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Watch: Edwards, Muhammad face-to-face in heated staredown

One of these men is going to be proven wrong late on Saturday night in Manchester.

Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad came within inches of one another in a choreographed staredown ahead of their UFC 304 main event in Manchester’s new Co-Op Arena, days out from a fight in which both have stated they will win with ease.

A glance at their respective records reveals the genesis of their respective confidence. Combined, Edwards and Muhammad have competed 23 times with suffering a loss — with the only blemish on their records coming in their first matchup back in March 2021; a fight adjudged as a no-contest after Muhammad was unable to continue after sustaining an accidental second-round eyepoke from Edwards.

Since then, Muhammad has rolled through a range of contenders including Demian Maia, Sean Brady and Gilbert Burns, while Edwards dethroned Kamaru Usman to become the UFC’s 170-pound champion.

And judging by their comments from Thursday’s pre-fight press conference, and indeed the staredown that followed it, neither is willing to take a backward step in advance of the UFC 304 headliner.

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