Belal Muhammad Rooting for Kamaru Usman at UFC Atlanta Despite Recent Feud

👀 Belal Muhammad makes his pick for Usman vs. Buckley; says he is cheering for Kamaru:

"Usman, I'm cheering for you. I know you said there's nothing there for you with me next, but I wanna see you win, and then I wanna see you in the cage."

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Belal Muhammad wants Kamaru Usman to win at UFC Atlanta despite their differences.

Usman headlines UFC on ESPN 69 against Joaquin Buckley (21-6) on Saturday at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Usman has publicly been feuding with Muhammad recently, even coming close to blows on one occasion.

While they were trading barbs online for a while, things allegedly escalated when Muhammad appeared as a guest on Usman’s podcast with Henry Cejudo. While the footage is yet to be released, Cejudo claims hands were thrown, and he had to intervene with the production crew.   However, Muhammad wants Usman to beat Buckley this weekend to set up a future matchup with “The Nigerian Nightmare.” Muhammad also laid down a path to victory for Usman, which he believes is mostly about dictating the pace.

"Set the pace. Don’t get out of character… Keep your jab, you have a good jab. You have good pace of pushing guys to the fence and holding him there,” Muhammad said on YouTube. “And make it at your speed, because Buckley’s gonna be a lot faster. Slow him down… Don’t switch stances left and right. You’re not good from southpaw; you get hit a lot. Stay righty, watch those big head kicks. Usman, I'm cheering for you. I know you said there's nothing there for you with me next, but I want to see you win, and then I want to see you in the cage."

While Muhammad wants to fight Usman, the latter is eyeing a title shot with a win over Buckley. Usman said that while he would have been interested in fighting Muhammad in the past, the matchup doesn’t excite him after “Remember the Name” lost his belt.