Leon Edwards: No One Will Remember Belal Muhammad’s Name After UFC 304 | The MMA Hour
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- Leon Edwards discusses his UFC 304 title defense against Belal Muhammad, the time of the main event, UFC 300, his first fight against Muhammad, Colby Covington, MVP’s debut, Conor McGregor, and more.
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Honestly as a US fan I would of bought the fight in the UK time
Leon said the slot was booked for a us card-so the UFC were unable to change the time.
Why pretend to say your from the US.. so cringe
Nice try Belal 😆
Who pays for ppv at any time?
would've
I like Leon so much because he says it as it is and fights like a perfectionist. As if he is a composer of a classical masterpiece
Agreed people say he's boring but I find him the most interesting to watch
@@Vonusiasyeah i wish he fought more easily one of my favorite fighters
Lol he acts like he’s gonna easily get through Shavkat and Belal
@@Joes35 No thats just your projections based on a limited mindset
@@Vonusias Belal is gonna be a tough fight for him..
I like Leon as a person. He seems like a good guy
Does great things for kids around his area to stop them turning to crime people judge him because of his father, the dude is so nice to meet in person and dont act like summit he aint he's laidback and genuine
Coming from Brum not living far from him having mutal friends and havibg met him a couple times he is a genuine cool guy
He sets an example in his own gym as well. If he's late, he has to clean the mats and is reprimanded for lazy behaviour. That's why Ian Garry was kicked out. He would show up late and act like a prima donna
You don’t even know him bro
From the trenches to mansions
No one;
Leon Edwards; yip, 100%
It is what it is
Deffo
wan handa pacent
ya know ya know
Volk: I'm the type of guy
Max: It is what it is
"I'll fight whoever" Spoken like a true champ. Take note, JJ
Casual. Jones has the most insane resume ever
Leon turns down fights everyday
@@adamwallace7638 which fights has he turned down?
@TBE99 😅 he beat up a bunch of old men who were way smaller than him, how is that an insane resume? 😳
@@pippinpadhalopsicopolis995 So did Khabib.
“I feel like I got a lot more to do. I truly believe I haven’t done nothing yet.” This man is in the form of his life, beat the debatable goat of the WW division twice and still feels like he hasn’t done much. Props to you Leon. I believe you’re gonna be defending that belt for a while.
Me too. Shavkat didnt look great against Neal and struggled to get Wonderboy down. Then who is left? Garry and JDM neither are ready for Leon JDM was losing easily until that knee landed and Ian looked mediocre vs Neal. I think he defends a couple more and Islam moves up and then he goes for 185 after that fight which I think he wins.
@@Yeshuaspupil hes undersized for 185
@@Yeshuaspupillmao idk what you’re watching. Who is Leon beating at 85? Shavkat absolutely destroys Leon the point fighting decision machine.
Wonderboy has been subbed once ever, by Shavkat. Keep pretending he’s a guy that gets taken down easily and submitted.
He never beat GSP. Love Usman, he’s not the 170 goat. Leon sounds full of himself. He’s a point fighter acting like he just goes in there and destroys guys. Colby sucks, Usman was washed.
@@Joes35 wow
Ariel: “Leon where you been all my life😩”
Leon: 👁️👄👁️
Ariel literally D rides all the fighters
What is the eyes and the lips actually supposed to represent. I see everyone using the same comments. Copying eachother. What does it mean? Or is this just another trend you kids are following?
@@markroyds23means awkward
@@markroyds23marksroyds23: Kids these days.. 👴 do you even know what youre doing??☝️🤓
Me: 👁👄👁
Anyone else waiting for the bombshell when one of these fighters announces that it is what it....isn't.
Leon’s team sucks at marketing. This dudes needs to post more. He doesn’t release vlogs, content, training videos, anything. They need to fix that
I’m a fan. But you’re totally right. Needs to do more in that department as the champ especially
He not that vane he a real wolf’s
It ain't him man
Nah, let him focus on ufc
We can barely understand what he says. The Brit accent is so hard.
