UFC welterweight contender Belal Muhammad seems to be sad with Colby Covington.
UFC 286 is slated for this Saturday evening on pay-per-view from London, England. The cardboard is headlined by the welterweight trilogy bout between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. Of their first outing in December 2015, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ gained by unanimous choice.
Within the high-profile rematch final August, it appeared that the outcome can be the identical as the primary. Nonetheless, ‘Rocky’ obtained his underdog second within the fifth spherical. Edwards landed a picture-perfect head kick, knocking out the champion. With that, Usman’s prolonged title reign was gone in a flash.
Heading into the trilogy battle set for this Saturday, there’s been discuss of who the backup fighter can be. For many high-profile UFC championship matchups, there’s a backup today within the occasion that one of many headliners falls out. Earlier right now, followers realized that the backup fighter was Colby Covington.
‘Chaos’ has been out of the octagon since his choice win over Jorge Masvidal final March. Since then, Covington has been out of motion partially as a consequence of his courtroom case with ‘Gamebred’. Reportedly, Masvidal assaulted his former buddy exterior a Miami bar weeks after their battle.
Nonetheless, Colby Covington weighed in at championship weight this morning. If something occurs to both Leon Edwards or Kamaru Usman over the subsequent 24 hours, he’ll obtain a title shot. That seemingly doesn’t sit properly with Belal Muhammad.
The welterweight contender took to Twitter blast the previous interim champion. Muhammad said that Covington had declined a bout in opposition to him set for UFC 286. Nonetheless, he nonetheless by some means was capable of sign-up for the backup place.
Lol I requested to battle colby on this card he didn’t need to he’s not combating contenders
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 16, 2023
“Lol I requested to battle colby on this card he didn’t need to he’s not combating contenders”
Solely falls via on Colby’s finish lol pic.twitter.com/pOF7cilIVb
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 16, 2023
“Solely falls via on Colby’s finish lol”
He turns down a battle on the identical card so he can weigh in and never need to battle https://t.co/D4lVqABH1n
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 17, 2023
“He turns down a battle on the identical card so he can weigh in and never need to battle”
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