Henry Cejudo didn’t spill all the tea in terms of the notorious and unreleased podcast with former UFC champs Kamaru Usman and Belal Muhammad, however he supplied further particulars.
Cejudo and Usman co-host the Pound 4 Pound podcast, and so they invited Muhammad on the present — which Cejudo says was arrange by supervisor Ali Abdelaziz, who represents all three fighters. Each Usman and Muhammad have stated prior to now that one thing occurred throughout the filming of the podcast, and issues obtained heated, which Cejudo confirms is the case, whereas additionally saying he feels Usman began it.
“There was already drama coming in, so as soon as they got here in, and I used to be sort of just like the mediator there, ‘Hey, what’s up Belal? What do you consider Kamaru? Hey Kamaru, what do you consider Belal?’ And shit simply began sort of escalating,” Cejudo stated on JAXXON Podcast. “I’ll be sincere with you, Kamaru in all probability began it, however I might see why.”
After Muhammad received the welterweight title at UFC 304, Usman referred to as his shot for an opportunity to regain his belt, whereas Muhammad would clap again on social media. The back-and-forth continued for fairly a while, after which ultimately, Muhammad went on the podcast.
Cejudo says not solely did issues get heated, they obtained bodily as properly.
“Swiftly, I feel Kamaru stated it’s on sight, and Belal stated, ‘Nicely, it’s on sight, what’s up?,’” Cejudo defined. “After which Kamaru will get up after which… you guys obtained to attend till we launch the tape.
“So legit, there was a scuffle there, dude. I used to be within the center I had a f*cking sprained ankle, I used to be attempting to [get in the middle], the entire manufacturing crew began coming in. Like they needed to detain each of them. There was a few good eight folks there and 4 [were] attempting to get on Belal, however palms had been thrown. Slaps got.”
Muhammad not too long ago misplaced the title to Jack Della Maddalena, whereas Usman has his first battle booked in practically two years as he faces Joaquin Buckley in the primary occasion of UFC Atlanta on June 14.
So far as why they agreed to have Muhammad on with a lot animosity between him and Usman, Cejudo thought it might be one thing totally different, maybe an opportunity to bury the hatchet.
“At the least on my half, I used to be like, ‘No, I feel that’s f*cking cool,’” Cejudo stated. “I used to be truly sort of completely happy that Kamaru was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, deliver him on.’ Since you wouldn’t need to do a podcast with any person that has your belt, particularly [feeling] that manner, particularly when there’s shit that’s been thrown [on social media].”
