@@babahadjimohamed9339 yea during the time he lost to Leon Edwards and that’s when these fake mma fans wanted to give him his flowers but when he was in top, they were disrespectful
I get you 100% cause Usman was a very active champion. With that said, this isn’t on Leon. It’s Dana’s fault he held up WW to give Colby and undeserved title shot and he called 3 opponents for UFC 300 and all of them turned Leon down due to Ramadan.
Truthfully. I was never a big usman fan but hearing him speak and just the person he is has made me come to like him. I respect everything he’s done and thank you for blessing us with you voice and opinion. alhamdulillah
@@Runitup2kyeah I agree. Now that he’s fallen off he’s gone full humble. He was the most arrogant prick I’d ever seen in my life and all of a sudden Dana stops giving him fights and his confidence has shot all the way down
Kamaru did well in 170, but in 185, man different strength and skills like Costa, whittaker, jared, and many others, but I can still see kamaru being a champ in 170 if he fixes his knees and prepare to fight everyone like he fought with tyrone woodley
And he has been constantly asking for belal behind the scenes he wants to fight and all these people saying he’s an inactive champ like when he defended kamaru,they booked the rematch and kamaru needed time after being hit hard,then for Covington he had legal shit he needed to take care of and ufc wasn’t giving him answers then for 300 ppl say it was only because it was during Ramadan like tf there’s no argument there that doesn’t make sense at all
Yeah I think hating Edwards for this 170 title situation is dumb af He cruised through Colby he beat Usman twice he’s in a position where he can call the shots surely?? These are the same fans who think Jon shouldn’t be stripped lmao it all depends on who you are
Exactly, the UFC tells fighters who their next opponent is and they can’t choose. Unless the rare exception like Conor I assume but 99% ufc champions can’t pick n choose their next fight
I think it was a matter of the UFC wanting to give Belal the fight, obviously its already been announced. I feel the UFC maybe wanted to see if there was other options that they could have. Thats only speculation and im not %100 sure.
*You know* Leon isn't saying no to people. Dana himself has said that they've offered Leon multiple people and he's said *_yes_* to each one. And Dana isn't shy about outing fighters that say no.
Who are the multiple people who makes sense for a title fight beside Belal? Shavkat rakhmonov beat Wonderboy who got beat by Belal not that long ago. They’re isn’t any justification for a rakhmonov fighting for a title. Colby already lost to the champion. Usman moved up in weight and his last 2 losses are in both weight divisions, can’t fight for a title coming off from a loss when you got fighters on a WINNING STREAK. JDM beat burns, same thing with Shavkat, Belal has a win over him before him. In conclusion who are the “ MULTIPLE PEOPLE” you are repeating after Dana white who got offered in your POV?? There ain’t one buddy
@@1D.JFanMmaIslam, Khamzat and shavkat. It’s been spoke about in so many interviews. Dana himself said that Leon has never turned down a fight in his whole ufc career. Nobody wants to fight him because he’s just too good.
Yo Usman, you’ve been my favorite fighter for a while now, but ever since I started listening to your podcast I love your personality too. You balance objectivity and subjectivity really well and don’t try too hard to rile up the audience or be too PC, you’re just your self.
Cejudo shocks me with how terrible his analysis is every episode, acting like leon needs to make some giant adjustment for belal and wrestling when leon just fought usman x2 and colby 😂😂
That midget has always had a problem with Leon for no apparent reason, guy has pretty much picked against Leon in his last three fights and is now picking against him again against Belal. Even though its stylistically pretty much the same matchup.
Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad should be a good match up, I got Leon winning, he was dominating the fight between them back in 2021. Leon has improved even more now.
I wish I knew Kamaru like I do now when he was fighting. Totally get that he didn't have the time but I would've routed for him way more than I did. He's good dude!
Why are we not talking about the fact Leon has been preparing for this wrestling pressure style for 3 years now.. Usman, Colby and now Belal. This isn't new to him, arguably Belal is the worst at this style out of all three. Headshot for Leon.
@@ImJusWatching And even currently usmans style is a nightmare for sean, kamarus striking is phenomenal these days. Id say driscus would be in alot of trouble too
In that case all UFC fights should be 1 round only 😂 cuz clearly winning round 1 makes you the winner. In his second fight with Usman he was getting dominated till that head kick in the final round so your logic doesn’t make sense… comebacks happen in fights all the time
He will make the fight dirty, like he did with Burns and Brady. I as a Belal fan didn’t see clear paths to victory by striking with those two, but he used the mental aspect of the game (strategy and mental strength) to dominate both despite them having on paper better skills and talent.
@@Hasman323 very, and Belal doesn’t get recognized for his mental toughness. Belal practically won those fights against by out toughing(defending well, putting pace and pressure on them, taking the strikes they landed and walking through them, throwing high volume, basically being more active and aggressive the whole fight)Brady and Burns even though there really wasn’t a simple answer like against guys like Maia or wonderboy( make Maia strike, make wonderboy grapple). It’s easy to game plan and execute like that because there’s a huge margin for error but against guys with no major weaknesses for Belal to capitalize on, he has to make it a mental battle and he’s shown that before as well as Leon has shown the tendency to rely and lean his skillset and technical ability and get complacent during the course of the fight ( Diaz, Usman 2nd fight until the end) His coaches knew this, that’s why they said the famous tagline “don’t let him bully you” basically don’t let him dictate and do what he wants.
