420]

The Eagle and brother Islam gave brother Muhammad the keys

[@CJH94]

Congratulations to belal. A full camp with khabib is a cheat code haha

[@TiberiusHassius]

Keep coping. Free Palestine.

[@pazdaniel]

🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@TiberiusHassius]

@@pazdaniel the best toilet paper. 💩

[@jonday1027]

​@@pazdanielIsrael? F.U. FREE PALESTINE.

[@captainphilips5469]

Shut up loser.

[@brianmarks6317]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@fooball24H]

Belal after the fight: “Look at me now!, I told you so.” With the same Leon accent.😂😂 Leon got bullied in there boy. 😂😂😂

[@WilliamsWrestlin]

Leon got way too cocky and when he didn't make Belal flinch, i knew he was going to lose

[@kpcart]

Casuals, you will now remember the name.

[@Asrekhan]

What a story Belal has to share with his grandkids! It's inspiring for us too. Almost every fan, fighter, and MMA expert thought Belal didn't stand a chance in this fight. He proved them all wrong. I can still feel the silence and denial of the doubters-they can't digest it. You have to admire his self-belief and courage. Even though he's not perfect, we can all learn something from his journey to a title shot. Congratulations, champ!

[@jazcooper5478]

Gee imagine if Islam had gone up , he would have destroyed Leon

[@1D.JFanMma]

Belal made Leon eat all his words. Who is laughing now Leon? This wasn’t a fluke knockout! He took you to school.

[@raulequihua4923]

Everyone complaining about the Belal win, im just here to see sanko looking as good as ever🔥

[@Black-Cat9]

😁😁😎😎

[@ili9572]

Belal " remember the eagle" muhammed

[@DarkWarrior_1]

Belal pushed the pace as we all had expected and Leon couldn't keep up.

[@madapaQah]

leon neesds a coach who knows the phsycological and mindset of a fighter

[@Sdot-od8jf]

Seriously, his coaches were just roasting him. Too much tough love. Embarrassing.

[@Youdontknowmehh]

The champion has a name and everyone will remember it 🇵🇸

[@bigfan4793]

I enjoyed the main event and was greatly entertained. Well done Champ Belal 🏆

[@yaboicaden200]

Thank you so much Belal Muhammad!!! Now all the cancerous leon glazers are gone. Hopefully Aspinall takes care of jones' awful fanbase next.

[@whydopeoplealwayssayuhm]

They're not cancerous Leon glazers, most of them are cancerous Belal haters.

[@catchwreck928]

you ignore all the racist maga fanboys and go straight to attack blk fighters

[@YODAJJ]

ENGLAND LOSES!!!! KEEP BOOING HIM! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 WE’RE HAVING A BIG PARTY HERE (AGAIN)

[@abdellaosman7628]

Belal born champion

[@kallepikku4991]

That wrestling pace was INSANE ! ! ! Especially for a 5 round title fight against a tough opponent who has shown great defensive wrestling in his past fights.

[@Beeydb163]

Belal destroyed Leon except for the last 20 seconds 😂😂

[@motivation2107]

Congratulations

[@Enigma_408]

Belal did what we thought Colby was going to do

[@MongoliangoLiango]

You like you don't like Belal champ 🇵🇸☝️

[@bascoynne1952]

Loser! ☪️ancer

[@MJ-ec6sh]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉BELAL

[@aibel99]

Love the way uncle says 'buhlulll'

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

Ayo what? Am i crazy? I thought the fight was pretty much domination throughout other than that third round. Belal out grappled and out struck Leon, It wasn't even close IMO, Are people really trying to say Leon could have won that fight???

[@rift9106]

Same I thought it was 4-1 Belal

[@butterschunkmcdonalds5333]

@@rift9106 This was my scorecard as well, And it wasn't even that tough to score IMO

[@roofroofroof1]

Same. I had it 4-1.. I don’t know how that judge gave Leon round 5 though. That’s nutty!

[@methedmann]

Belal outstruck Leon thats wild. His jab was frustrating Leon. It was like Leon had no answer for it. Belal fight IQ very underrated

[@Sdot-od8jf]

I’m sure Leon got flash knocked out when he was spiked on his head.

