Henry Sejude did not spill all the tea when it came to the infamous, unreleased podcasts with former UFC champions Kamal Usman and Beral Muhammad, but he provided additional details.
Cejudo and Usman co-hosted a pound-four-pound podcast, and they invited Muhammad to the show. Sejudo says it was set up by manager Ali Abdelaziz, who represents all three fighters. Usman and Muhammad said something had happened in the past while filming the podcast, and things got hot.
“The drama was already in, so when they came in, I was like the mediator there. And the shit was just starting to escalate a bit,” Sejude said on the Jaxxon Podcast. “I’ll be honest with you, Kamal probably started it, but I understand why.”
After Muhammad won the welterweight title at UFC 304, Usman called out his shot and a chance to get his belt back, and Muhammad returned to social media. The exchange lasted quite a long time, and in the end Muhammad went on a podcast.
Cejudo says things have not only gotten hot, they’ve become physical.
“All of a sudden, I think Kamal said it was visible, and Beral said, ‘Well, I’m watching it, what’s wrong?” Sejudo explained. “And then Kamal got up… you guys were going to wait until we released the tape.
“So legally, there was a brawl there. I was in the middle. I was about to sprain my ankles (I went in the middle), and the whole production crew started to get in. Just as they both had to be restrained.
Muhammad recently lost the Jack Della Madarena title, but Usman booked his first fight in almost two years to face Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Atlanta on June 14th.
Why did they agree with Muhammad that there was so much hostility between him and Usman, Sejud thought it was something different, perhaps a chance to fill hatch.
“At least on my part, I was like, ‘No, I think that’s cool,'” Sejudo said. “I was actually a little happy that Kamal was like, ‘Yeah, bring him’. Especially when there’s shit (on social media), especially because you don’t want to podcast with someone who has your belt (especially feeling). ”