Tbf only Islam, Leon, and Pantoja have 2 or more title defenses than any other champion. O'Malley and Poatan only have 1 title defense and Ilia and DDP have no title defenses. That's why Leon is so high. He did beat Usman twice That's better than anything any other champion has done other than Islam
This is a crazy and exciting era of the ufc, i would really love to see Usman, izzy and Volk regain their title, a tough goal but if one of them pulls it off theyl be top 3 🐐
Love Kamaru Usman, but every time he says "don't let him bully you, son" it makes him look so salty and weak minded. Kamaru did great in that fight by acting a bully, but honestly being a bully doesn't win fights against real scrappers like Leon Edwards. Kamaru, you're a great fighter, bro, acting like because you could bully someone for awhile in a fight doesn't make you look tough or anything positive. It just shows the other man slayed a bully. Meditate and learn and grow my friend. Love and peace, amen. God bless.
Every wrestler Leon fights he has to make adjustments.. so what are you suggesting here Henry? After 3 fight camps in a row against wrestlers.. Belal is even better than Kamaru and Colby wrestling wise?
Belal will try to bully Leon like Usman by staying on him on the feet and trying to make the fight grueling and dirty where it becomes more of a mental war than a one between skillsets. Seen him do it against Gilbert and Sean Brady
@YusufRawlinson I don't understand why you're repeating the same thing on every comment? Do you think Brady and a ome armed, injured Burns are in the same level as Usman? Do you think Belal is on Usman's level? Do you think Leon hasn't seen Belal's style over and over? Belal was rocked by Leon in their 1st fight, in round 1. Belal can try.
Henry it's Belal not Leon who needs to make more adjustments. Leon just fought 2 heavy wrestlers/grapplers in 3 consecutive fights & came out on top. During those training camps & prep, his wrestling/grappling has gotten better both defensively & offensively. On the feet, Leon is the better striker & on the ground Leon is benefiting from fighting Belal right after Usman & Colby. Belal needs to make more adjustments & surprise Leon, with some unexpected things.
Hey Champ, maybe you missed the part where Dana was praising Leon for accepting all 3 fights he was offered for UFC 300. Hes been trying to get in there
@salman13 Ramadan was over by the time 300 came about, and everyone of them train during Ramadan so it really doesnt matter because thats on them if there not willing to fight on the BIGGEST fight card in UFC history. Also my point is still valid because Leon said yes to whoever was offered
@salman13 Ramadan ended April 9th and 300 was the 13th lol, does that make my point clear enough? Dont know why your trying to start an argument, unless you just hate Leon
@@jdizzlethepunisher5892 And you think 4 days is enough for taking a fight? Training while fasting isn't the same...you know this right? The fact you replied tells me your parents were more disappointed than not, when the grades came in.
Usman hate for Leon is wild. Saying he isn’t sure if Leon is turning down fights and they are holding the division up when Dana came out and said 3 people turned down the Leon fight for 300. Must still be dazed from that head kick
I understand that belal offers a different wrestling style,however one thing you guys didn’t mention is that in Leon’s last 3 fights has been training for wrestlers so I feel he will have a more fresh understanding of his wrestling skills and defensive I do believe now is the wrong time to fight Leon because of this reason. If Leon had been training for other strikers I would be more worried for Leon but considering he has had wrestling heavy camps Leon will get the win
Dana said Leon excepted 3 fights and everyone pulled out . He hasn’t choose to sit out . Dana said he signed 3 different contracts and they all pulled out
@@ar.saifulghani3158it’s also not his fault that they were in Ramadan, and the ufc didn’t offer belal because they believed belal to be too boring to headline ufc 300. If not belal who else do you offer leon during that time with shavkat also out?
Belal is incredibly underrated, and people are overrating Leon’s finishing ability. Belal isn’t the same fighter from the first time they’ve fought, anyone’s who’s kept up with Belals fights would see the massive improvements he made. Leon most likely wins but it’s gonna be a shitty point kick boxing decision, or belal by decision. we’re gonna be stuck with a boring champ regardless. I just pray Leon wins not cuz I hate belal but because if belal wins they’re definitely giving Leon the rematch and that’s gonna be 2 awful paper views
Usman hating on Leon like crazy😂💔 Come on bruh! Dana said on record that Leon said yes to 3 ppl and all those 3 opponents has rejected the offers to fight Leon. So please Usman with all the respect in the world,don’t hate on Leon man! Just give this man the respect he deserves! Huge fan of all you guys man! Thank you for making this sport amazing Usman and CCC ❤️💪
He isn’t hating. Some of you guys don’t know the definition of hating. Can a a fighter not point out areas of weaknesses of another fighter? If these dudes were as careless as y’all seem to want them to be they probably wouldn’t have been Champions.
For how many minutes of the very first round? Usman dominated Leon for good five rounds until the last minute leon landed a lucky head kick. Surely you wouldn't want to say how leon was dominated in that fight because it won't suit your own hypocrisy.
@@shehuarc2964Your post has 0 to do with Belal vs Edwards. That fight was only 2 rounds, until it ended prematurely. Edwards would have just continued to dominate, that would be the most likely outcome that night. And I remember Leon winning the first round in their rematch, so Usman didn’t really dominate anything until about round 3. And when they rematched a 3rd time under regular elevation levels, Usman got worked.
@@shehuarc2964Leon won the first round during his second fight against Usman and the fifth round was close even before that head kick, lmao. Go rewatch the fight.
