Belal Muhammad believes he’s the very best fighter on the earth.
Muhammad is coming off a TKO win over Sean Brady and is probably going one win away from a title shot. But, who he fights subsequent is unsure, as Gilbert Burns is ready to face Jorge Masvidal, leaving many to assume Muhammad would face Colby Covington in a title eliminator bout.
Nevertheless, in keeping with Muhammad, after Covington agreed to struggle him, he has since determined towards taking the struggle which Belal is annoyed about.
“All they introduced was Colby. They mentioned Colby was down after which the subsequent week they mentioned he wasn’t down after which they mentioned he was down once more then they mentioned they will’t discover him once more,” Muhammad mentioned to Helen Yee. “So, I don’t know what’s taking place with him. I feel he’s attempting to determine, hoping that considered one of these ’55ers will transfer as much as seventy and struggle him. Or get fortunate with a type of little trick pictures. However if you wish to be a champion, if you wish to be the man, you assume you’re the very best on the earth, you gotta struggle the very best on the earth. And proper now, I’m the very best on the earth.”
If the Colby Covington struggle doesn’t occur, Belal Muhammad thinks he deserves to face the winner of Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3 for the title.
“It’s irritating, I’m in a tough spot proper now since you bought the title shot arising on March 18. The one guys above me are Khamzat who’s shifting as much as middleweight and Colby who doesn’t need to struggle. What I’m taking a look at it, there may be no one else in line for the title however me. So, I’m hoping the UFC provides me what I deserve, provides me the title shot, the winner of the subsequent struggle.”
Muhammad is presently ranked fourth at welterweight and is on a nine-fight unbeaten streak. In the course of the run, he holds notable wins over Vicente Luque, Stephen Thompson, and Demian Maia amongst others.
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