Belal Muhammad Vows to 'Do Everyone a Favor' and Dethrone 'Coward' Leon Edwards | UFC 304

Belal Muhammad talks to MMA Junkie's Farah Hannoun ahead of his UFC 304 welterweight title fight vs. Leon Edwards on July 27 in Manchester, England.
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[@mattherr4683]

belal being funny as fuck is going to save everything

[@-Ice_Cold-]

He is cringe as fuck

[@michaelmccarty1327]

Who laughed?

[@dfredankey]

@@michaelmccarty1327i definitely did I think he is funny

[@koalawithchaingun53]

"You're gonna follow him backstage to low kick him?" LMAO

[@Omariow]

That was a good one lmao

[@rumchata6569]

Same with Nate all he did was low kick and got dominated in the 5th like with Colby lol

[@DrMario41]

You know you owe Mojahed everything, right??? 😂

[@bakamarimo7528]

Dana please

[@IsenathiDyantyi]

😂😭

[@IsenathiDyantyi]

​@@bakamarimo7528just give Me My Shot!

[@bendover7841]

Leon owed Mojahed everything as well

[@Skipjj]

Mo who?

[@ElimRem]

50-42 that's the dream

[@Onoah86]

Belal wear safety glasses to the press conference. 💀

[@bakamarimo7528]

Edward scissor hands

[@KhaderSheriff]

But dont wear sunglasses

[@AmrtAayaan]

​@@KhaderSheriff scissor hands can't even talk properly with zero personality :)

[@Lookingback-lg9ct]

Good luck Belal. You are very close now.

[@BoriQua602]

1000%

[@toddjohnson5176]

I love me some belal. The disrespect shown. Prove it

[@toddjohnson5176]

I think he being I don't know how him there are rules . This yoor title

[@toddjohnson5176]

It's Time . Brotha that have ducking you. It's time

[@matthewthompson7012]

LETS WRESTLE LETS WRESTLE LETS WRESTLE 😂😂😂

[@kevinmalone584]

Please win it’ll be so funny 😭

[@OzzzyKane]

Great interview! Farah always does great interviews! Well thought out questions!

[@user-bg4se5fj5w]

Bro, that Jordan Lebron comparison is super correct/coherent with Khabib/Islam

[@Deeboy916]

Bully b cooking Leon 😂😂

[@rukonza5666]

Great reporting

[@kenmoraes6843]

Belal is hilarious. That part where he has the chance to TKO Leon but he lets him up for his coaches to say something. Lool

[@LeanthonyStephens]

Even in belal dreams he get the decision

[@abdulazizb2154]

He began mma when he was 24 years old.Why dont you try it? Lets see how far you get

[@LeanthonyStephens]

@@abdulazizb2154 I like belal it’s jus fun to talk shii bout him I use him in ufc 5

[@rumchata6569]

@@abdulazizb2154that’s when I started and when my coach started. It’s the easiest sport to become elite in.

[@KhaderSheriff]

Belaaaal Belaaaal. I have a feeling its Belal time now.

[@user-om9bj4rc1g]

Belal gonna TKO this guy in his hometown mark my words 💯

[@draco2xx]

ok belal😂

[@KTRomero-lb2wp]

@@draco2xxBelal has potential to become the next GSP, Belal will dismantle Leon Edwards in this upcoming bout you will see

[@BoriQua602]

Rooting for Belal...No one deserves it more!! Lets goo!!!

[@BoriQua602]

​@@KTRomero-lb2wpHope so!!

[@ND-iz6dd]

Right because if anybody knows how to finish a fight, it's Belal.

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, MMA JUNKIE

[@BlackBearSuperFan96]

Happy for belal. After colby literally getting 3 title fights for simply beimg tough….. letsnmove this division on!! 😎🤟🏿

[@FireComesDown]

Boring inactive fighter says champ isnt active 😂

[@James-712]

Inactive not out of choice UFC doesn't like people who support palestine they ain't giving him fights

[@gmoney2163]

I thought Colby was cringe , but this guy right here lol

[@user-tj2bz4bd7g]

I was thinking the same thing

[@LuckyfoeShamo77]

Belal hater here, I low key agree with everything hes sayjng

[@TBE99]

Belal has a much better resume than GSP who fought in the weakest era of the welterweight division and tapped like chicken 🐔 to Matt Serra strikes and then quit again to Matt Hughes

[@JrE-il7cf]

​@@TBE99Bros mad 😂

[@sarak4217]

😂

[@WunnSEN]

@@TBE99 LOL there's no way you just said "Belal has a much better resume than GSP" HAHAHAHA! I thought Conor and Khabib fans was deluded, this takes the cake.