[@Bbbbbbread]

My exact thought people be overglacing a hit like that to the dome is bad in football you out I bet he was concussed bad after that he was slow

[@mustafahashimi7237]

Is Laura high, Belal won first round

[@syashadeed7552]

The Zios and Ari hate this. Palestinians are a special and resilient people ❤

[@freshxan]

I can’t believe they were ready to rob Belal thank God he dominated so much to a point you couldn’t score the fight to Leon 😅

[@timtaylor6575]

And Dana still doesn’t respect Bilal… ridiculous

[@Countryboylife228]

He has earned my respect that’s the hardest road. I’ve seen in a while for a guy to get that championship. He did it. What a accomplishment that should give everybody else hope

[@benp4529]

How did Laura give Leon the first round?

[@notorious_new]

Leon only won 1 round.

[@DerekBonin]

Round one was close, he won round 3, and he could have stole round 5, and that's what I thought was going to happen, I thought it was going to be a split decision, I thought some judge was going to give Leon round 1 3 and 5

[@sleepysamk1400]

REMEMBER THE NAME

[@Krasno-]

Belal p4p number 1 do it! Give him titleshot vs Jon Jones in heavyweight

[@kenmoraes6843]

Congrats Belal. He fought like a champ, not easy to do that against Leon. Very impressive...truly congratulations. 👍

[@RunRunRun16]

NO ONE WILL EVER FORGET THE NAME , CONGRATS BELAL

[@Rixx432]

When your a champion you got to be ready against all contenders. Belal put on a show well done champ

[@ludachrissteakhouse636]

Belal torched my 10 leg and I’m not even mad after that performance.

[@surgeryonthesidehustle]

That was a fantastic fight. Belal got it done for Chicago!!!

[@jonathanvilla7280]

Belal proved he wasn't afraid and walked Leon down the whole fight. Edwards lost when he tried to play mind games. Then again in the octagon in front of his fans.

[@llawliet7842]

Belal really studied him for years 😭🙏🏾

[@anasshahid224]

Fantastic performance by Belal Muhammad, he fought the perfect fight to win the belt. Respect. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@XII.XXI.LXXXIV.]

Love this cast for giving Belal his due respect.

[@nmisoo]

Bilal has the best fight IQ i have seen in any division. This man decides every win with great game planning, his team is so underrated.

[@smokestrong1000]

I think that's absolutely insane a judge would give Leon for the 5th round over an elbow. He won 10 seconds of that round..

[@AndreInThe416]

It was interesting Belal started each round very close to middle of octagon even before ref finished

[@TufuDeDrake]

Can anyone confirm again because i saw belal ragdolled leon all over England. BUMS. Just remember the name.

[@MikeyLee559]

He out striked him too also hurt Leon with the uppercut

[@razrsliq7623]

4:43 Leon went from head shot dead to almost Head dunk dead 😮

[@ZhranThaer-h1i]

Where are you, haters of Bilal Muhammad? Praise be to God, he snatched the title from Edward in his own backyard

[@HMLz6]

Im ngl lie i thought this fight was gonna be a boring decision fight for leon. But belal actually made it competitive fight as he kept pushing forward and did those haymaker takedowns

[@wmoumani5379]

AND NEW!!!

[@LT_YTC]

Let’s go Belal! All the haters are quiet now.

[@GrubKiller436]

The only judge who scored it correctly was Ben Cartlidge.

[@H-Town_83]

Not gonna lie 2 minutes into the Leon fight. I noticed Leon looked strange. He was moving weird. He looked like he did in Utah. Regardless, Belal has been on his grind so long it was great to see.

[@agh3138]

Wow You are such haters Belal was right There were gonna be tears for haters Laura Brett Dana and all the haters are dead deep inside

[@danielgibson1441]

Belal was amazing-- big props to Leon as well, he never gave up. A lot of guys would've crumbled under that pressure.

[@MrMudassaranwar]

Still trying to take it away from Belal, pathetic. He dominated the fight except for the last 60 seconds.

[@BigJL]

Shout out Belal...he did it THE HARD WAY!!! Not flashy but effective!!! Big Ups Belal