Belal Muhammad already has a reputation in thoughts for his subsequent problem, nevertheless it lies exterior the UFC’s plans.
Final weekend, Muhammad noticed his current run of setbacks lengthen past the Octagon when he took on reigning Actual American Freestyle welterweight champion David Carr at RAF 4 contained in the Fishers Occasion Heart in Indiana.
After a fast-paced opening from “Keep in mind the Identify,” Carr rapidly took management of the bout, securing a dominant technical fall to retain his title simply 30 seconds into the second interval.
Regardless of the one-sided end result, the previous UFC 170-pound champion embraced the problem and stays keen for one more run on the wrestling mats, with a well-recognized rival already on his radar in Colby Covington.
Notably, Covington is scheduled to make his promotional debut when he faces former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold on Jan. 10 within the main event of RAF 5, happening on the Amerant Financial institution Area in Dawn, Florida.
Belal Muhammad Desires Colby Covington Subsequent At RAF
In a current video posted to his YouTube channel, Belal Muhammad mirrored on his expertise competing in a freestyle wrestling bout underneath the RAF banner. “Keep in mind the Identify” mentioned the outing solely fueled his want to return to the mats and pointed to a long-standing rival he has been calling out since 2017, Colby Covington.
“Hopefully they provide me one other shot,” Muhammad mentioned.” Hopefully, we get a better man. We acquired, what’s his title? Colby Covington. He’s going towards Rockhold in Miami in January, possibly we’ll be there. Possibly we’ll get the winner of that one. If that was one of the best man on the planet, and we did properly towards him, we’ll see what we’ll do towards the trash of the division, Colby.”
Belal Muhammad final competed contained in the Octagon at UFC Qatar in November, the place he dropped a unanimous decision to Ian Machado Garry. Earlier than that setback, the 37-year-old Chicago native didn’t retain his welterweight title after developing brief towards Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315 this previous Might.
