UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad delivered a dominant five-round demolition of Vicente Luque this weekend. Immediately after the fight, he reiterated that he’s got his sights set on the 170-pound division’s number two contender: Colby “Chaos” Covington.
“I’m going to stop calling for the champ, cuz nobody wants to give me that shot. So let me get the big mouth Karen. Colby Covington’s out here calling out 155ers. Come fight a real 170-pounder, you coward! I’m a real ‘70 pounder.
Belal Muhammad Blasts “Karen” Covington
I’m winning fights. I’m not Masvidal off two losses. I’m not Woodley off five losses. I’m ‘Bully B’ off seven wins. Come fight a real challenge, coward!”
Muhammad continued, citing his impressive winning streak compared to the opposition faced by the most recent crop of title contenders. “Who’s the only one in the division with a better run than I am on?
I’m literally fighting Maia, Wonderboy, Luque. Like who is Colby fighting? Colby’s fighting guys off of two losses in a row. Who’s Leon fighting? Leon’s fighting 155ers.
Like none of these guys are fighting the contenders in the division. None of these guys had the guts to do that. I’m the one that’s going through 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
I’m the one saying yes to the toughest in the division. Leon may have more wins than me but he doesn’t have the quality of wins that I have.” Leon Edwards, in particular, has earned Muhammad’s ire – but not a shot at Kamaru Usman.
“I don’t think he deserves to fight for the title. I think he’s got that Dana White privilege but whatever. Like I said, I don’t expect to be handed anything. I’ve fought for everything I’ve got and I’m willing to keep doing that.
I don’t even think Leon has a fight. They’re saying Usman but I don’t think Usman’s ready for that yet so if Leon’s going to wait all the way to September, October, it just doesn’t make any sense.
I think [me fighting Leon] would make sense but I know you guys are gonna post the headline ‘He wants to fight Leon’ and then the fans will be like ‘Crybaby, crybaby, poke in the eye,’ blah blah blah. So I don’t even want to call him out because I don’t want to offend anybody.
So like I said, the two best guys that are above me that are winning are Khamzat and Colby and neither one of them has fights.” Is Muhammad vs Covington a fight you want to see? Let us know in the comments.
