Media Israel Adesanya thinks Leon Edwards ‘finishes’ Belal Muhammad

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Israel Adesanya thinks Leon Edwards ‘finishes’ Belal Muhammad at UFC 304: ‘This seems like a bad match for Belal’

Israel Adesanya expects Leon Edwards to not only leave UFC 304 with the welterweight title, he sees the champion finishing Belal Muhammad.

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“Belal’s got pressure, man,” Adesanya said on his YouTube channel. “It just seems like he’s able to get to people and put his will on them.

“But I’ll tell you one thing, Leon just seems like he’s on a f*cking massacre right now. He’s on a run. ... Leon might finish him. I think Leon finishes this fight.”

“I’m trying to see how Belal can win this fight,” Adesanya said. “To get to Leon with wrestling, he has good distance, good weapons to make sure you don’t want to get close. If you get close, it doesn’t mean you’re safe because he can take you down, too.

“This seems like a bad match for Belal. I’m not hating on Belal or anything, I’m just trying to see what’s his path to victory in this. Striking, Leon’s got it. Grappling, you want to lean towards Belal, but Leon is right up there. It’s Leon’s fight to win, it’s Leon’s fight to lose.”

 

[Leinster Rugby]

I'm going with Leon too but Im not sure about him getting the finish. No disrespect to Belal.

 

[kingmob6]

Belal will finish Leon then will come after Izzy himself as retribution for these words.

 

[Domitian]

I doubt he finishes him. He'll probably lose a round or two as well. Leon 48-47

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

I doubt he finishes him. He'll probably lose a round or two as well. Leon 48-47

My recollection tells me that Leon was lighting Belal up, prior to the crying eye poke. (Never seen a man cried out loud, or that lamely, as Belal cried when eye-poked.)

Leon is too fast into slick for accrued dumbass like Belal.

I admire Belal's attempt to train with the Dagestanis, but he is not cut from the same cloth.

Easy Leon 5-0 points decision, or eventual KO.

I don't think Belal will have any "moments" in this fight.

 

[humdizzle]

that means belal is going to win

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

* cry out loud
* and too slick

 

[Domitian]

My recollection tells me that Leon was lighting Belal up, prior to the crying eye poke. (Never seen a man cried out loud, or that lamely, as Belal cried when eye-poked.)

Leon is too fast into slick for accrued dumbass like Belal.

I admire Belal's attempt to train with the Dagestanis, but he is not cut from the same cloth.

Easy Leon 5-0 points decision, or eventual KO.

I don't think Belal will have any "moments" in this fight.

I think Belal is going to come in with a grappling heavy gameplan. That's Leon's weakness and Belal's best chance to win. Belal said he got advice from Khabib and his gameplan from him so I'm expecting grappling. A lot of it.

 

[Edward Henry Greb]

I think Belal is going to come in with a grappling heavy gameplan. That's Leon's weakness and Belal's best chance to win. Belal said he got advice from Khabib and his gameplan from him so I'm expecting grappling. A lot of it.

Advice from Khabib is not being Khabib.

 

[Captain Insano]

Bad style matchup for Belal.

Its going to look like the Colby fight imo.

Belal and Colby have very similar styles.

And everyone is acting like Leon didn't backpack Kamaru a time or too, he has underrated grappling.

 

[Domitian]

Advice from Khabib is not being Khabib.

Alright but like you said, Leon was lighting him up last time. Belal would be dumb to come in striking. Belal actually does have decent wrestling.

 

[Domitian]

Bad style matchup for Belal.

Its going to look like the Colby fight imo.

Belal and Colby have very similar styles.

And everyone is acting like Leon didn't backpack Kamaru a time or too, he has underrated grappling.

Leon is a great fighter and a bad matchup for lots of fighters. But if Belal wants to win he's going to have to come in trying to grapple Leon because Belal in his prime 3 years ago was getting lit up in the striking. He's 36 he has to wrestle to have a chance.

 

[Motivated BJ Penn]

Bad style matchup for Belal.

Its going to look like the Colby fight imo.

Belal and Colby have very similar styles.

And everyone is acting like Leon didn't backpack Kamaru a time or too, he has underrated grappling.

I hope Bilal will go for it like in the Brady fight... He must know this is the only TS he will ever get in his lifetime, he doesnt have Dana White priviledge like Cobly

 

[The Siege]

that means belal is going to win

I was going to say, while Leon might finish Belal, I wouldn't take betting advice or predictions from Izzy lol his picks have been horrible and biased due to his relationships to competing fighters.

 

[jitzmonkey]

Not sure who the other guy is; but Edwards has <25% finishing rate in the UFC across 16 bouts.

While I'm not familiar with the B side, if he has earned a title shot I'd assume that his defense is adequate to carry him through five rounds.

 

[jko1355]

I have never seen Israel pick a non black fighter if a black fighter is fighting... just saying

 

[jko1355]

I hope Bilal will go for it like in the Brady fight... He must know this is the only TS he will ever get in his lifetime, he doesnt have Dana White priviledge like Cobly

Think his name is Belely... and he was losing against Brady until he got 1 good over hand right and swarmed.... doubt that will work but we will see.

 

[OldBoy91]

I have never seen Israel pick a non black fighter if a black fighter is fighting... just saying

He picked Aspinall over Blaydes on the same card lmao.

 

[Copper Burner]

Belal will make this fight gritty. Leon is too soft for the fight that Belal will bring.

Belal tears Leon up.

 

[ryun253]

Belal will make this fight gritty. Leon is too soft for the fight that Belal will bring.

Belal tears Leon up.

Belal is literally a carbon copy of Kamaru & Cody, same bullshit crotch sniffing shit and try to stall against the cage