[@coltonmyers1536]

​@@TBE99 your ignorance is impressive 😂

[@amalsyukri5707]

This fight would be the best version of Belal. Can't wait what it would be like...

[@toddjohnson5176]

Honestly I love me some belal.

[@vercingetorixavernian8978]

The first and only PPV I will pay for with my hard earned money ❤ for Belal 🙏

[@rave123456v]

This is probably going to be a tough fight Belal is a striker who's based off of reading people it's reactive not subjective. Grappling is ok but is more patient in this area Leon would have to be careful as rushing could be counter productive same with drop backs I expect a bunch of circling based on these guys fighting styles.

[@LeonardTaylor700]

I am going for Belal

[@svensvensonmma]

What's his name will get outclassed by Leon. The only thing her has over Leon is wrestling. Leon has shown his wrestling defense is enough for everyone in the division

[@bos7aim]

Good luck champ!

[@m9oxo]

Leon's the champ, not this clown 🤡

[@crazypato3752]

I think is just a matter of time before Shavkat becomes champion

[@ehianeta64]

The name speaks for itself.

[@BlackBearSuperFan96]

I agree. He gets hitnalot though…his chin seems food but will exciting

[@kylekaisabyad8544]

You need to win 🏆

[@saynotothegreatreset]

This video has been up for 14 hours and didn't even get 6k views . Belal is coming to wrestle Leon because last time he got outclassed on striking department.

[@msf5792]

Also mention Belal fught on short notice.. you ppl intentionally dont mention details

[@LoneWolfe_XX]

@@msf5792they’re haters. Hate only come from beneath

[@nodi1217]

You that salty? What no real MMA fans look at views. You dirty casuals are funny

[@Triumphantchild]

@@msf5792He fought Burns on short notice. Why wasn’t 2 weeks enough for him to prepare for Leon? 🤣

[@Triumphantchild]

@@nodi1217Only salty one here is you, you insecure Bumlal fangirl. Getting butthurt over someone pointed out how irrelevant Bumlal is. 🤣

[@user-kw5po8li2f]

Belal u hilarious! Go Chi...represent!

[@ayoubte4651]

Good luck mate

[@matulu1459]

Finally!!

[@fatihfatih1694]

Wish you the best belal, you are the most deserving title challenger in ufc history

[@omoplata78]

Belal "no crowd draw"... this fight needs to be at the Apex

[@profightsinfo]

The irony of the things he’s saying about Leon in this interview 😂

[@emilsmith7159]

Belal for the win!

[@nme_mma]

Good luck Belal ❤

[@Barbarossa_F]

I know people love to clown on belal "please remember my name" Muhammad, hell even I joke about it 😏 But he's definitely deserved the title fight, more than others.. And he's right, Leon is not marketable, at all

[@Triumphantchild]

Belal’s not marketable either, so what’s your point? Lmao.

[@zacryan2095]

they can start the ppv at 2pm pst let the uk have it at there time or im gonna fall asleep to this fight

[@albsure4832]

Farah hanoun looking like Caitlin Clark this morning

[@Fitkid7672]

lol..

[@user-bg4se5fj5w]

8:52 thats correct. 100%

[@chasereeves717]

I cant wait to hear how he copes and makes excuses after leon out classes him

[@bendover7841]

What excuses will you make when he beats Leon? The same ones you made after Burns? After Brady? After Luque? After Wonderboy?

[@ryantiarno4294]

Ready to lose money?

[@Triumphantchild]

@@bendover7841Belal’s just a downgraded version of Usman, lmao. He’s not beating Leon. 🤣

[@NeoCasceres]

@@Triumphantchilddude is very good

[@AmrtAayaan]

Lol in yo dreams cl 🤡wn

[@moorez0007]

Belal, control your mouth. You need to sync with your brain. Muslim doesn't curse others, doesn't matter you like or dislike them.