To be fair Usman, Edwards was actively calling for a quick turnaround at UFC 300 and that didn't happen for some reason, so kinda goes against the theory that he didn't want to fight
@@swalihmmI like how you conveniently omitted the fact that Leon was gone for 2 years due to the pandemic and several of his fights got canceled, lmao.
Leon said yes to fight Shavkat, Khamzat, and Islam at 300 but they all said no due to Ramadan. Not Leon’s fault he hasn’t fought. Plus it’s only been since December
"Leon having to make the adjustments and Belal with the Dagestani wrestling", Henry talks absolute nonsense sometimes, Leon is more naturally gifted and especially in the stand up, how does he have to make more adjustments than Belal lol, while belals wrestling has improved, it's nowhere near the Dagestanis lol, Leon has to just focus on been motivated and working on the takedown defense cause Belal won't be able to improve his striking that much to beat Leon so he definitely is going to try and grapple to take rounds off, Belal has alot to work on to put a game plan together especially if he can't grapple and hold Leon down
I think we are underestimating Leon’s wrestling, he ragdolled Colby for one small portion of their fight and no one ever did that before. He literally went out there and said, I’m more than just a striker.
Funny how Usman is subtly questioning Leon’s ability to go 5 rounds, when he headkicked him into history in the fifth round and went full 5 rounds two other times with him 😂
The reason Leon hasn't fought is they wanted him to headline the UFC Manchester PPV Card, surely that's pretty obvious Leon isn't saying no, especially with Dana saying 3 people turned him down
The guy was offered 3 Muslims in Ramadan. UFC knew what they were doing. Their job is to offer fights, they fulfilled their obligation while ensuring those fights wouldn't happen.
Kamaru Usman is one of the greatest fighters in the lightweight division to ever do it.Give that man his respect.He beat everyone of note in that division handily..BMF
"don't let him bully you son" that was hilarious 😂 i always knew kamaru's potential to be a great comedian, he should have used it much more in pressers during his active days in ufc
I'm sorry, but I call BS on Leon holding up the division. Every report I've read on him post Colby fight, he has been saying yes to EVERYBODY. The only two holding up the division are Belal, because as you said he won't fight anyone but Leon, and the other is Khamzat because UFC keeps trying to get him to fight Leon, and he keeps ducking Leon. Ultimately though I hope Leon beats Belal, but no matter who wins that fight, they're PROBABLY going to have to fight Shavkat next and my money's always on Shavkat.
These low IQ babblers don't know, don't care... that the last few years --- since 2021 --- Leon has said YES to Islam once, Shavkat once, Khamzat 4 times, Belal twice, Nate once, Usman twice, and Colby twice, Masvidal once... It's ZERO his fault that carrying through with these names only HALF or of those fight, of fighters.... came to fruition. It's either the UFC's fault, sickness, or the other guy not fighting, due to timing or holidays/holiday rituals. Sorry, it is ONE TIME his fault, due to Covid: in his first scheduled fight against Khamzat, Leon got Covid. The 2nd time with Khamzat, the latter got Covid; the third time, Khamzat was throwing up blood, so he quit MMA for 2 months. The FOURTH proposition to have Leon and Khamzat fight was 2 months ago, when Khamzat and Islam and Shavkat all turned down Leon for UFC 300.
Leon won in August of 2022, then fought March and December of last year, and is now fighting in July. Somewhat active but should have fought more. The WW has been stagnant for a while now.
@@nicholascoob1350 one of those was against washed up masvidal who didnt even remotely deserve the fight. there is no washed up masvidal to edwards to fight
@Jadenthegoat1 you should tell your parents not blurt it out on random RUclips comment sections, there's a time and place... Good luck, I'm sure they'll be understanding 🙏
Clearly usman didn’t hear Dana when he said that there was 3 fighters that turned down leon, and he fought in December. Belal is the one that hasn’t fought in what makes over a year by the time they fight
As much as I appreciate Usmans take. Leon has ascended almost like Charles ever since he has got the belt his confidence in his abilities have become apparent. Belal hasnt had tough fights of lately timing and luck of injury has played a huge role the biggest test will be for Belal.
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Usman was one of the most legit champs, and wasn't appreciated as much during his reign
what? he's feared and very respected in his prime!
@@WaterDofungonah during his reign ppl were disrespecting him and was calling him a epo user and a cheater.
@@LoneWolfe_XXalways there is some toxic fans but the majority where calling him P4P
@@babahadjimohamed9339 Not true at all. You missed an episode.
@@babahadjimohamed9339 yea during the time he lost to Leon Edwards and that’s when these fake mma fans wanted to give him his flowers but when he was in top, they were disrespectful
I miss the Usman days, we were constantly fed
Leon fights once a year and his boring as shit
@@camron8839 fought twice last year
@@camron88392-1 cope us man fanboy
I get you 100% cause Usman was a very active champion. With that said, this isn’t on Leon. It’s Dana’s fault he held up WW to give Colby and undeserved title shot and he called 3 opponents for UFC 300 and all of them turned Leon down due to Ramadan.
@camron8839 You blame Leon? You think he can just randomly fight or does he have to wait until the UFC offers him a fight?
“ cmon Leon don’t let him bully you son “ 💀💀💀
perfect
Perfect impersonation
I laughed and came to read comments right after that😂
And that outcome was what made Leon Leon
😭😭
“How” 😂 Kamaru funny asf for that one .
