Because the newly crowned 170lb king continues to fire up drama with two of one of the best welterweights on this planet, the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ is taking a stand as he fires back over, what he claims to be, the ‘delusional’ mindset of a brand new champion.
Ever since claiming UFC gold and glory in Manchester, ‘Remember the Name’ has been steadfast in his desire to face either former champion Kamaru Usman or the ‘bogeyman’ of the division, Shavkat Rakhmonov, for his first title defense.
Belal Muhammad doubles down on callouts of Usman and Rakhmonov
Talking to Joe Rogan on the most recent episode of the JRE Podcast, Belal Muhammad would double down on his callouts of Usman and Rakhmonov; explaining how each fighter represents a unique goal for his profession.
“Legacy-wise, Usman is clearly the larger name and he’s the guy who Dana White said was one of the best welterweight behind GSP but for bogeyman-wise and to shut up the naysayers, it’s Shavkat.
“He’s undefeated, he’s the guy that everyone thinks is that this killer after which for myself, either one in every of them does lots for me – Usman might be larger [for] PPV numbers after which [after] beating him, my resume is up there with GSP.”
In accordance with the newly crowned welterweight champion, “Usman is a tougher fight than Shavkat,” something that the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ was keen to echo in his response.
Kamaru Usman fires back on the welterweight champion over recent comments
Given his competitive nature, the previous pound-for-pound best fighter on this planet didn’t take too kindly to the assorted callouts from Muhammad – especially after he released an AI-generated diss track grilling the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’.
“Imagine how I feel?!” laughed Usman on the most recent episode of the Pound-4-Pound podcast, as he utilized one of the crucial famous lines in all of MMA to dismiss Muhammad’s pulling power regarding his first title defense: “I’m like who the f*** is that guy – that’s how I feel.
“I didn’t know who this guy was a few years ago, or last 12 months; I didn’t hear his name, and I didn’t even remember his name… But I get it, once you turn out to be champion it’s the affirmation of the delusion that you simply’ve had in your mind considering that you would get there for all these years.
“So, once you finally get there, you suspect that delusion like ‘Oh I’m one of the best, I can do that’ so more power to Belal if that’s how he feels but I mean he paid for somebody to do a diss song.”
In the event you missed that bit of stories last week, Muhammad really did share an AI-generated diss track roasting Usman; to which co-host Henry Cejudo noted “Belal’s doing a hell of job f***** trolling [you].”
Unsurprisingly, Usman had his own response to the diss track locked and loaded as he sent a stark warning to the newly minted 170lb champion.
“That song is as corny as canned beef and [talking of] taking a look at golden belts – I actually have six of them within the room round the corner… Six of them, so yeah, I can take a look at belts all day and if I would like his belt, I’m coming to take his belt.”
“In some unspecified time in the future, he’s going to must step in there with me and we’re going to settle it… Keep dropping corny weak diss tracks if that’s what you need to call it, it was like a pleasant country lullaby for me.”
Despite the fact that Usman is currently on a three-fight losing streak, the 20-4 veteran was keen to remind fans that he’s never afraid of taking a risk and the way that’s something Muhammad could take heed of as he stalls a call on who’s next.
“If the champion decides to fight sometime in the subsequent 12 months, two years, then we’ll each [Usman and Shavkat] fight the champion but when the champion is just not deciding to fight then the division goes to must move on.
“I’m terrified of nobody, on lower than nine days’ notice I flew to the opposite side of the world to fight supposedly the scariest guy [in Khamzat Chimaev] – I’m terrified of nobody.”
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