Belal Muhammad will head internationally forward of his potential UFC title struggle vs. Leon Edwards and hopes to select the brains of one of many all-time greats.
It gained’t be the primary time, however Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) will journey to Dagestan to get work in with notables from the area. He hopes to as soon as once more get recommendation from Khabib Nurmagomedov, whom he’s turn out to be shut with over time as the 2 share the identical supervisor.
“I’m planning for positive to go to Dagestan and practice with these guys, such as you stated, to get a brand new look, to get completely different feels,” Muhammad lately informed MMA Junkie Radio. “These guys don’t allow you to take any days off or any straightforward rounds. That’s at all times excellent for me. Final time I skilled with these guys, we received a dominant end and I plan to do the identical factor.”
When requested if Nurmagomedov has ever led him astray, Muhammad stated by no means. He takes the recommendation given to him by “The Eagle” as invaluable, an amazing praise to the distinctive coaching surroundings Nurmagomedov has established in his group’s coaching classes.
“A number of their stuff that we do once we go stay or we go exhausting is like we’re working,” Muhammad stated. “Over right here, I do a variety of particular drilling with my group, my guys right here. When it’s over there, I’ve received to be able to go. I’ve received to be able to be in form. It’s an uncomfortable feeling. A number of these guys, they’re not who I’m with each single day. So each spherical is quite a bit tougher. Each spherical feels prefer it’s a brand new struggle. I believe that’s a bonus for me as a result of with a variety of these fighters, you don’t get that uncomfortable feeling till you get to struggle evening the place it’s like, ‘Alright, now it’s lastly right here. I’ve been enthusiastic about this man for a month.’ You’ve had appears to be like, however you haven’t had the particular man who’s in entrance of you proper now.
“For me, once I’m over there with these guys, each single a kind of guys is a beast they usually all have their very own model. Each spherical, you’ve that uncomfortable feeling of butterflies in your abdomen. Right here, once I go along with my guys, my teammates, you understand who’s a tough spherical. what they do. You see them day-after-day. what they’re good at. what they’re not good at. It’s extra of a peaceful feeling. However while you go along with any individual new, any individual completely different, a brand new coaching accomplice, it offers you that ‘all proper’ in your chest somewhat bit. It makes you go that a lot tougher. It makes you go that a lot tougher. It makes you get somewhat bit extra drained. It makes you must assume extra in your toes.”
Muhammad, 35, is believed by many to be the following doubtless title challenger for Edwards (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC), however nothing is ready fairly but. UFC CEO Dana White stated in Might that Muhammad could be subsequent however was noncommittal on the UFC 296 post-fight information convention in December.
Within the weeks which have adopted, rumors of a Muhammad title shot at UFC 300 have surfaced after Edwards stated the bout was occurring throughout a public look.
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