UFC welterweight contender Belal Muhammad has slammed Colby Covington for his recent callout.
A three-time title challenger and one-time interim champion, Colby Covington has consistently been a top contender in the UFC welterweight division. In 2022, he chose to fight his former friend Jorge Masvidal and then took a year off, waiting for another title shot. The opportunity came in December 2023, when Covington fought Leon Edwards at UFC 296 but lost a lopsided decision.
Now, with a healed broken foot, Covington is planning his UFC return and he called out Muhammad before the latter booked his fight against Edwards.
Muhammad believes it’s funny how Covington has changed his tune.
“That was honestly the funniest thing,” Muhammad told MMA Fighting. “I’m not even going to bring attention to it because then I’m going to have a back-and-forth with him. This guy’s a joke now. He understands he’s a joke now. So he’s trying to go out there and call out these bigger names now. He’s calling out me, he’s calling out [Charles] Oliveira. Ian Garry’s not worth it. Why, because Ian Garry’s a bad matchup for you?
“He knows that if he loses one more fight, it’s over. How terrible that last fight was, he’s desperate for something. He’s desperate for a win. I think he’s going to sit there and wait. Maybe he’s going to call out a [featherweight] or somebody and hope one of those guys bite on the bullet.”
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