With welterweight champ Leon Edwards set to safeguard his title vs. Colby Covington, what’s next for Belal Muhammad?
Unbeaten in his past 10 battles, Muhammad hasactually made his shot at a title. However, the UFC chose to go in a various instructions by granting Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) a shot versus Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC). A date and place is yet to be revealed for the battle.
Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) plans on waiting for the winner, and cautions Edwards that he’ll just be getting muchbetter in the time being.
“Abu Dhabi gets their primary occasion,” Muhammad stated in a Twitter post. “Islam (Makhachev) vs. Charles (Oliveira) part 2. Lightweight gets their title battle, now we’re simply waiting for welterweight which is Colby vs. Leon. Waiting for that one to get scheduled, looking like November or December. Where does that leave me? Th