Hes right to react like that, Leon doesn’t deserve a top 3 spot in Pound per pound rankings
@@gabriellopez3403 yeah I’m not disagreeing with anything just funny to see his real reaction . He was like WTF 🤔 ahaha
Same as he said who to colby😂
@@Rfakun-gk6gt you got a time stamp I haven’t finished watching it aha
@@gabriellopez3403stfu 😂😂😂 Can u please mention his win streak .
Usmam is starting to look like the black cop from Dexter
Put respect on Doakes name
*Sergeant Doakes
'you gettin a goddam hard on there, henry'
Yooooo
He looks NOTHING like him. That dude looks more like Ving Rhames.
Truthfully. I was never a big usman fan but hearing him speak and just the person he is has made me come to like him. I respect everything he’s done and thank you for blessing us with you voice and opinion. alhamdulillah
Nah fr I remember watching one of his earlier snooze fest fights and hated him now he’s one of my favorite fighters suprisingly hunble
Agreed. I feel like he is more relaxed now and comes across a lot cooler. Much cooler than ghost story teller Kamaru
@@Runitup2kyeah I agree. Now that he’s fallen off he’s gone full humble. He was the most arrogant prick I’d ever seen in my life and all of a sudden Dana stops giving him fights and his confidence has shot all the way down
Leon has only had wrestlers last few fights he’s so ready for this fight.
Leon is actually getting a full title reign to milk the UK for cash and then shavkat probably chins him.
And better wrestlers than Belal
lol Colby is trash Leon hasn’t seen any of the top 5
@ahmedegal6808 You do realise that he beat Usman ... the literal GOAT of the division .. twice .. right?
@@thebiglebrowski3695 You do realise the literal GOAT of the division is GSP?
Huge respect to Usman for giving Edwards the props he did 🙏🏽
“He’s number 2? HOW?… I didn’t mean to sound like that🤥😂”
Who give him pfp #2?
@@nwokahe was 1 at one point
@@nwokaHe is #3. Jones is 2.
It’s true lmao. Leon’s fights are shit
Why you guys care so much about pfp
Talking about lay offs to CCC 😂
Comment of the month
@danielbelcabretirement doesn't exist in Cejudo's dictionary tho
Usman, I think you would do really well to 185 lbs. You have nothing left to prove at 170. Try and get that second belt
Fr I would love him to fight Brendan Allen
Nah bro that’s a terrible idea
Kamaru did well in 170, but in 185, man different strength and skills like Costa, whittaker, jared, and many others, but I can still see kamaru being a champ in 170 if he fixes his knees and prepare to fight everyone like he fought with tyrone woodley
I agree every matchup at 185 is a complete banger for usman, they should give him strickland and if he gets a finish, fight for the MW belt
@@Atifa.kthose knees are shot partner he probably would’ve fixed them by now if he could
Leon literally accepted 4 fights that we know of, at UFC 300.
And he has been constantly asking for belal behind the scenes he wants to fight and all these people saying he’s an inactive champ like when he defended kamaru,they booked the rematch and kamaru needed time after being hit hard,then for Covington he had legal shit he needed to take care of and ufc wasn’t giving him answers then for 300 ppl say it was only because it was during Ramadan like tf there’s no argument there that doesn’t make sense at all
Yeah I think hating Edwards for this 170 title situation is dumb af
He cruised through Colby he beat Usman twice he’s in a position where he can call the shots surely?? These are the same fans who think Jon shouldn’t be stripped lmao it all depends on who you are
Exactly, the UFC tells fighters who their next opponent is and they can’t choose. Unless the rare exception like Conor I assume but 99% ufc champions can’t pick n choose their next fight
I think it was a matter of the UFC wanting to give Belal the fight, obviously its already been announced. I feel the UFC maybe wanted to see if there was other options that they could have. Thats only speculation and im not %100 sure.
Because he knew Muslim fighters won't fight in Ramadan. Haha
*You know* Leon isn't saying no to people. Dana himself has said that they've offered Leon multiple people and he's said *_yes_* to each one. And Dana isn't shy about outing fighters that say no.
Dana also lies his ass off. Maybe this is true, but you literally can't trust anything the man says.
We know Dan's to be a liar😂
Who are the multiple people who makes sense for a title fight beside Belal?
Shavkat rakhmonov beat Wonderboy who got beat by Belal not that long ago. They’re isn’t any justification for a rakhmonov fighting for a title. Colby already lost to the champion. Usman moved up in weight and his last 2 losses are in both weight divisions, can’t fight for a title coming off from a loss when you got fighters on a WINNING STREAK.
JDM beat burns, same thing with Shavkat, Belal has a win over him before him.
In conclusion who are the “ MULTIPLE PEOPLE” you are repeating after Dana white who got offered in your POV??
There ain’t one buddy
@@1D.JFanMmaIslam, Khamzat and shavkat. It’s been spoke about in so many interviews. Dana himself said that Leon has never turned down a fight in his whole ufc career. Nobody wants to fight him because he’s just too good.
@@caseybyrne1869Shavkat said no one talked to him about fighting leon
Yo Usman, you’ve been my favorite fighter for a while now, but ever since I started listening to your podcast I love your personality too. You balance objectivity and subjectivity really well and don’t try too hard to rile up the audience or be too PC, you’re just your self.
Cejudo shocks me with how terrible his analysis is every episode, acting like leon needs to make some giant adjustment for belal and wrestling when leon just fought usman x2 and colby 😂😂
He's biased against fighters like leon
@@beanstalker2123 cejudo always biased 😂
I'm saying tho! He's been terrible for years
That midget has always had a problem with Leon for no apparent reason, guy has pretty much picked against Leon in his last three fights and is now picking against him again against Belal. Even though its stylistically pretty much the same matchup.
