Belal Muhammad is assured he stops Leon Edwards at UFC 304.
Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) rematches welterweight champion Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) within the July 27 most important occasion on the Co-op Stay in Manchester, England.
Muhammad needed to go on a 10-fight unbeaten streak to lastly earn his shot at a UFC title. Having overwhelmed quite a few specialists throughout his run, Muhammad feels ready to have a breakout efficiency in opposition to Edwards.
“Truthfully, I feel I am going in there and knock him out,” Muhammad mentioned in an interview with Sneako. “After I take a look at my final stylistic matchups, I fought the perfect striker within the UFC in (Stephen) ‘Wonderboy’ (Thompson). I fought the perfect grappler within the UFC in Demian Maia.
“I fought nice finishers in Vicente Luque. I fought Gilbert Burns on three weeks’ discover. I feel all these fights added as much as this one struggle – like I mentioned, God’s plan. … All these issues, they simply leveled me up.”
Muhammad sees himself having the same efficiency to the one he had at UFC 280, the place he completed Sean Brady by TKO handy him his first-career loss.
“I feel proper now, I’m the perfect model of myself,” Muhammad mentioned. “And I feel that Leon’s going to get in there, him and his staff there in Manchester, they’re going to be shocked. They’re going to be in for a impolite awakening.
“Individuals will say no matter they wish to say, however my final full camp I knocked out Sean Brady. Gilbert Burns struggle was a 3 weeks’ discover struggle. So if we’re going off my final full camp, it was a knockout. This struggle, I’m going to knock out Leon Edwards. We’ve been coaching for this man for 2 years.”
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