Media Belal is ANGRY with Leon!

[Mohawk Banditó]

Belal needs to fight Shavkat immediately, that's his only option. Like he said, he is the best in the world after all, right?

Nah. I don't think beating Shavkat is the answer here.


He clearly needs to beat JDM after that.

 

[is a]

Can't beat the man inside the ring so outside force fuck with the man outside of it.

Are promotional organizations allowed to discriminate fighters based on their religious beliefs because him being a Palestine supporter is definitely a factor in UFC stalling him out and letting him dry.

Disgusting.

 

[Istryker]

they need to get this fight over with. leon was destroying him before the eye poke, let him pick up where he left off

Exactly idk what the issue is throw it on some random UK card and move on

 

[CasualBot]

Grown men who say "bro" don't get title shots

 

[Dorkman]

Yes. He's just not exciting and that sucks for him but Leon is and the UFC is not pumped to make this fight.

Pretty much. He's just a bit of an excitement vacuum. There's not much interesting about his personality outside the cage, and he's not interesting inside the cage either. There's just not much there for them to work with to promote. He's 36 in a couple months, they can realistically just wait out his decline by sand bagging him a bunch, and seeing if they can get him to take another fight. And age should take care of the "problem" for them. It really sucks for Belal, but they're a business way before they're a sport promotion these days as shitty as it is to admit. But it is what it is. If he had been able to keep the same energy as his brady fight in his next outing with Gilbert he might have actually had a chance to get that fight made. But he went back to just checking off boxes for a decision win and reminded everyone why they don't want to see him.

 

[Marko Polo]

Pretty much. He's just a bit of an excitement vacuum. There's not much interesting about his personality outside the cage, and he's not interesting inside the cage either. There's just not much there for them to work with to promote. He's 36 in a couple months, they can realistically just wait out his decline by sand bagging him a bunch, and seeing if they can get him to take another fight. And age should take care of the "problem" for them. It really sucks for Belal, but they're a business way before they're a sport promotion these days as shitty as it is to admit. But it is what it is. If he had been able to keep the same energy as his brady fight in his next outing with Gilbert he might have actually had a chance to get that fight made. But he went back to just checking off boxes for a decision win and reminded everyone why they don't want to see him.

He should have just finished Gilbert Burns!

 

[Dorkman]

He should have just finished Gilbert Burns!

He definitely could have pushed the issue more on it. It was fairly clear he was compromised and on the back foot. Maybe Belal didn't see it i guess. But he took the safe route 100%.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Grown men who say "bro" don't get title shots

You need to say "My brother" to everyone in order to be a champ

 

[kingmob6]

Belal needs to fight Shavkat immediately, that's his only option. Like he said, he is the best in the world after all, right?

If Belal beats Shavkat hypothetically, Dana will still give titleshot to Colby for a rematch.
Then Belal will wait a year, and fight another challenger.

 

[blaseblase]

You don't know what you're watching then. Sure Belal MIGHT have pulled out a Mike Russow style comeback, but unlikely. It's Belal, and Leon is just a higher class of fighter.

Can't wait for this to be over with when Leon murks Belal.

The fight lasted 5 minutes and Leon eye poked him twice. Lol at pretending it was a blowout or something.

Not like Leon pulled a come from behind victory when he fought for the title. Oh wait.

 

[Poirierfan]

Nah. I don't think beating Shavkat is the answer here.


He clearly needs to beat JDM after that.

I was joking,

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I was joking,

Same Sherbro, I was just escalating

 

[Poirierfan]

Same Sherbro, I was just escalating

Dammit

 

[richardjohnson]

The fight lasted 5 minutes and Leon eye poked him twice. Lol at pretending it was a blowout or something.

Not like Leon pulled a come from behind victory when he fought for the title. Oh wait.

This is the funniest part to me. Leon is a perfect example of someone who pulled a last second KO out of their ass in a fight he was soundly losing. Usman should’ve just tried to rake Leon’s eye out in their rematch. Everyone would’ve chalked it up as win and he’d still be champ.

 

[Megatronlee]

In my non expert opinion they are just keeping Belal on ice to frustrate him to the point of fighting another contender in hopes that he loses. Hope I'm wrong because the guy has earned the opportunity but it is looking less and less likely that he's going to get it.

Yep. Tyron woodley treatment

 

[DiazSlap]

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If he has any updates on his next fight:

- I've got to the point in my life where it's like, I've been so locked in like 'oh, when is it? Is it gonna be this, gonna be that?' and having the ups and downs
of those emotions, I was just like, I'm done even thinking about it. Once they give me a contract, that's when I worry about it but other than that it's like,
I get asked that question 55 times a day no matter where I am. And it'll be like my family, even my mom and dad 'so you're gonna fight yet?' and it's like
STOP ASKING ME! But I'm hoping soon.

