With an impressive victory against Demian Maia at UFC 263, Belal Muhammad (19-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) took another step to gain the right to fight at the Welterweight weight class-the most interested in UFC. Muhammad thinks that names like Gilbert Burns, Leon Edwards and Stephon Thompson are the appropriate pieces, only Colby Covington is a non -matching piece.
“I still do not understand why Colby was able to compete. Yes, he had a great match, but he had broken jaw and sat from that match while other boxers played three matches, for example Usman, he fought up to 3 matches later.” – Muhammad told MMA Junkie.
Muhammad mentioned Covington's defeat to Kamaru Usman at UFC 245 in 2019, the match that Covington lost to TKO in the last half and broke the jaw at the hands of Usman. Since then, Covington has only played one match against the former champion Tyron Woodley at UFC Fight Night 178 September last year.
Although not as much as other top boxers in the tournament, UFC President Dana White still asserted that Covington was on the list of belt paintings.
Earlier, Muhammad mobilized a rematch against Leon Edwards, now Muhammad said that Edwards was no longer the No. 1 choice for his next match.
“I want to play with a Colby guy more than any other boxer. I hate that Colby more than Leon. Of course, I also want to play with Leon but I still want to play with a more Colby guy.” – Muhammad said