[@Calcium620]

Nah muslim curse others you fool

[@moorez0007]

@@Calcium620 there are many Muslim but they don't even pray like many Christian they don't even know a verse from bible.

[@abdullahanwar1092]

Only allah can judge , focus on your own sins brother when we focus on criticizing others, we reinforce negative thought patterns in our minds and over time, this negativity can lead to increased anxiety / stress / depression

[@moorez0007]

@@abdullahanwar1092 , please read Ali Imran 110 if you are real Muslim.

[@JrE-il7cf]

Allah is fake. How come he never shows himself? How come he doesn't answer you?

[@JuanMartinez-je5nt]

Belal muhammad for champion 🏆 🥇

[@dtruth5769]

😂Blahal is Delusional! He's getting KO'd

[@naxxs]

He's been koed once and got his revenge

[@ryantiarno4294]

If you so sure then Talk less and put money more.

[@AmrtAayaan]

Lol in yo dream búm

[@JuanMartinez-je5nt]

Belal is ko leon 😂

[@lebraa]

Brother bilal, im emotionaly invested in this fight brother. Less goo brother

[@user-ii9rg9lp3y]

Belal looked totally out classed before the eye poke during the first fight .

[@JonArbuckle066]

Belal cookin

[@SavitaipaleenSonni]

Born and raised in Chicago lol

[@koalawithchaingun53]

7:30 damn imagine saying "People with arab accent piss me off"

[@user-ii9rg9lp3y]

Disgusted double standard

[@younesbenaddi4721]

You are over sensitive. It s not the same at all, it s like saying I hate the accent from Cairo and guess what? Arab people do that all the time, disliking accent from other cities or countries, people are from different socio economic background, religiosity levels etc..

[@tsunax1400]

Tbf everyone in England hates the Birmingham accent, it sucks

[@lebraa]

Lesssss gaw bully B !!!

[@johnchristophehaslam]

Leon agreed to every fight offered by Dana. Instantly. Dana and other ufc management said so. Bella’s be ashamed for being dishonest. A year? Think of divisions held up by jbj or Conor.

[@adrian-um4yj]

Belal is gonna break the 35 curse !😂

[@BH-nq5xy]

That’s why the UFC made him wait so long they wanted him to turn 35 before they gave him the fight

[@adrian-um4yj]

@@BH-nq5xy on g , he’s gonna be 36 not even 35 🥶

[@MrRobjs83]

He's gonna actually be 36 when this fight happens in 2 months

[@jasonmiller9495]

Can’t stand Leon but I will be cheering him on

[@BoriQua602]

Lets go Belal!! 💪

[@bendover7841]

Belal for the W

[@SeanstrickIandvswomensmma]

Who

[@martinbucher4941]

a predict a eye poke

[@AW-su2st]

Belal... And New

[@rumchata6569]

Belal is going to expose Leon’s wrestling. He will get a decision and people will hate on him but he will be champ lol

[@user-ys7xb4xw4o]

Inshallah your will be winner inshallah

[@konstantinkalashnikov8123]

Bully by KO/TKO, *InshaAllah!*

[@Triumphantchild]

@@konstantinkalashnikov8123Not happening. He couldn’t even finish a one-armed Burns, lmao.

[@jacrispy1440]

Do us the favor of not putting us to sleep pal 😴

[@Lookingback-lg9ct]

Like - you are entertaining? LOL

[@MrWarxhe]

Drink some coffee and stop blaming other people for all of your personal issues.

[@jacrispy1440]

@@MrWarxhe 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nme_mma]

Cringe, pal.

[@Lookingback-lg9ct]

@@nme_mmaThat's you couch potatoe.

[@rc4630]

I hope belal wins this one! Jaja I think people is too hard with him, and i feel its mainly because everybody just go with the flow of whatever others say. Probably its not very likeable but for sure he is a good fighter! You have to to be on those levels. Just need to work on his cringines jaja

[@ikhan2181]

Congratulations on the title ahot and all the hate Belal 👊

[@ehianeta64]

Leon is hating 10times more casual!!

[@Triumphantchild]

@@ehianeta64Leon’s not hating, he doesn’t even care about Bumlal. 🤣

[@Abbas_Hasen]

Dana, Please...