@fuzzywuzzy0549 lol no he wasn’t. He couldnt figure max out the whole first round
Usman can be funny but hes a real man who isn't emotionally weak like allot of these people in the world, good podcast
Facts!!
Henry can never filter his bias. You can always tell who he likes is buddy with etc..
Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo on a Podcast together?? Definitely The Duo We never knew We Needed !!!
Live Marty Usman reaction face
Leon Edwards vs Belal Muhammad should be a good match up, I got Leon winning, he was dominating the fight between them back in 2021. Leon has improved even more now.
Hope you didn’t bet.
I wish I knew Kamaru like I do now when he was fighting. Totally get that he didn't have the time but I would've routed for him way more than I did. He's good dude!
Agree he is a really good dude and when he talks you can tell he’s a smart guy.
Why are we not talking about the fact Leon has been preparing for this wrestling pressure style for 3 years now.. Usman, Colby and now Belal. This isn't new to him, arguably Belal is the worst at this style out of all three. Headshot for Leon.
This aged terribly.
@@moesawad MMA as unpredictable as always! Fair play to Belal! Didn’t see him coming that correct
I really like kamaru at 185, every matchup is a complete banger. they should give him strickland and if he gets a finish, fight for the MW belt
little known fact he actually already fought Strickland and won lol
@@ImJusWatchingHe beat an unranked Strickland that was in the wrong weight class.
@@Triumphantchildhe stilll has 0 wrestling😂😂
I like it! 💪
@@ImJusWatching And even currently usmans style is a nightmare for sean, kamarus striking is phenomenal these days. Id say driscus would be in alot of trouble too
Kamara Usman is so real. Don’t know if he’s going to fight again but man is he fun to listen too.
Leon hurt Belal bad with a headlock in the first. That round couldn’t have been more decisive
Leon literally rocked Belal round 1 and Usman saying it wasnt 'convincing' lol,
Man beat the brakes out of Belal for 1 round lol
fr Belal wasnt winning that fight at all. Idek why he acting like not getting eyepoked & continuing would've made a difference lol
In that case all UFC fights should be 1 round only 😂 cuz clearly winning round 1 makes you the winner. In his second fight with Usman he was getting dominated till that head kick in the final round so your logic doesn’t make sense… comebacks happen in fights all the time
Belal also took that fight on like 2 weeks notice, where he just had a fight a week prior
Belal gonna get the belt. Champ Inshallah
the word for Leon is SHARP ...
People already forgetting Usman Lapped the division twice ! One of the goats in his time
Belal Muhammad said himself he’s not a wrestler and I dont see him outstriking someone like leon
He will make the fight dirty, like he did with Burns and Brady. I as a Belal fan didn’t see clear paths to victory by striking with those two, but he used the mental aspect of the game (strategy and mental strength) to dominate both despite them having on paper better skills and talent.
GSP was never the best at anything, He was the GOAT at mixing it up though.
Belal and his team are pretty good at game planning, it’ll be an interesting match up
@@Hasman323 very, and Belal doesn’t get recognized for his mental toughness. Belal practically won those fights against by out toughing(defending well, putting pace and pressure on them, taking the strikes they landed and walking through them, throwing high volume, basically being more active and aggressive the whole fight)Brady and Burns even though there really wasn’t a simple answer like against guys like Maia or wonderboy( make Maia strike, make wonderboy grapple). It’s easy to game plan and execute like that because there’s a huge margin for error but against guys with no major weaknesses for Belal to capitalize on, he has to make it a mental battle and he’s shown that before as well as Leon has shown the tendency to rely and lean his skillset and technical ability and get complacent during the course of the fight ( Diaz, Usman 2nd fight until the end) His coaches knew this, that’s why they said the famous tagline “don’t let him bully you” basically don’t let him dictate and do what he wants.
Burns was injured in that fight. Without that Burns beats Belal.
P4P is such a joke now adays. Has way more to do with clout than ever before.
Kamaru had to lap the division twice to even be like Top 5😂
Tbf only Islam, Leon, and Pantoja have 2 or more title defenses than any other champion. O'Malley and Poatan only have 1 title defense and Ilia and DDP have no title defenses. That's why Leon is so high. He did beat Usman twice That's better than anything any other champion has done other than Islam
@@thenedsmmachannel8970 in how many years?
Pantoja is still active and Alex is super active Leon and Islam 🤨🤨
@@thenedsmmachannel8970 Pantoja doesn't count dude ducked the rightful contenders, called out #10 and almost got his butt kicked still
@footgoal1800 I'm not saying I agree with it... but it make sense why when other champions are where they're at. Pantoja arguably lost to erceg
@Redery001 which rightful contender is that btw... cause he's beat both Brandon's twice and Kape. Amir and KKF is still injured too.
This is a crazy and exciting era of the ufc, i would really love to see Usman, izzy and Volk regain their title, a tough goal but if one of them pulls it off theyl be top 3 🐐
It'd be more exciting if the champs weren't ducking contenders in every division.
@@brandon7733only jones is tbh
@@brandon7733 this chasing double-champ status sh*t needs to stop, it literally kills divisions and leaves them in limbo
Leon has to be the one to make adjustments ??? Hmmm I think the champ has enough tools, Bella has to make more adjustments if he is forced to strike.
Love Kamaru Usman, but every time he says "don't let him bully you, son" it makes him look so salty and weak minded.
