UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is unbeaten in his last ten fights. He’s currently ranked third in the 170-pound division.
Unfortunately, although Muhammad feels his shot at UFC gold is “guaranteed,” UFC president Dana White insists that perennial challenger Colby Covington is next in line to challenge reigning champion Leon Edwards. Talking to “The Schmo,” however, Belal Muhammad seems happy to wait.
Belal Muhammad: UFC Title Shot “Guaranteed”
“We’re guaranteed a title shot. We just gotta wait and see what happens with these two dorks, Colby and Leon.
There’s nothing that’s coming from it, so for me, it’s like, I’m hoping that Dana’s realizing that yo, we got this guy who’s actually fighting. A guy that took a fight on three weeks’ notice, guy that came off the couch, guy that came and dominated a ranked opponent, during Ramadan.
We called him, we needed him, he came and showed up. So maybe we’ll give him a title shot in Abu Dhabi like Leon wants, which makes the most sense. I’m hoping that’s what happens, but you never know.
If I have to wait, I’ll wait. I’m only going to keep getting better. It’s only going to get worse for Colby or Leon, whichever one of them guys is next because I’m just gonna be a different version.
Every fight you guys see me getting better, growing, and to see what I could do to a guy that’s No. 3 in the world, one of the best fighters in the world Gilbert Burns on a couple weeks’ notice.
What do you think I’m gonna do on eight weeks’ notice? Or three months’ notice to one of these other two guys. I think Gilbert was the hardest fight out of the three. So them other two guys are gonna be easier fights so it’s gonna be an easier path to victory for me.”
Notably absent from welterweight title conversation is the man Leon Edwards dethroned, Kamaru Usman.
“I’m excited to see Usman fight again. I don’t think he should go up to 185 because if you beat him [Chimaev] you’re probably gonna be fighting for the title next and he’s not gonna fight Izzy so it’s just knocking off another contender at 185 for no reason. So, if Khamzat makes 170, that would be a great fight but I doubt he can make 170.
Honestly, I think for him, being a champion that long, you’re looking for that big name, right? You want the big fights because you’ve been fighting in title fights your whole time.
I think he sits there and he waits and if Leon loses the belt to me, which I think is going to happen, I’ll give him the title shot because he was that long-reigning champion. I don’t think he lost that third Leon fight so I’ll give him that title shot for ]sure.”
