July 31, 2024 11: 20 am ET
Belal Muhammad is the brand-new UFC welterweight champ, something the oddsmakers didn’t see coming. But possibly what’s most unexpected is how he got it done.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) pulled off the disturbed by taking the UFC welterweight belt from Leon Edwards this past Saturday in the primary occasion of UFC 304 in Manchester, England. He did so by out grappling Edwards (22-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC), however likewise out striking him – which left lotsof in wonder.
Before the occasion, Muhammad and particularly his boxing coach Horacio Gutierrez got a lot of heat for some vibrant claims. In the veryfirst UFC Embedded episode for UFC 304, Gutierrez stated they had enhanced Muhammad’s boxing and gotten him a Mexican design comparable to the famous Canelo Alvarez and Juan Manuel Marquez.
“We went viral,” Gutierrez informed MMA Junkie in Spanish. “The minute that clip came out on UFC’s Embedded, we went viral for that remark. Like you stated, noone thought us that Belal might beat Leon Edwards with his hands. Leon Edwards is one of the finest, if not the finest striker in the department, and yet I stated that with all the self-confidence.
“I was sure of what I was stating since of the work we put in. I saw Belal’s hands and how he worked on them every single day, how he was landing,