Final weekend, former UFC stars Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal fought in a rematch in a boxing ring. On the identical evening, boxing star Shakur Stevenson put his belt on the road in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan to retain his WBC light-weight title. However based on UFC fighter Belal Muhammad, Diaz and Masvidal placed on a greater present than the boxing champion.
Muhammad joined Bruce Buffer for an interview on his YouTube channel the place he was requested in regards to the Diaz vs Masvidal struggle. ‘Bully B’ praised his MMA compatriots and stated that the duo placed on a greater struggle than skilled boxers.
“Yeah I watched it. Clearly I needed to see that complete card Anthony Pettis struggle that was on there, Nate Diaz. It was a fairly good match. They each introduced it, it was higher than even the Prime Rank struggle that was on ESPN with Shakur Stevenson. I preferred them two (Diaz vs Masvidal), I hope they do a trilogy.”
‘Keep in mind the Title’ was additionally requested who he thought received the struggle. He said that he felt ‘Gamebred’ landed the extra impactful strikes and whereas Diaz landed extra in quantity, his punches have been nowhere close to as highly effective as Masvidal’s.
Regardless of his benefit in punches thrown, the welterweight title challenger feels Masvidal did sufficient to win the struggle and that the improper fighter received his arms raised.
On the identical evening, Stevenson competed in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey. Sadly, the occasion was a bust in additional methods than one.
Solely 8,000 tickets have been bought for the occasion and followers began strolling out mid struggle as they discovered it boring.
In the meantime, Muhammad who has additionally been accused of getting boring fights, shall be aiming to show that round at UFC 304 when he takes on Leon Edwards for the welterweight title.
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‘Rocky’ will put his belt on the road for the third time when he takes on Muhammad at UFC 304 in his dwelling nation. This struggle is particular for an additional couple of causes.
Bully B has been the #1 contender for over a 12 months now, however Dana White hadn’t been capable of ebook him for a title struggle regardless of having Colby Covington stroll round like an outdated man for five rounds in opposition to the champion. So, now that the chance is lastly there, the Palestinian American fighter will look to capitalize on it.
The second cause is that this can be a struggle virtually 4 years within the making. The primary time these two fought was in 2021, when the match needed to be stopped after an unlucky eye poke.
Since then, each Edwards and Muhammad have been chomping on the bits for a rematch to settle the scores as soon as and for all.
Now it will get much more attention-grabbing if Edwards truly manages to return out victorious once more. As a result of this could open up the division for light-weight champion Islam Makhachev to return and check out his luck at turning into a two division champion.
