I told you guys dont underestimate Belal Muhammad, he is the first fighter from Palestine to become a champion in UFC!
Someone wont be happy because of this and I dont think real UFC owners and Dana White wont be very happy after Edwards lost the fight.
Belal was better fighter and he deserved to win, but it is always harder to defend the title than to take it the first time.
That's a nice prediction right there. I won 2 of 3 of the last three games. I didn't expect Leon Edwards to be defeated like that, maybe I underestimated Belal Muhammad. Congratulations to our new champion. Well, that makes the Welterweight more lively again, we need more fighters to boost that weight class and I think Belal is the one.
How about Paddy Pimblett? I told you guys this dude is something else. It was a bad decision by King Green to try to take down one of the best submission fighters that I have seen. Paddy directly went for a guillotine and then switched to a tight triangle so fast, that was superb. Now that's 8th consecutive win for Paddy. I swear I am going to follow this guy.
I didn't expect Belal to win as well. I was even surprised these guys
https://youtu.be/ahVHU1nkMj0?t=10752 predicted Belal to win and not only that they specifically said Belal is the guy to win the 5 rounds which means this will be a decision.
I told you guys dont underestimate Belal Muhammad, he is the first fighter from Palestine to become a champion in UFC!
Someone wont be happy because of this and I dont think real UFC owners and Dana White wont be very happy after Edwards lost the fight.
Belal was better fighter and he deserved to win, but it is always harder to defend the title than to take it the first time.
Didn't know he was of Palestinian descent. He grew up in the US, so I don't know if he will use UFC to shout in support of the country like Chimaev. Dana has been supportive of anyone who voiced their concerns, but recently there were political issues already affecting Dana. People started noticing those fighters weren't in events anymore like Sean Strickland and Chimaev himself.
I don't mind Belal being a champ but let's see how he'd defend the first time.
During his interview after the fight he did mention Chicago so this is probably where he grew up.
But he has been very vocal about being pro-palestine. Since his organization has been raising money for those who had been suffering since the recent war started there. Think he mentioned he is doing it for the children there.
As for Mokaev, I believe White decided not to resign him because of such problems he has had with Chimaev and sees him being just as much trouble so told him good luck in the PFL on his way out of his organization.
It was funny listening to Ariel Helwani yesterday during the MMAFightingonSBN show where Mokaev said he would never go on his show ever. For something that had happened in the past amongst them. He did mention the PFL doesn't even have a flyweight division for him.
They also mentioned they wouldn't be surprised if Dana cut Kape aswell. Because the UFC doesn't need such childish behavior going on while being a distraction through out camps right before a fight.
Here is the MMA Guru's take of all this:
"Have Fun At The PFL" Dana White RELEASES Muhammad Mokaev After UFC 304? Backstage Menace?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR7HZeMtf9kBelal can support Palestine, it's just not good to use the platform to do it while the issue is pretty much hot. We all recognize the country, Palentine been around even before time. The country is even mentioned in the Bible. But it's going to be tough for Dana if he gets caught in major sports channels. It's an invisible war.
Mokaev tricking Kape is not acceptable behavior. But Dana saying it's the matchmaker's decision?
