{"id":379045,"date":"2021-03-17T08:18:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=379045"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:18:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T15:18:10","slug":"belal-muhammad-tells-leon-edwards-to-retire-if-hes-happy-with-no-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/belal-muhammad-tells-leon-edwards-to-retire-if-hes-happy-with-no-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Belal Muhammad tells Leon Edwards to retire if he\u2019s happy with No Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/belal-muhammad-trashes-pathetic-and-weak-minded-leon-edwards-for-wanting-title-shot-after-no-contest\/\">Belal Muhammad<\/a> has told Leon Edwards to &#8220;hang up his gloves&#8221; if he&#8217;s satisfied with their No Contest at UFC Vegas 21.<\/p>\n<p>The two men hoped to go to war in Sin City last weekend but instead, they were both left feeling frustrated after an accidental eye poke to Muhammad caused the fight to end and be deemed a No Contest.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;Rocky&#8221; was clearly upset in the immediate aftermath of what happened, he went on to call for a title shot in the post-fight press conference, which raised a few eyebrows in the process.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with MMA Fighting, Muhammad made his feelings on the matter very clear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belal Muhammad Rips Leon Edwards for Declining Rematch After UFC Vegas 21 Eyepoke - MMA Fighting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j11vyoMrb9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"WHAI3I\">\u201cI had no ill will against him before then, but I do now,\u201d Muhammad said. \u201cJust his whole attitude and the way he\u2019s acting. I\u2019m a hard guy to get mad, but he irritated me and he\u2019s pissing me off with just the way he\u2019s acting and the way he\u2019s like, \u2018I won the first round, so we knew how the fight\u2019s going to go.\u2019<\/p>\n<p id=\"i123f4\">\u201cThere\u2019s five rounds in a fight, you moron. I literally pick up as the fight goes on, so the fact that he\u2019s talking like that, that\u2019s what\u2019s pissing me off the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"GgMjGb\">\u201cMan-to-man, if you\u2019re happy with that result, then you shouldn\u2019t call yourself a fighter,\u201d Muhammad said. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t call yourself a contender. You shouldn\u2019t call yourself a champion. Man-to-man, if you\u2019re happy with that result, honestly you should just hang up your gloves.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mljGtx\">\u201cNo real fighter, no true fighter would want a fight to end like that. No true fighter would let that happen. You committed the foul. You owe me the rematch. Let\u2019s do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Quotes courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/3\/16\/22334653\/belal-muhammad-leon-edwards-if-youre-happy-with-that-result-then-you-shouldnt-call-yourself-fighter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Will Belal Muhammad and Leon Edwards get the chance to run it back?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad has told Leon Edwards to &#8220;hang up his gloves&#8221; if he&#8217;s satisfied with their No Contest at UFC Vegas 21. 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