Alarmed by Team Khabib and Islam Makhachev Wanting What’s Rightfully His, Belal Muhammad Sends a Concerning Message on Leon Edwards Fight

Islam Makhachev has successfully defended his lightweight title twice, with a knockout win in his last fight. Now, he wants to go for the welterweight champion, which he mentioned recently. However, Belal Muhammad doesn’t believe that Makhachev should aim for the 170lbs title, something that he is rallying for.

Belal Muhammad recently took up the backup role for the Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington fight at UFC 296. After ‘Rocky’s successful title, Islam Makhachev claimed that Edwards had to be his next opponent, which ‘Remember the Name’ was opposed to. Let’s see what he had to say.

Belal Muhammad claims Islam Makachev has many fights left at lightweight

The 2nd-ranked welterweight recently appeared in an interview with ‘TMZ’, where he talked about Islam Makhachev’s vision of going for Leon Edwards’ title next. He claimed that the lightweight champion still has a lot of fights left in his division. Belal Muhammad named Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje as two potential opponents that Makhachev needed to fight before he thought about going for dual belts.

“Islam, you have plenty of fights at 155. You have Oliveira rematch, you have Justin Gaethje,” said Belal Muhammad. Keeping these matchups in mind, ‘Remember the Name’ claims that the UFC should not feel like they need to make Islam Makhachev fight Leon Edwards just yet. He added, “There’s no reason for that one [Makhachev’s welterweight championship] to happen.” Muhammad also took the opportunity what Edwards’ position is like right now in the UFC landscape. Let’s dive into that.

The 2nd-ranked welterweight claims Edwards did not earn a double championship fight

Belal Muhammad referred to the main event of UFC 296 and claimed that the fight did not live up to the expectations. As such, if he were to be the matchmaker of the UFC, he would not have given Leon Edwards a fight to win two titles since he did not earn it from his perspective. Muhammad further stated, “If I am the UFC, it’s like, Leon didn’t earn a double champ fight or huge fight, right? Because that [Covington] fight was so lackluster.”

‘Remember the Name’ claimed that despite Leon Edwards and his coach counting him out as the next challenger, he mentioned how many top fighters he’s beaten, claiming that he is the rightful number one contender. “There’s nobody ahead of me. I’m the one [and] I’m the guy that’s next,” Belal Muhammad added.

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We still have no idea what Dana White is going to decide for the next title fight for the welterweight title. However, Leon Edwards recently mentioned that he was willing to fight Belal Muhammad if the UFC wants him to. But the UFC CEO still has not made this fight official. Till then, we will have to wait for further developments regarding this issue.

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