[@therealbergexperience5640]

😂😂😂

[@toddjohnson5176]

I honesty love to don't talk about our this your time

[@BoriQua602]

Lets go Belal!!!! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Real MMA fans rooting for you!!!!

[@jamesstanley8294]

NO WE NOT!!!!!

[@BoriQua602]

@@jamesstanley8294 yawn "pattycake" strickland, that you?

[@KenTronico]

Hope you win Belal, you know how to talk and youre also active with the style to beat anyone in the division

[@Triumphantchild]

🤣

[@johnchristophehaslam]

Leon taking your fight even tho u not a draw.

[@therealsheikh]

Nah.. Chandler waited longer

[@mnmussu]

he waited longer for what? Title shot? Or for big bag of cash? It is different.

[@aymen.el.abed.01]

And New

[@sha8761]

He can only win by KO

[@anthonyward2208]

Remember when this guy was on the floor crying begging to get out of the first leon fight

[@nme_mma]

Yeah , I remember Leon eye gouging the f out of Belals eye so badly he was bleeding from it.

[@Triumphantchild]

@@nme_mmaBelal’s going to be crying again, but this time in the locker room after he loses to Leon.

[@konstantinkalashnikov8123]

And the new, *InshaAllah!*

[@roypendleton6780]

Go paddy. Sleep king green

[@confidential02]

Tell Belal to fly Mojahed out for the fight

[@bryanwesolowski9869]

I just re-watched you guys's first fight you did get a bad poke in the eye, but until that point you definitely weren't winning

[@ShaDusK]

Belol is kinda funny

[@Triumphantchild]

He’s funny indeed. He has 0 career knockdowns but he himself has been knocked down numerous times. 🤣

[@lawrencedaos3481]

MMA JUNKIE , THAT'S WHAT DEFINITELY MAKE A GOOD FIGHT DA CHALLENGER BELAL HIS COMMENTS PREDICTING DA FIGHT BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED . SERIOUSLY NOW NOBODY KNOWS DA OUT OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT . I'LL KEEP IT SOLF AND EASY AND STILL CHAMPION OF DA WORLD LEON EDWARD'S 🌎 SAY NO MORE .

[@-bld-]

"I satisfied my urge to get victory through them".. I guess he's satisfied then, time to lose.

[@ehianeta64]

[@DouglessMemmo]

Lets go GOATlal bro finna work chickenboy edwards over for that belt, dude aint no long standing champion, fam fake

[@Vonusias]

Nobody including Leon cares about how long they've held the belt what kind of argument is that?😂

[@len3169]

Leon is a clown 🤡

[@Vonusias]

@@len3169 why?

[@Triumphantchild]

@@len3169Bumlal’s a clown. He tries desperately hard to promote himself but he’s an even lower draw than Leon. 🤣

[@tuffneggah]

morticia can get it. belal in 2

[@bttb6792]

This is going to be embarrassing for him. Leon is levels above. I don't know anyone other that Belals family who would want him as champion. So boring to watch. Never beaten anyone of note (who is under 40 before anyone mentions wonderboy or Maia)

[@alcottdevalte7440]

I hope Belal wins a decision. We need him as the champ next.

[@Redery001]

Belal please don't jump the fence lol and don't let go of a finish, please we need a Palestinian champ and we need the post fight speech.

[@Triumphantchild]

He couldn’t even finish a one-armed Burns (whose been finished numerous times). What makes you think he can finish Leon? 🤣

[@Redery001]

@@Triumphantchild he came off the couch after ramadan and still broke his arm and dominated him. Leon couldnt even finish a washed out colby who has no ranked wins in years. He almost lost to Nate if Nate didnt waste time ooonting, bullied 4.75 rounds by Usman if it wasnt for a miracle kick, robbed decision next fight, and then completely trash lackluster performance against washed up colby. Meanwhile Belal dominated all his recent fights. Look at the facts with your eyes not your bigotry

[@randy5894]

No one needs a Palestinian champ. Not even the Palestinians. They're dying without TV to watch this western bum

[@tokoyotoz]

@@Redery001belal is more of a boring fighter than a washed out colby ngl

[@Redery001]

@@tokoyotoz the only time i seen a colby fight interesting was when Usman broke his jaw and that was more because of Usman than bc colby. He couldn't use his lay and pray against him. Every other fight of his is super boring due has like 0 ground and pound.

