UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad does not believe that the juice is worth the UFC 315 -Back -Up.
Belal Muhammad and Welterweight Competent Jack della Maddalena Koppen An intriguing map on UFC 315 this Saturday in Montreal. Muhammad will make his first welterweight title defense after achieving the belt about Leon Edwards on UFC 304 last July.
From Muhammad it was originally expected that he was dealing with Shavkat Rakhmonov for his first title defense on UFC 310, but Mohammed withdrew due to an injury. After Rakhmonov Ian Machado Garry defeated in a booking with a short notice, he suffered an injury and is sidelined of title for an indefinite period of time.
Garry is fresh from a victory over Carlos Prates in UFC Kansas City earlier this month, and his request to become the UFC 315 -Back -up hunter was granted. But if Garry expects a title shot for beating prates and supporting UFC 315, Muhammad believes that he will not get what he desires.
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Belal Muhammad claims that a former title holder 'can skip the line' with a victory
During a recent performance at the Anik & Florian Podcast, Muhammad was asked what his reaction was when Garry was called the official backup of UFC 315.
'I had no knowledge [of it]And even when he said it in the cage, there is no way to set up this man as a backup. Because he looked like he was being beaten up, especially in the fifth round [vs. Prates]”Muhammad said about Garry.” Is he going to arrive again and is it worth it? Because I don't pull forward, and I know that Jack is not from Australia …
“But he tries it, right? Especially in a division where people say there is no clear number one contender. Shavkat, we don't know when it will return, and then you have [Sean Brady] who looked great against Leon Edwards. Kamaru [Usman] And [Joaquin] Buckley, they are about to fight each other.
'So I think for [Ian]He just tries to put his name in the mix and thinks he is going to cement himself like the backup, “Mohammed continued.” But you never know what the UFC wants … I think if Kamaru wins, they let Kamaru skip the line, whatever happens. '
Muhammad and Kamaru Usman have had a budding feud and Usman has been planned for months to return to the cage in UFC Atlanta against Joaquin Buckley next month. It is his first good weight fight since successive losses for Edwards, including his most recent 170 pound booking on UFC 286.
Another intriguing element of the image of the Welterweight title is UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev, which could possibly rise to Welterweight if Maddalena wins on UFC 315. Makhachev and Mohammed have collected after their time training under their time training under their time of Khabib -Nip -Magur.
UFC 315 suffered a big blow just a few days before the event
In anticipation of UFC 315, the main map suffered a large loss in the form of two KO artists. Joel Alvarez was aware of an injury on days due to his planned fight with Benoit Saint-Denis, and the status of Saint-Denis for the map is uncertain.
According to MMA Fighting, Mateusz Rebecki is a potential short-notice replacement opponent for Saint-Denis. But at the moment the UFC has not announced anything about Saint-Denis who stays on the fighting arrangement.
If Saint-Denis does not replace an opponent of a short-notice, another top star called for him for a main event. Mauricio Ruffy went to social media on Saturday and begged the UFC to book him against Saint-Denis in a UFC Fight Night Headliner.