Belal Muhammad Doubts Leon Edwards Comeback: “You were supposed to walk through me”

The new UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad did a flawless job in ending Leon Edwards solid winning streak and in dethroning him. Belal feels Leon Edwards won’t be able to make the grandest of comebacks. However, all Leon needs is one strong victory before getting a title shot.

As for now, Edwards seems to be on a break, reflecting on what went wrong – his comeback fight could be a spectacle because the belt meant a lot to him. His comeback performance could prove Belal Muhammad’s point – does he still have the hunger?

Belal Muhammad on Leon Edwards making a return

In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Belal Muhammad shared his thoughts on Leon Edwards chances of making a solid comeback.

“Skill wise, he has the skill to do it but it’s all about mentality,” Muhammad said, as quoted by mmafighting.com. “Because you’ve seen it a lot with undefeated guys, when they get that one loss, a lot of guys don’t know how to take a loss.

He hasn’t lost in eight years and he had this long streak. So it comes now from how does he come back from it mentally?".

Belal Muhammad reflects on Leon Edwards odds of winning

“That was your home soil, the crowd was there for you, the fight was tailor-made for you.

You were supposed to walk through me. You said it was going to be easy and walk through [me]. That’s embarrassing. Now he has to figure out what he wants to do with his life. If he still wants to chase it with that hunger inside him”.

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