Despite his coach’s comments, welterweight champion Leon Edwards says he’s willing to rematch Belal Muhammad . Edwards’ head coach Dave Lovell told The MMA Hour that he prefers Gilbert Burns next, who lost to Muhammad in his most recent bout at UFC 288 . Muhammad and Edwards fought in March 2021, but their bout was ruled a no contest after Edwards accidentally poked Muhammad in the eye and rendered him unable to continue. Lovell’s comments baffled Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC), who accused Edwards of being scared
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