Leon has really has come out of his shell since winning the belt & has a solid personality
How do you make someone fight at 5am so stupid
Fighters are used to it. Some travel over the world to fight. It just sucks for UK fans either attending or watching at home.
it's insane..as if the weight cut wasn't inhumane enough...these fighters are sculpting their bodies and skills for months just to get bacwards treatment before the walk out..like dana doesn't care at all..."1 day before the fight we gonna starve you and you're fighting at dawn, sounds good right?"
you fly in 30 to 45 days in advance to acclimate
@@cookingfat1 @mayito714 you guys confuse traveling to another country with fighting in the morning in your own country...Leon ain't travelling for 304, so he won't be sleeping thru the day and stay awake at night for 30 to 45 days in his own country
more than likely every fighter on the card, will now train at midnight to make their body use to the time change cause fighting is just absurd and the fans probably going to be drinking energy drinks like crazy just to stay up
"When i take care of whats his name" That was actually bloody funny!!
he said „nobody’s gonna remember his name“ I think which’s even more hilarious😂
Leon seems pretty cocky. I doubt he gets through Shavkat
Na, Leon will lose and his ducking career will end soon.
@@Joes35 Shavkat was offered the fight and 💩 himself, used faith as an excuse
@@Joes35 bro idk he really struggled to get Wonderboy down and Leon should be harder and is definitely the bigger of the 2. Also Shavkats striking is good but Geoff Neal landed way more than I thought and Leon is a level or more above Geoff as a striker.
Gonna be awkward for Belal begging it online for nearly 2 years all just to get smoked
he annoying-tweets all the time about fighting Leon
@@burlhorse61 like how leon had been annoying us with his "i BElieVe I deSeRve a tiTle sHot NeXt, tHaT's nINe fiGhTs IN a rOw" and he got it by beating a journeyman.
The irony that sounds so familiar to another welterweight who kept begging that he believes he deserved the next title shot after going through a murders row of all time welterweights after beating gunner nelson Nate Diaz and rda 🤔
Uh who has Leon ever “smoked?”
Put Usman in the shadow realm casual. Also has a 5 second KO plz do your research @@johnjohnsonstein8409
I remember many interviews before the belt they had the same rapport. And in the lead up to the first fight with Kamaru Usman who as at the time the pound for pound king, Ariel told Leon he would be champion at the end of every interview and Leon would guarantee it right back. It’s a beautiful thing to see how far Leon has gone, and that he still comes back to give an interview to Ariel since he always had his back. 👍🏽
Leon is pure class 🎉
The delusion of a true champ 😂
Let’s go Leon Edwards! He’s the man, such a humble, classy guy, love his chill vibe. He gets it done against Belal for sure at UFC 304. 👏👏👏
We don't remember it now let alone after Leon dismantles him 😂
Remember what?
Just chilling here till after the fight
Same brother same @hmsp7799
Comment about to age like cheese after Belal smokes Leon
Think that's what he means, mate.
Can’t wait for Leons next title defense! He deserves all the riches and spoils that come with being a world champ! Cheers Mate
He fights once a year
@@bradlymacy4108 you are flexing on ignorance
@@bradlymacy4108how he fought usman and Colby last year and is fighting Belal and someone else later in the year
Leon against Colby was the most professional and calculated performance I’ve seen in the UFC for a long long time.
I can imagine come fight night as 6am Leon's coach saying "c'mon son is not bed time yet son" whilst Leon is snoozing in the corner lol
This fight will definitely be worth watching. Belal is truly at his best, and Leon does nothing but get better it seems. 🔥🔥🔥
Only CASUALS consider him as an INACTIVE champ! It’s not Leon’s fault that the UFC/Dana wanted to hold up the WW division by giving Colby an undeserved titled shot. It’s not Leon’s fault that the UFC offered Islam, Khamzat and Shavkat a title shot for UFC 300 instead of Belal. Use your 🧠 casuals!
Well said.
I mean he is an inactive champion the timeline doesn’t lie
@@BlinkrBananamommy didn't make you dinner ?
@@BlinkrBanana Sorry I mean 'casual'
Use your bubblegum?
Islam " honestly " Makhachev wants to fight Leon " 100 % " Edwards...But Belal " Hope u remember by name " Muhammad stands in the way.