If he has any response to Leon's managers comments:

- Bro, they're like the fakest team I've ever seen in my life. Like, I've never seen somebody lie so much, or like, trying to make it seem that they're not
afraid. Like, you're saying yes when his coach called for Gilbert Burns while I beat Gilbert Burns. You had his brother coming up with these Conor McGregor
fights, like they're coming up with every other reason try and avoid me. It's blatant and the fans are starting to see it now. So when you have all these guys
doing the talking for you, that just tells me that you're that coward always hiding behind it, and he's like 'oh, lets try and get this instead. Let's try this instead'.
You're the champion of the world, so if you're the best guy in the world: Fight the best guy that's right behind you. But he knows that I'm the best in the world,
that's why he's trying to avoid this fight.

- I fought the number four guy in the world on three weeks notice. Nobody would ever have done that, he would never do that in his whole life. I put my streak
on the line because I know I'm the best in the world, and he knows this. He's trying to do anything to hold on to his belt for as long as possible. You know, when
you look at guys that Tim Simpson manages, and see guys like Adesanya, where you see when he was champion they're looking for the next guy. They don't
care who, just 'we're gotta build this fight up because that's the money fight' right? Volkanovski gets into Poiriers face after his fight, because that's the next fight.
Leon Edwards goes ghost, he goes missing after his fight. Doesn't say anything, or promote anything. All the stuff that's coming out of their mouths are just ways
to avoid me. So it's fake.

If there is bad blood between him and Leon now, or he's not thinking like that:

- No, I hate his guts. Like, I've never... The last fighter I had dislike for was Sean Brady, and it was because he was talking all this trash and one of those things
where it's like 'bro, I don't even know you, but you're acting like you're something else'. For the Leon fight, they're trying to avoid me. Him trying to act like, you know,
downplaying my accomplishments and tell me that I've never earned it. That stuff pisses me off and it's fueling me with hatred for this guy, and I just can't wait to
get in there and get my hands on him. But to fight guys that you dislike, it's easier to wake up every day. For Leon Edwards, my prime focus has been on him for
two years. I haven't worried thinking about nobody but him, and when I go in there and walk through him he's gonna go back into irrelevancy. Nobody's even gonna
think about him anymore. Then he can go ghost forever and do what he likes.

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Cares????

 

[Megatronlee]

The shitty thing about this is Edwards was in the same position as Belal prior to finally getting his shot and Edwards is part of the problem with Belal not getting his overdue title shot.

Nah that’s called fighting. You have to make money

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Give this man the title shot already!
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hahahahaha, can't stop laughing here David, you just surprise me every time

 

[TCE]

Fuck this division.

The UFC have proven over the time span of about 5 years that they don’t give a fuck about it. Nothing but fuckery by the UFC, cherry picking, and ducking at the top.

1 - Usman. Cherry picking clown no longer in the division. Get him the fuck out of the WW rankings you assholes.

2 - Belal. Already at least a year past his earned TS. He’s earned it. And was publicly PROMISED the TS after Colby.

3 - Shavkat. The clear next number 1, after Belal. But may just end up sitting for a while. Or risks his rank fighting somebody behind him. Unless of course the UFC does actually break the ironclad public, verbal contract put they put forward to both Belal, and Burns.

4 - Colby. Completely, and utterly.. He, and Dana can fuck eachother.

This is a fucking joke.

Made Edwards wait much longer than he should have had to for his earned TS. Then the UFC were trying to shove Borz into a TS off of a single win over Edwards. All while giving assholes like Masvidal, and Colby unearned TS. They extorted Edwards into signing to fight Borz by stripping Edwards of his number 3 ranking.

I’m sick of it. The unbelievable rank squatting, cherry picking, and everybody talking about money fights, and/or wanting a free TS at MW, etc.

There are ZERO merit based arguments for Colby, and Masvidal getting their last TS. I MEAN FUCKING ZERO!

Give Belal his shot, ffs. I can’t guarantee who wins that fight. I’d pick Edwards by decision 100%, though. But the Edwards rematch was a mere formality according to most people in here. And I did pick Usman for the rematch. But I had Edwards in the UNNECESSARY instant rematch.

Give Belal his shot. Without the fuckery we’d have already seen Edwards, Borz, Belal, and Shavkat have their TS. The question would be who is next. after Shavkat.

Do people not realize that?

No Usman getting a free win against the fucking clown he beat 50-45 the first time. That should have been Edwards.

No completely unnecessary instant rematch for Usman. That was Belal’s.

No third TS for Colby. That would have been Shavkat.

And Borz could have been put in there instead of the Usman instant rematch as well.

Fuck this DNB division. Look how far it’s fallen since GSP ruled the roost.

I think you need a hug bro, and some fresh air.

 

[Sasha]

Can't we just give the belt to Belal, and wait for him to retire ? Create a 171lbs weight class, I don't know, but those WWs are giving me headaches.