Belal Muhammad can advance to fight Dricus du plessis, champion or not

Montreal – UFC Welter Weight Champion Belal Muhammad It can go to the medium weight to face Dricus du plessis, whether or not to have the division title.

Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) knows that he has more work to do within his own division, but that has not prevented him from contemplating a movement to the medium weight to challenge the current medium-sized weight champion Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC).

“He would literally take their shots, he would eat them and then pierced them,” Mummad told Mma Junkie. “Dricus: I know what I have to do first: I have to win a couple more fights, and then I can start talking about climbing. We’ll see if you still have the belt for that moment.”

Muhammad’s next test will reach UFC 315 On May 10 in Bell Center against Jack Della Maddalena, who intervened to replace an injured Shavkat Rakhmonov. A winner of 15 consecutive fights, including an undefeated race in the UFC, Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) will have a great opportunity such as the promotionally classified combat of the division due to the circumstances.

Du Plessis is expected to face Khamzat Chimaev in his next defense of the title, although the fight has not yet been officially reserved. According to Muhammad, the race for the title for “Stillknocks” will end there, although its growing rivalry can still result in a confrontation in the cage.

“He obtained a difficult test in front of him with Khamzat,” Muhammad said. “I don’t think Khamzat is going to happen, but maybe I will still go there anyway to hit him. I love that energy when I have boys there, ‘Oh, he is too small’, or he is also this. I understand even at 170. I am not the largest of 170 pounds. I am not the strongest or the fastest, but I am the best. If I climb to the medium weight, I will also be the best. ”

Naturally, Muhammad expects excellent against Della Maddalena, and says he will “overestimate” before his fight. If things go according to the plan in UFC 315 and Muhammad records its first defense of the title, it will not live too much in the future, because as you find out, it is often out of your hands.

“The landscape will happen regardless of what we do or what we say,” said Muhammad. “I have a difficult task in front of me with JDM, right? And we will go from there. I never like to look too far because you have all these plans, but then God has a plan. For me, my plan was to beat Shavkat in December, it didn’t happen. My plan was to overcome Shavkat in May, it didn’t happen. So now, we have someone else, so my eyes are locked on him. He is my bullseye right now and that is all that worries me. “

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