Kamaru did great in that fight by acting a bully, but honestly being a bully doesn't win fights against real scrappers like Leon Edwards.
Kamaru, you're a great fighter, bro, acting like because you could bully someone for awhile in a fight doesn't make you look tough or anything positive.
It just shows the other man slayed a bully.
Meditate and learn and grow my friend.
Love and peace, amen.
God bless.
Every wrestler Leon fights he has to make adjustments.. so what are you suggesting here Henry? After 3 fight camps in a row against wrestlers.. Belal is even better than Kamaru and Colby wrestling wise?
They got something against Leon, FO SHO!
Belal will try to bully Leon like Usman by staying on him on the feet and trying to make the fight grueling and dirty where it becomes more of a mental war than a one between skillsets. Seen him do it against Gilbert and Sean Brady
@@YusufRawlinsonleon will piece him up like the 1st round of their previous fight.
@YusufRawlinson I don't understand why you're repeating the same thing on every comment? Do you think Brady and a ome armed, injured Burns are in the same level as Usman? Do you think Belal is on Usman's level? Do you think Leon hasn't seen Belal's style over and over? Belal was rocked by Leon in their 1st fight, in round 1. Belal can try.
@@MorAodhan bro is muslim so he'll 100% back belal.
Never got the hate for Usman. Always up for a fight. Always prepared. Always class in the W or L column. Definitely an under-appreciated star.
“Don’t let him bully you son” from the seveth layer of hair
Henry it's Belal not Leon who needs to make more adjustments. Leon just fought 2 heavy wrestlers/grapplers in 3 consecutive fights & came out on top. During those training camps & prep, his wrestling/grappling has gotten better both defensively & offensively. On the feet, Leon is the better striker & on the ground Leon is benefiting from fighting Belal right after Usman & Colby. Belal needs to make more adjustments & surprise Leon, with some unexpected things.
Right?!!!
Henry still taking like better wrestling credentials = better fighter.
True Kamaru didnt hold up the division. He always fought. HE WAS AN ACTIVE CHAMPION.
Hey Champ, maybe you missed the part where Dana was praising Leon for accepting all 3 fights he was offered for UFC 300. Hes been trying to get in there
Maybe you need to realize it's easy to say yes to fight muslim fighters during Ramadan knowing they won't fight 😂
@salman13 Ramadan was over by the time 300 came about, and everyone of them train during Ramadan so it really doesnt matter because thats on them if there not willing to fight on the BIGGEST fight card in UFC history. Also my point is still valid because Leon said yes to whoever was offered
@@jdizzlethepunisher5892
When was 300 and what was the last day of Ramadan? Let's see if you're half as intelligent as you think you are.
@salman13 Ramadan ended April 9th and 300 was the 13th lol, does that make my point clear enough? Dont know why your trying to start an argument, unless you just hate Leon
@@jdizzlethepunisher5892
And you think 4 days is enough for taking a fight?
Training while fasting isn't the same...you know this right?
The fact you replied tells me your parents were more disappointed than not, when the grades came in.
Belal is gonna get that belt, prepare yourself
Usman hate for Leon is wild. Saying he isn’t sure if Leon is turning down fights and they are holding the division up when Dana came out and said 3 people turned down the Leon fight for 300. Must still be dazed from that head kick
Facts 😂😂😂😂
The guys bitter
Dude you know they can't do it at 300 stop the cap
@@hanakuso1999 who the fuck is this guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂 a month later bro. Move along
Watch the whole video. He literally praises him dude.
I understand that belal offers a different wrestling style,however one thing you guys didn’t mention is that in Leon’s last 3 fights has been training for wrestlers so I feel he will have a more fresh understanding of his wrestling skills and defensive I do believe now is the wrong time to fight Leon because of this reason. If Leon had been training for other strikers I would be more worried for Leon but considering he has had wrestling heavy camps Leon will get the win
love your analasys guys. It weighs different.
Usman is pissed Belal walked through Leon who he couldn't wrestle
Usman so jacked.
Loooooool wild comment
Dana said Leon excepted 3 fights and everyone pulled out . He hasn’t choose to sit out . Dana said he signed 3 different contracts and they all pulled out
Leon has said yes to everyone he beat colby then said yes to shavkat , khamzat and Islam for ufc they said no not him
Of course he would say yes, knowing Islam, khamzah & shavkat definitely won't be fighting while observing Ramadhan.
@ar.saifulghani3158 no he said yes cos he believes he's the best in the world
@@ar.saifulghani3158it’s also not his fault that they were in Ramadan, and the ufc didn’t offer belal because they believed belal to be too boring to headline ufc 300. If not belal who else do you offer leon during that time with shavkat also out?
@@bryang.h8523dumbest building up ever
Belal is incredibly underrated, and people are overrating Leon’s finishing ability. Belal isn’t the same fighter from the first time they’ve fought, anyone’s who’s kept up with Belals fights would see the massive improvements he made. Leon most likely wins but it’s gonna be a shitty point kick boxing decision, or belal by decision. we’re gonna be stuck with a boring champ regardless. I just pray Leon wins not cuz I hate belal but because if belal wins they’re definitely giving Leon the rematch and that’s gonna be 2 awful paper views
Usman hating on Leon like crazy😂💔
Come on bruh! Dana said on record that Leon said yes to 3 ppl and all those 3 opponents has rejected the offers to fight Leon. So please Usman with all the respect in the world,don’t hate on Leon man! Just give this man the respect he deserves!
