UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad has provided a play-by-play of what happened when he appeared on Kamaru Usman’s podcast.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) appeared on Usman’s “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo, but the episode was never released. That’s because the pair allegedly got into a physical confrontation, which required Cejudo to intervene. Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) recently said that things between him and Muhammad are at a point where security would be needed if they were in the same place.
Both fighters remained fairly mum about what exactly happened, but Muhammad has decided to reveal what he said to cause the heated moment.
“We were on his podcast, and Henry Cejudo was like, ‘How does it feel to be champion? You’re at the top now.’ And I said it feels good right now because everybody wants to listen to you, everybody thinks you’re the champ,” Muhammad said on the “Full Send Podcast.” “Usman’s like, ‘I was the champ, too.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, but you’re not the champ anymore.’ And then he just couldn’t let it go. He’s like, ‘But I’m right there.’
“I’m like, ‘No, bro, you’re on a three-fight losing streak.’ He’s like, ‘I still had the belt.’ I’m the champion now, and he just couldn’t give me my props. Then he was like, ‘Anything you do, I do better than you.’ And then I was like, ‘But you didn’t take the head kick better than me.’ And I think that just triggered him. He was like, ‘I don’t play these games, man. It’s on sight when people talk like that.’ On sight? We’re right in front of each other.”
Muhammad makes his first title defense against Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 315 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at Bell Centre in Montreal.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Belal Muhammad reveals what triggered Kamaru Usman podcast altercation
UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad has provided a play-by-play of what happened when he appeared on Kamaru Usman’s podcast.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) appeared on Usman’s “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo, but the episode was never released. That’s because the pair allegedly got into a physical confrontation, which required Cejudo to intervene. Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) recently said that things between him and Muhammad are at a point where security would be needed if they were in the same place.
Both fighters remained fairly mum about what exactly happened, but Muhammad has decided to reveal what he said to cause the heated moment.
“We were on his podcast, and Henry Cejudo was like, ‘How does it feel to be champion? You’re at the top now.’ And I said it feels good right now because everybody wants to listen to you, everybody thinks you’re the champ,” Muhammad said on the “Full Send Podcast.” “Usman’s like, ‘I was the champ, too.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, but you’re not the champ anymore.’ And then he just couldn’t let it go. He’s like, ‘But I’m right there.’
“I’m like, ‘No, bro, you’re on a three-fight losing streak.’ He’s like, ‘I still had the belt.’ I’m the champion now, and he just couldn’t give me my props. Then he was like, ‘Anything you do, I do better than you.’ And then I was like, ‘But you didn’t take the head kick better than me.’ And I think that just triggered him. He was like, ‘I don’t play these games, man. It’s on sight when people talk like that.’ On sight? We’re right in front of each other.”
Muhammad makes his first title defense against Jack Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 315 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at Bell Centre in Montreal.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Belal Muhammad reveals what triggered Kamaru Usman podcast altercation
