Edwards and Muhammad ran into each other on the latest episode of UFC Embedded.
It wasn't the most ideal of places, but that's where the welterweights ended up just days before their title fight at. Edwards will attempt to defend his title for a third time when he meets Muhammad - a most-heated rival that hasn't been afraid to speak his mind ahead of his first title fight.
Edwards and Muhammad have a score to settle dating all the way back to 2021, which saw Edwards eye poke the rising contender in their first meeting, leading to a No Contest result for both.
"I just heard like a little short freaking midget screaming something. And I was like, 'What the heck was that?' I saw and ended up being his coach in front. But Leon and his team, they didn't say nothing," the challenger said of his elevator run-in with Edwards. "His brother was trying to give me a dirty look, but he didn't know I was sizing him up for after the cage. If he ends up hopping in the cage, wanting to do something.
"I was going up to to floor 3, it opened. He was, like, standing right there in front, and I think he thought in his head, I wouldn't wanna came into the lift," Edwards said at UFC 304 media day. "I walked straight into the lift and pressed number 3, and that that was it. Came out, then it's weird because in the lift, it was mad quiet.""Then, after the lift opened, everyone's outside. He's like, 'Oh, p****,' blah blah blah.
The two welterweights will finally have the chance to settle their bad blood on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 304, which also features another rematch in the co-main event when
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