[@JamesWoodall-lu9zm]

He could possibly be blind after this fight.

[@BlackBearSuperFan96]

😂 def a possibility

[@Droppinloads]

I wonder what he says when hes gets KO’ED first round

[@ehianeta64]

Go to sleep and dream well.

[@ryantiarno4294]

Leon is decision lover more than belal.

[@Droppinloads]

Ain’t no way Belal has 2 burner accounts commenting on this. Crazy days

[@coltonmyers1536]

@@ryantiarno4294 Leon has 10 finishes, Belal has 6... 🤣

[@Triumphantchild]

@@ryantiarno4294Bumlal has even less finishes than Leon and 0 career knockdowns. 🤣

[@WillFyeTV]

I ONLY READ THE TITLE.. IM NOT WATCHING DIS SHT... BUT I CAME TO SAY.. HE'S ONLY DOING HIS SELF A FAVOR.. NO ONE ELSE.. WE DONT LIKE EM...

[@user-tg6kz4eb2t]

Why does Belal hate Leon so much,I hope he remembers everything he says after he looses. Khabib,Islam those guys I respect because they don't hate people,Khabib would always say that he don't like Corner never hate. Belal has a bad heart. Trust me he is loosing

[@Zaiden.]

Conner McGregor enter the chat 😂

[@JamesBowersox-oj3io]

Who da fook is this guy

[@dw2367]

Leon was piecing up Belal, and on his way to shutting him out in the first fight. I see him turning out his lights this time - maybe round 4. Nothing against Belal...a decent guy, but enough already; go back to gate-keeping.

[@alcottdevalte7440]

The same could be said about Usman beating up Edwards in the rematch until he lost. It's a 5 round fight. Most top fighters tend to lose round 1 or 2 anyway.

[@dw2367]

@@alcottdevalte7440 I don't disagree; and Leon took Nate Diaz a little too lightly, and almost got taken out himself in the 5th. It just looked like early domination by Leon, with no way out for Belal in the 1st fight. Belal's not a strong kickboxer, so he'll need to be careful; and Leon's been in there with some of the best wrestlers, so I am not sure Belal will be bringing anything Leon won't be ready for. I'm also biased being a fan of Leon and his life story.

[@m9oxo]

@@alcottdevalte7440 Usman lost the 1st as Leon took him down & then Usman was certainly winning the follow rounds, but hardly beating up Leon, just pinning him against the cage & taking him down, but Leon got back up every time. Leon’s fitness & cardio has always been fantastic, but this fight at elevation in SL City made a difference, as it did with many other fighters that night.

[@Youssef-hd5bl]

@@m9oxo long story short usman was winning the majority of the fight and then suddenly he lost. same thing could've happened with belal and leon's first fight, i mean he got caught by the bum nate diaz. that tells you everything.

[@m9oxo]

Difference is though, the same thing wouldn’t have happened in the LE vs BM fight, because BM just isn’t good enough to either beat Leon or finish him. Don’t be comparing BM with Usman because Usman is on another level & would run straight thru Belal, just as Leon will do next fight. Leon just got careless against Diaz, dominated the fight & switched off at the end. Lesson learnt. He won’t do it again ! You call Diaz a bum while you hide behind your keyboard like a coward, you’d better ask your buddy Belal if he wants to hide there with you, save him a beating ! 🤡

[@wk8779]

Get a computer Belal! Great fighter, terrible camera man. Good luck champ.

[@hondah___civic]

Damn Belal destroyed leon lol

[@CorvuAttani]

Belal getting his shot finally, no eye pokes this time pls

[@AvarClan]

I don't know but i feel like its belal's time and he will find a way to win. Lets go champ

[@CaseyKCRichards]

I’m a fan of Leon but Beula is will tip to win…. Maybe on points.

[@michaelmcclenon6663]

Did they have to hire some arub to interview forgot his name guy

[@ehianeta64]

[@Triumphantchild]

@@ehianeta64Bumlal hiding his only remaining eye after Leon poked out his other one. 🤣

[@AvarClan]

Blahal Mohammad' chael sonnen.

[@enlightenedrogue3871]

Whatever DB - Leon is gonna whoop yaul ass buddy boy.