Both arenas in Birmingham have over 15,000 capacity, UFC need to give Leon a Brum show before his title reign is over
Co Op holds 23,500, only an hour and half drive. Could put your Celine Dion CD on and make it before the final track
If its open. I hear that arenas in pitiful state@@Mcfc2Rich
Travel in and out of brum isn’t easy. They don’t have the hotels either
Everyone will come out those venues and find their cars either missing or stripped, Birmingham aint it
@@markroyds23its open running and ready now, biggest arena win
Danm Ariel you don’t have to be such an ass kisser bro !!
They don't call him the worm for nothing, bro.
Yep the worm at it again..🤦♀️😬
finally someone said it
Showing respect to your guest and friend isn’t kissing anything.
bruv legitimately said chewsday 😂
Awesome interview. I laughed a lot 😂
I kinda feel as if people dismiss how quickly Leon said yes to every opponent for UFC 300. I wish one of those match ups could have happened. Props to Leon for sure.
belals had his eye on the title for a while now
and hes had his other eye on something else simultaneously
I bet it's the left one, check the poster!
His other eye is on the end of Leon's finger 😂
As a uk fan the event being in the middle of the night is fine to me. It’s no different from any other event. Travelling up Saturday Making a night of it and travelling back down at 7am no hotel needed 🤣
Legit haha, this is exactly what we did for UFC204 xD
100% i believe -leon edwards
Insya Allah And New ☝ 👑 Belal Muhammad #UFC304
I love this man! He's pure
Huge fan and I hope the UFC can make more fights for him to get more active. Hope he has another fight by the end of the year
Leon Edward great guy all the respect
Belal will let the haters bite the dust in this fight its gonaa be funny 🤣
I’m thinking Leon,,,but Belal could upset the apple cart , you never know..🤷♂️
Leon vs Conor is like Inoue Vs Crawford😂
Not really though. Conor has 2 fights at 170. He's not a small fighter at all
ARIEL SCHOOL OF INTERVIEWS:
1) "YOURE SO BIG NOW, SUPRISED I GOT A HOLD OF YOU".
2) DO YOU HATE ME ??
3) APOLOGIZE SEVERAL TIMES FOR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS NO APOLOGY
4) FIGHTER PAY
5) TRY TO TRICK FIGHTER INTO AGREEING INTO TAKING SLIGHT DIGS AT UFC.
6) LAME JOKE " DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL UFC/ DANA FOR YOU. I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN"
You forgot," Did you hear what so and so said about your wife and family? Doesn't that make you angry?"
I don't hate muslim fighters just want you to win 😂 please win
Ariel has to bring up every fiber of his being to say the name Belal
crazy how arial wakes up everyday and knows he glazes other men for a living😂
His glazing is pretty cringy, even to the fighters. So awkward when fighters the like of Porrier and Edward’s have to fake nice when he’s glazing them in a zesty way. One thing to give a man his flowers another to give him an emotional and zesty glazing session right before the conversation.
@@GhoodVibez
If you think what Ariel does is cringy you must've never seen this Mario Rios dude who is some odd reason obsessed with Leon's body.
@@DarrenReddix-mf4ee haha never saw it!
And you pay his bills by spending your free time commenting on his routine…. It’s a circle
🤦🤦🤦
Belal is literally popular for being unpopular.
The guy is back 🔥🔥🔥
Belal if you're watching 👀..... hey 👋
😂😂😂😂
Yes I am watching
@@rushikumarpatil3538 😂😭
Leon got Bars🔥
Leon Edwards is up there for p4p to me.A creative accurate lethal striker, underrated wrestling, I love watching him fight, it's sad that hes not fake so he don't bring the PR that Dana requires. Coming from a USA'r
7:43 "the win over Beneil" what tf? Belal didn't fight Beneil lmao
Belal quit like chicken
That's what I was thinking😂
@@mistaschaub3280he meant burns
He meant burns they’re similar fighters
so everyone watching live at UFC 304 is gonna have to pull an all nighter?? 5AM main event is crazy. i imagine a handful of empty seats. tuff for all the fighters
There won’t be an empty seat in the house trust me
leon with every answer starting yeahhhh 100 percentttt
Mumble mumble 100% percent
9:36 guys remember eye pokes are one of his signature moves 😂
Ariel voice “ you did not realize? Oh geez”
I currently barely remember his name
I'll remind you it's belal "remember im lame" Muhammad😂
Its great to see people warming up on Leon.
Belal looks like French Montana with a wonky eye.
