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Leon Edwards doesn’t think Belal Muhammad should be the next fighter to challenge for his title belt.
Regardless, oddsmakers have set odds for that potential welterweight bout, as well as a matchup between Edwards and Shavkat Rakhmonov.
The numbers suggest that Edwards is correct, and that Shavkat would be a more formidable opponent.
SportsBetting.ag made Muhammad a massive underdog against Edwards, while the Edwards- Rakhmonov line is a tossup.
Edwards beat Colby Covington by decision Saturday night at UFC 296 in what was otherwise a lackluster showing.
Muhammad blasted Edwards performance.
“Honestly, it was a joke to the division,” Muhammad said on the UFC 296 post-fight show. “That’s what happens when you get a bum off the couch [Covington] who’s been out for two years, who didn’t deserve the shot, and he goes out there and he didn’t back up the talk. For Leon Edwards, you should have backed up your talk too. For what Colby said, he deserved to have his jaw broken. I thought Leon should have went out there, he should have embarrassed him and put it on him, but he played that little game.
“So I think the UFC knows who’s next. I need to get in there. I need to make the welterweight division great again because I’m going to come to fight every single fight. I’m going to be in your face non-stop, 100 percent. There’s not going to be no breathing at all for Leon Edwards.”
For his part, Rakhmonov scored a submission over Stephen Thompson Saturday night.
"Stephen Thompson is a very tough opponent and I'm very happy to finish him," Rakhmonov said after the fight. "I believe I'm worthy of a title shot."
Fight Odds
Belal Muhammad +300
Leon Edwards -400
Shavkat Rakhmonov -110
Leon Edwards -110
- Tyrone Black, Gambling911.com
