One of the former opponents of Jack della Maddalena and Belal Muhammad was not surprised to see the last one in the Welterweight throne on UFC 315.
The UFC title Reign by Muhammad ended in the very first obstacle on Saturday in Canada, where he led the latest pay-per-view of the promotion to della Maddalena.
Although many 'remember' the name to use his superior grasp game to make the Australian striker better, a strong end of the fight cleared the way for Della Maddalena to take the title of Muhammad.
Fans, hunters and analysts have since thought about what went wrong for the former champion in Montreal – and one of the UFC colleagues of Muhammad believes that he cracked the matter before the fight.
Gilbert Burns points to the absence of Khabib Nurmagomedov as an important reason for the UFC 315 loss of Belal Muhammad
Prior to his own return to De Kooi this weekend at UFC Vegas 106, Gilbert Burns spoke with reporters about a variety of subjects during the Mediadag.
The Brazilian was not surprisingly asked about the title profit of his former opponent on UFC 315. Burns was the victim of della Maddalena's crazy comeback on UFC 299 last year.
Based on his own experience of largely throwing away the Aussie, 'Durinho' initially supported Muhammad to keep the title. But after he saw where the defending champion trains, Burns quickly changed his prediction.
“I predicted that Jack would win,” said Burns. “When I see he trained with people [Alexander Volkanovski]I saw that he already had great clambering when we fought, good steps, good removal of removal. And he was even closer to Craig Jones and with people. I said, “Man, that guy is going to win.”
'Then I saw whether Belal was going to train Muhammad with Khabib [Nurmagomedov]. But they had that thing of Islam [Makhachev] wants to go up. I assumed that was the case: 'Okay, I'm not going [to train with them]. '
'When I saw he didn't do that [go] there and [was] More in Chicago here I said, “Yes, this time he is not two or three years in Dagestan, I think Jack will win.” Before I chose Jack, I chose Belal. But I started looking for more [into it]. “
Khabib Nurmagomedov helped Belal Muhammad to prepare for UFC 304 Title win
Khabib was generally pointed out as one of the main reasons for the rise from Muhammad to championship status in MMA's largest stage in 2024.
The pair connected for the first time prior to the struggle of the Palestinian American with Sean Brady in Abu Dhabi. Muhammad trained under the guidance of Khabib together with people such as Makhachev and Umar Nurmagomedov in Dagestan.
After delivering a career-best display to knock Sean Brady, the partnership continued to bear fruit. That took place until Muhammad fulfilled his promise by taking the UFC Welterweight title of Leon Edwards last summer in Manchester.
Given the result on UFC 315, Muhammad may again seek the help of Khabib in the pursuit of an immediate victory of the bounce back.