Bro no one remembers bilal now lol
I do
Wish he would fight more honestly but still love it when he does. Dude is smooth to watch
Boring point fighting style 😂
@@Chadking-fc4vy funny that he sparked the guy who was about to go p4p king if he beat Leon, then he schooled him in the 2nd fight something a lot failed to do. Headshot dead and stilllllllll
He is boring what are you talking about 😅
@@fahed3034 go to your real sport cricket my man. You guys couldn't fight sleep
if you love leon fights then you gotta love belal's fights
It's silly for him to assume he would have won, he was getting schooled by kamaru up until that last minute of the last round. So doesn't it apply here?
People don't understand how good Leon actually is. Because of the altitude performance people forget that he took down and mounted Usman is round 1amd it wasn't a fluke. Gunnar Nelson not the biggest name but Leon out grappling him for 3 rounds was very impressive. Gunnar was well known for his grappling
Exactly
Just a reminder STRICKLAND beat adesanya ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, Realistically LEON SHOULD embarrass him
than again,he has been training with the dagestanies for quite a while now,i fear he may win as i want him to lose more than i care for leon winning
Yall are talking like Belal is a scrub lol it wouldn't shock me at all if Belal won this fight, he's improved seemingly alot in the last few years.
@@europa1111 Yeah, there must a something right in him that he's come this far, he has beaten some good names.
Yeah on an off night. Izzy beats Strickland 9/10 times and even you Izzy haters know it lol We all know Seany boy isn’t ever touching that belt again. He hit the lotto and got lucky. Let’s be real here unless Leon has an extremely off night which he very well could he is otherwise going to absolutely smoke Belals boots
@@Cass-ul7zf how did he get lucky lol
The Champ 🙏🏿🏴
Mate we love you brother… you got this son… yah man
Leon my glorious king they could never make me hate you
LEON TAKES OUT BELAL .
🧢
With ease
@@__t.m5 nope. Watch belal will upset..
He sounds like a cool guy tbh! But his fight with colby was such a disappointment… hope the next one is better
He demolished Colby
Those first 9 seconds when you don't expect it are f*cking crazy
Leon be best going to sleep early and waking up at 4am
Don’t work like that you robot 🤖
If Belal doesn't smesh him, Islam will.
shavkat will be next champ.
Islam got beat up by a featherweight lmao 🤣
@@NellyGandhella #1 p4p volk was no joke, he also beat max, who just beat gaetje via brutal ko
Leon “100 %” Edwards
😂
Love leon!! And he was piecing belah up in 1st fight
Ariel sucking up to Conor as always more than Chandler does. “Hey Can we give my friend and idol Conor a free title shot?” After Conor hasnt had a good win since 2016. These mma journalists have zero shame
I hope he becomes the Goat of welterweight
Everyone's calling Belal boring but what about Leon?? That's been the case for him for his entire career besides the KO he had in the first Usman fight. The Diaz fight was boring, people only remember it for when Leon got rocked at the end of the fight, the Colby fight was boring etc. I'm not blaming Leon for it either, because it works and wins him fights but he's no Jiri or Pereira himself lol
The Rafael Dos Anjos and Cowboy Cerrone come to mind as well. Even the Vincente Luque fight tbh.
Belal is leon without the headkick highlight
The Hail Mary Headkick saves him..And he’s a likable dude
@@demond2134 Ya I'm a fan of his, just think people are being harsh on belal
I was at UFC204, still have my ticket - me and my friend went up from Swansea to Manchester, we got out the arena at like 7AM, we waited for the next train back down to Wales :D
I've been trying to get a ticket for UK events since UFC204, unable to. Me and my friend had to sit at opposite ends of the arena on that night just to be able to get a good ticket (£120) I cannot wait for UFC304, but if I cannot get a ticket this time i'll be writing to Dana personally! :D
Tickets 6th June i think
I see leon more happy... He is happy champion now !!
Ariel literally meat rides all these fighters like chill
🤦🤦🤦
That’s how u get them to open up
I am sure he does more than riding lol
Belal "The Name" Muhammad
Leon is hilarious and he’s not even trying to be😂
As an English man, I'll be boycotting this event for staging the fight at 5 am. Ridiculous.
