Jon Anik believes UFC champion Leon Edwards ought to tackle all comers if he needs to be thought-about welterweight nice.

Edwards  (22-3 MMA, 14-2 UFC) expressed his need of surpassing Georges St-Pierre’s 9 title defenses, and UFC play-by-play commentator Anik thinks he has the potential to do it. Edwards notched his second title protection when he defeated Colby Covington by unanimous decision earlier this month at UFC 296.

Going off of rankings and resume, Belal Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) seems to be a clear-cut contender, however Edwards was dismissive of his former foe – despite the fact that their first battle resulted in a no contest. If Edwards needs to eclipse St-Pierre, Anik says he ought to run issues again with Muhammad.

“I’m not essentially shocked,” Anik mentioned in an interview with Bodog Canada. “It’s not Leon Edwards’ job as undisputed UFC welterweight champion to put the muse for his subsequent title protection. Actually if his aspiration is to go down as the best welterweight champion of all time – and by the way in which that’s effectively inside attain once you simply beat Kamaru Usman twice after which Colby Covington. If that’s the purpose, he ought to need to take out and beat all of those guys.

“I believe it’s essential to marry the monetary targets with the career-aspirational targets. I imply, he’s a Corridor of Famer first poll, however to go down probably as the best welterweight of all time, if Belal Muhammad is certainly simple work, I believe that battle makes a whole lot of sense.”

Anik doesn’t see a rightful contender outdoors of Muhammad, who’s unbeaten in his previous 10 fights. The one different case he could make is Khamzat Chimaev, who’s at present competing at middleweight.

“If you look divisionally at a few of these guys who’ve ironclad instances – Merab Dvalishvili involves thoughts – after all he vaulted to No. 1 contender standing in and across the time the place his teammate Aljamain Sterling was the champion,” Anik mentioned.

“Khamzat Chimaev is the one man who can lay declare to a welterweight title shot proper now, so far as I’m involved, aside from Belal Muhammad, and he’s not competing on the weight class. Belal has one in all these unbeaten streaks like all the champions do, and he doesn’t get any pound-for-pound consideration. I simply suppose we have now to revive a little bit little bit of order, and I do suppose the UFC goes to make the correct resolution right here.”