Huge fan of all you guys man!
Thank you for making this sport amazing Usman and CCC ❤️💪
He isn’t hating. Some of you guys don’t know the definition of hating. Can a a fighter not point out areas of weaknesses of another fighter? If these dudes were as careless as y’all seem to want them to be they probably wouldn’t have been Champions.
I don't think Usman. He is a very evolved , matured and realist.
Belal vs Usman would have been a good fight. Two great wrestlers
Team Belal.
Embarrassing
@@joestr8848 casual
@@Psyche_MMA you could’ve been anything in life but you decided to be a belal fanboy
@@joestr8848 😂🤍💪🏿😎
@@joestr8848cope.
Usman by far one of the best fighters all of his fights was entertaining and he always improved.
Imagine belal actually wins😂😩
Bro I think he would win
@@محمد-ط1ك4ح its not impossible, if it happens its gonna be the biggest mixup in history
@@eljay2224it's gonna be fucked up, and I'd love it
Imagine
Dana retires if Belal wins 🤣
Alhamdulillah. Insya Allah And New Belal Muhammad #UFC304
Leon would have fought his first 3 defences faster than Usman did.
He was injured
Lets go Belal!!! Future champ!
Naa, Leon was piecing Belal up that first fight,it was a masterclass
For how many minutes of the very first round? Usman dominated Leon for good five rounds until the last minute leon landed a lucky head kick. Surely you wouldn't want to say how leon was dominated in that fight because it won't suit your own hypocrisy.
@@shehuarc2964
Dafuq is this guy?
I'm an Usman fan, of course he was beating Leon's a#*...what r u on about
@@shehuarc2964Your post has 0 to do with Belal vs Edwards. That fight was only 2 rounds, until it ended prematurely. Edwards would have just continued to dominate, that would be the most likely outcome that night. And I remember Leon winning the first round in their rematch, so Usman didn’t really dominate anything until about round 3. And when they rematched a 3rd time under regular elevation levels, Usman got worked.
@@shehuarc2964Leon won the first round during his second fight against Usman and the fifth round was close even before that head kick, lmao. Go rewatch the fight.
Fot those of you saying Leon won the third fight. Why do you ignore the fact that he cheated throughout the whole fight?
3:32 Triple C was glitchin out 😂
Sean Strickland vs Kamaru Usman 2, run it
Sean is never accepting that 😂
@@SouthDraftCorp sean would win
@@SouthDraftCorpSean would mop the floor with Usman. He couldn’t even beat Leon in their trilogy.
@@Triumphantchild
Sean is sloppy asf he ain't beating usman
@@SouthDraftCorp he's literally gonna get the shot after beating costa why tf would he accept it
When will Usman fight and hopefully win again? I kinda miss him in the Octagon during his long layoffs…
To be fair Usman, Edwards was actively calling for a quick turnaround at UFC 300 and that didn't happen for some reason, so kinda goes against the theory that he didn't want to fight
He publicly said he doesn't deserve it
Leon is a puss who fight once a year and when he does it’s a snooze fest
UFC 300 was just few months ago. Edwards had only nine fights since 2019. Usman had 12.
@swalihmm So they are equally active considering Leon was out for 2 years and had to wait another year to fight Usman who was Injured
@@swalihmmI like how you conveniently omitted the fact that Leon was gone for 2 years due to the pandemic and several of his fights got canceled, lmao.
Honestly i miss usman as champ. It was like an execution each fight by the nightmare. Always active giving brutal knockouts. I miss prime usman
Leon said yes to fight Shavkat, Khamzat, and Islam at 300 but they all said no due to Ramadan. Not Leon’s fault he hasn’t fought. Plus it’s only been since December
Almost like he knew they would say no
@@jmz2144 what’s he supposed to do? 😂😂😂 he can’t control who Dana offers him. Almost like he isn’t scared to fight those guys lmfao
@@mpeters99Edwards only had nine fights since 2018. That is just over one fight a year.
@@swalihmm and how many canceled fights did he have where his opponent pulled out ? When he fights Belal that will be 4 fights in less than 2 years
5:36 the lazy left kick 😂😂
"Leon having to make the adjustments and Belal with the Dagestani wrestling", Henry talks absolute nonsense sometimes, Leon is more naturally gifted and especially in the stand up, how does he have to make more adjustments than Belal lol, while belals wrestling has improved, it's nowhere near the Dagestanis lol, Leon has to just focus on been motivated and working on the takedown defense cause Belal won't be able to improve his striking that much to beat Leon so he definitely is going to try and grapple to take rounds off, Belal has alot to work on to put a game plan together especially if he can't grapple and hold Leon down
Henry is so fnk biased towards whoever has wrestling background and even more if it is college wrestling, his predictions are so predictable.
Dana already gave praise to Leon. He said he hasnt denied any fight offered to him
Usman , when are you fighting next?
Thats hilarious right after the fight I was thinking of usmans reaction lol
I think we are underestimating Leon’s wrestling, he ragdolled Colby for one small portion of their fight and no one ever did that before. He literally went out there and said, I’m more than just a striker.
exactly
Leon’s last 3 training camps were wrestling focused - he’ll be fine as long as a doesn’t dip during the fight
Funny how Usman is subtly questioning Leon’s ability to go 5 rounds, when he headkicked him into history in the fifth round and went full 5 rounds two other times with him 😂
Usman there’s a difference to new boxers that just started fighting every week to pad their records compared to champions
You forget Usman was a champion and knows what he's saying
Does he? He talked a lot of shit in this video and was very biased in my opinion 🤣🤣 still can't take the L against Leon @@isojeuba
The reason Leon hasn't fought is they wanted him to headline the UFC Manchester PPV Card, surely that's pretty obvious Leon isn't saying no, especially with Dana saying 3 people turned him down
Boxers don't fight every month, Kamaru lol.