Let me know how it goes (Londoner)
@@mrbeanz1984 there are no Englishmen left in london
It’s almost as if all other ufc events aren’t on at this time. Don’t you stay up to watch the events usually?
Same here from Germany. Just ridiculous. Was waiting for another European event. Even with high prices I was considering buying tickets. The schedule ultimately let me think I would rather not.
@@mrc.p8423 🤦🤦🤦
Careful Leon. NEVER underestimate anyone! Belal is hungry and he’s actually pretty darn good. It will be hilarious if Belal wins! A lot of people will not be happy! 😂
you're not wrong
Why I always love ppvs in France or in the UK is because it's in a time when I can watch it. Not too many of those..
Leon “definitely 100%” Edwards
My boi Leon tough fight ahead against belal remember im lame Muhammad!
He said yes to all the Muslim fighters in Ramadan, clever move 😂
He said yes to all the fights offered to him. Just so happened those fighters were muslim.
Haven't had time to watch yet, is it still what it is?
My favorite!
Leon fights once a year and is talking about defending his belt against Conor after Belal?
It was brought up by helwani
He fought twice last year
No one remembers it now 😂😂😂
Happy for Leon 👍
LETS GOOO LEON
Yeah but the first fight bel Muhammad had the wrong mouthpiece , took it on 4 days training, his coach passed away , had a broken spine and the list goes on and on and on
2 weeks notice and his coach had Covid.
He’s gotta blind Belal to finish him off this time
Broda ! No one can forget "Belal remember the Decision Muhammad "😩
Leon cannot sell PPVs. This is why Dana scheduled the fight at 5AM local time in UK. Now at least they will sell like 200 PPVs. If no, they would have sold 50.
Leon is the man!!
UFC didnt want Leon on the 300 card. They only offered Leon to 3 Muslims who everyone knew wouldn't fight during Ramadan to help meet their contractual obligations of offering X number of fights to everyone on the roster. Belal made it clear that he would fight for the title even during Ramadan.
but you can't put belal vs leon as the main event of a big event like that, so they had to call other big names who will make a more interesting main event with leon for that card.
@Youssef-hd5bl they didn't want Leon period on UFC 300. Like I said the 3 names they offered were never going to fight on UFC 300 regardless. These were 3 hand-picked offers to prevent Leon from fighting at 300. Has nothing to do with Belal.
@rajkhan9643 Lol, you're clueless. As if the UFC wanted Belal on UFC 300 any more than Leon. Leon still has more fans than Belal. You're out of touch with reality.
@@vanguardprime4636 where did I say UFC wanted Belal on UFC 300? Read closer. All I said is they didn't want Leon on 300 regardless of Belal or not, because all 3 offers they gave were to fighters they knew wouldn't fight during Ramadan.
@@rajkhan9643 i get what you're saying, but the reason they didn't call belal is they can't put belal vs leon as the main event on such a big card, so they called names that will make a more interesting fight for ufc 300, and the reason they called those three cuz first as i said it will make a big fight, second is each one of these three fighters are related to the welterweight division, shavkat is the top 3 ranked at WW, khamzat was the top 3 ranked too before he moved up, islam been calling for leon for awhile, it's just a coincidence that those three are muslims and don't fight during ramadan. i mean there are no better opponents than those to ask to fight leon in such a event.
Leon the champion👑🙏✝️the true humble warrior🙌Rocky!
GOATLAL will dismember Leon
I don’t understand why Belal gets so much hate
Boring fighter, dude literally said he’s going to decision over Leon?
He can’t speak: reference the above
He whines. All. The. Time.
He’s embarrassing.
Now you know.
@nalefishing920 You must be very new to the sport to even ask this question. To most fans it's pretty obvious.
He is a palastininia
This dude is the most inactive champion other than John Jones.
He had 2 title defenses in 2023 ? That's not that bad , Zhang Weili and Amanda Nunes only had 1 in 2022 and 2023 lol
Conor had two belts and how many title defences 😂
Casual
Not is fault coby is part company
@@T_995 great comparison 🤡
As a uk fan I’ll be watching highlights 😂 I ain’t staying up till 5am unless I’m on waff 😂😂
Leon was overwhelmingly dominant for the short amount of time in their first fight.
Belal is gonna Ko LEON
KO ?
Only ppl going to sleep in that fight is the spectators 😆
Imagine if he submits him