Henry Cejudo didn’t spill all the tea in relation to 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, they usually invited Muhammad on the present — which Cejudo says was arrange by supervisor Ali Abdelaziz, who represents all three fighters. Each Usman and Muhammad have mentioned up to now that one thing occurred through 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 mentioned on JAXXON Podcast. “I’ll be trustworthy with you, Kamaru most likely began it, however I might see why.”
After Muhammad received the welterweight title at UFC 304, Usman known 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.
“Hastily, I feel Kamaru mentioned it’s on sight, and Belal mentioned, ‘Effectively, 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 making an attempt to [get in the middle], the entire manufacturing crew began coming in. Like they needed to detain each of them. There was a couple of good eight individuals there and 4 [were] making an attempt to get on Belal, however arms had been thrown. Slaps got.”
Muhammad not too long ago misplaced the title to Jack Della Maddalena, whereas Usman has his first struggle 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 will be one thing totally different, maybe an opportunity to bury the hatchet.
“Not less than on my half, I used to be like, ‘No, I feel that’s f*cking cool,’” Cejudo mentioned. “I used to be truly sort of joyful that Kamaru was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, carry him on.’ Since you wouldn’t need to do a podcast with any person that has your belt, particularly [feeling] that means, particularly when there’s shit that’s been thrown [on social media].”
