Kamaru analyzes the fight between Leon x Belal and points out a crucial hit made by the new champion

K. Usman is a former UFC welterweight champion. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

Old acquaintance of Leon edwards in Ultimate fights, Kamaru Usman did not fail to follow his rival's third title defense against Belal Muhammad |. Aware of the correct strategies to be used against the Englishman, the former champion pointed out how the challenger managed to succeed against the hitherto king of welterweights (up to 77,1kg) in a fight at UFC 304.

“When you fight a guy like me and a guy like Belal Muhammad |, which can change levels with you, hey, this is what you're going to get. We're going to change levels, we're going to wrap our arms around his legs and we're going to knock him down every time, and that's what I did in almost all of my fights, but Leon, as time went on, got smart enough to know : 'Hey, I can use the cage to my advantage to stay upright or stay upright and make it harder for people to knock me down,' and that's what he was doing,” Kamaru said on the channel Pound4Pound.

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By continuing his speech, Usman suggested a gap that Muhammad found during the confrontation and began to rely on it to dominate his rival.

“But it's almost as if he's counterattacking what I do, which is putting him against the fence and knocking him down using the fence to get up and stay on his feet, but then comes the counterattack, the counterattack. attack, so to speak, of Belal Muhammad | by understanding that, 'Hey, he uses the rail really well to get up, so when he gets up, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to change levels again and I'm going to knock him on the head or the back again,' and that was an example,” he concluded.

Belal Muhammad | in victory over Leon edwards at UFC 304. Photo: Reproduction/UFC

Protagonists of UFC 304, Leon and Belal faced each other for the second time in their careers. A big underdog in the bookmakers, Muhammad had a dominant performance and gave his rival no chance of using his flagship in the grappling fight with comfort and space. The duel was defined by the unanimous decision of the judges, who saw the Palestinian triumph.