Belal Muhammad stole the show at the otherwise boring UFC 304 pre-fight press conference. Gearing up for a title shot against 170-pound king Leon Edwards at the champ’s home turf of England on Saturday, he faced-ff with ‘Rocky’ at the pre-fight press conference. Edwards and Belal charged toward each other for their face-off and had to be restrained by Dana White. Edwards tried to make ‘Bully B’ flinch by mock charging at him again, to which the Chicago native remained unmoved and even smiled at ‘Rocky’.
On the UFC 304 ‘Morning Weigh-In Show’, Muhammad compared his lack of reaction to Kobe Bryant’s famous lack of reaction to being pump-faked by Matt Barnes from the foul line. The ethnic Palestinian even proclaimed his viral press conference moment as clear evidence for his own ‘Mamba Mentality’ a la Kobe.
“When I was in his face, I could just tell he wasn’t comfortable there. He could just tell that I’m comfortable there. He tried to get me to flinch, I didn’t move a muscle. That was mamba mentality. I know you saw that Kobe Bryant moment. Bro we’re from Chicago, you think we flinch off of a guy from Manchester? We ain’t going off that,” ‘Bully B’ said.
Belal Muhammad didn’t bite on Leon Edwards’ head fake.
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