Amateur boxers.
Amateurs fight every week
They fight once in year or once in 2 ,3 years
usman you are such a well-rounded speaker and champion.. U finish colby career .. he got famous and cocky lost his pace UR THE man ..
Leon edwards wanted to fight on ufc 300 but all the opponents said no
Yeah, these two just are just bias. They are all under Ali
The guy was offered 3 Muslims in Ramadan. UFC knew what they were doing. Their job is to offer fights, they fulfilled their obligation while ensuring those fights wouldn't happen.
@@tsunax1400 Yh ik but that’s not leon’s fault,silly reason for people calling leon inactive for that
Wtf hahahsha@@MysticMarble
Usman is Definetely one of the greats of MMA. I don't think anyone can deny that. Watching him smash Colby was great entertainment :)
'how does he do in round 3-4-5' Kamaru you should remember
note that he said 3-4 because he knew you would bring that up 😂
Kamaru Usman is one of the greatest fighters in the lightweight division to ever do it.Give that man his respect.He beat everyone of note in that division handily..BMF
"don't let him bully you son" that was hilarious 😂 i always knew kamaru's potential to be a great comedian, he should have used it much more in pressers during his active days in ufc
I still dont think leon won that third fight. Usman backed him up the entire fight.
50/50 could go either way
He clearly won
One judge scored it a draw and me too.
Absolutely no way bro Leon kicked his ass with all due respect to one of the greatest welterweights.
Only a draw because they took a point @@DanaBlackp4p
I'm sorry, but I call BS on Leon holding up the division. Every report I've read on him post Colby fight, he has been saying yes to EVERYBODY. The only two holding up the division are Belal, because as you said he won't fight anyone but Leon, and the other is Khamzat because UFC keeps trying to get him to fight Leon, and he keeps ducking Leon.
Ultimately though I hope Leon beats Belal, but no matter who wins that fight, they're PROBABLY going to have to fight Shavkat next and my money's always on Shavkat.
These low IQ babblers don't know, don't care... that the last few years --- since 2021 --- Leon has said YES to Islam once, Shavkat once, Khamzat 4 times, Belal twice, Nate once, Usman twice, and Colby twice, Masvidal once...
It's ZERO his fault that carrying through with these names only HALF or of those fight, of fighters.... came to fruition. It's either the UFC's fault, sickness, or the other guy not fighting, due to timing or holidays/holiday rituals.
Sorry, it is ONE TIME his fault, due to Covid: in his first scheduled fight against Khamzat, Leon got Covid. The 2nd time with Khamzat, the latter got Covid; the third time, Khamzat was throwing up blood, so he quit MMA for 2 months.
The FOURTH proposition to have Leon and Khamzat fight was 2 months ago, when Khamzat and Islam and Shavkat all turned down Leon for UFC 300.
Its Belal time. Ensha'Allah
Love these guys. Legends
Leon is the man
I don't know anyone who questioned Usman v Edwards 3 besides Usman lmao
Rooting for Bilal, but Leon IS a Problem and Bilal is getting Up there in age
The thumbnail is everything
😂
kamaru forgetting that he won the belt in march, defended in december then july then february
Leon won in August of 2022, then fought March and December of last year, and is now fighting in July. Somewhat active but should have fought more. The WW has been stagnant for a while now.
Actually Usman had 3 defences in 1 year, that's really impressive as a champion.
@@nicholascoob1350 one of those was against washed up masvidal who didnt even remotely deserve the fight. there is no washed up masvidal to edwards to fight
@@nicholascoob1350Remind us, who did Usman defend his belt against? Oh that’s right. Bums like Colby and Masvidal, lmao.
@@Triumphantchild If Colby and Usman are bums what does that make Leon?
Usmans analyse of the second Usman - Leon fight ❤. Gotta respect Usman.
We all owe kamaru an apology. I rooted for leon, now look how stagnant this ww division is
Nah leave Leon smoke bel then do Liam shavkat which will be a sick fight
Kamaru usman praying on Leon’s down fall 😂 8:35 it’s the only way so he can return
He tried acting like jamahal hill so bad 😂
Left head kick
Gay
Hail marry
@Jadenthegoat1 you should tell your parents not blurt it out on random RUclips comment sections, there's a time and place... Good luck, I'm sure they'll be understanding 🙏
You actually deserve one
@@eddie...2005 👍
Clearly usman didn’t hear Dana when he said that there was 3 fighters that turned down leon, and he fought in December.
Belal is the one that hasn’t fought in what makes over a year by the time they fight
Cause Belal is the only contender for a title shot lol. He's waiting for what he deserves
As much as I appreciate Usmans take. Leon has ascended almost like Charles ever since he has got the belt his confidence in his abilities have become apparent. Belal hasnt had tough fights of lately timing and luck of injury has played a huge role the biggest test will be for Belal.
Usman is my guy i can’t wait for the return
Usman defended his title against 3 people. Such a goat..
I mean Leon being #2 makes sense when you look at the current landscape of champs.
0:45 absolute gold
What "adjustments" does Leon need to make? His last 3 fights were against Colby and Usman (x2) and they're both way above Balal in wrestling level.