UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad recently had Drus Du Plessis in his mind in the midst of Hints of a potential 'Champ-camp' stroke.
Dricus Du Plessis successfully defended his UFC Middleweight Champion for the second time at UFC 312 in his Rematch with Sean Strickland. While many hoped for an entertaining affair, Du Plessis made a dominant performance of it, suffocating Strickland and winning by unanimous decision.
After he moved to 2-0 against Strickland, Du Plessis has focused his eyes on a likely confrontation with the unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev for his next middleweight title defense. Chimaev defeated the former title holder Robert Whittaker at UFC 308, but it guaranteed a title shot for his next fight.
But when Du Plessis passes Chimaev, there are not many high -profile options in the photo of the middleweight. One is Nassourdine Imavov, who beat the former rival of Israel Adesanya of Du Plessis earlier this month in UFC Saudi Arabia.
A big fight can come up in UFC champion Welterweight, Belal Muhammad, who already talks about a movement of 185 pounds before making his first good weight defending defense.
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Belal Muhammad decomposes how he had defeated Dricus du Persis
In a recent message to X, Muhammad explained his game plan for a possible super fight with Du Plessis.
“I would come out of him with a 1-2, then he would have an upper hand diving, changing levels and bringing it down, then he would shrink and get the underhook to get out, but he will be too weak His get up, so then I will hit him and bang the rest of the round 1, “Muhammad began.
“Round 2 starts and I come out with a flying knee that he tears up, then I hit him with the Zabit Back Trip and Musband and laughs him out (this makes him crazy) He stands up and loads towards me that to me loads. The road easily hit him with a 1-2 and then he becomes frustrated shoots for a Takedown that I easily defend, but now he is tired and stays on his knees, I kick him to the body while he is on the floor. End of round 2.
“Round 3 starts and he is desperate, he can't touch me, he can't take me down, so he tries to turn things that I bring back at the right time and finally takes his back. him to sleep … and new double champion. “
Muhammad's movement could correlate that of his teammate, Islam Makhachev, who has long plagued a final switch to Welterweight. But Muhammad and Makhachev have been sent away from a potential super fight and Khabib Nurmagomedov does not approve the potential matchup.
Belal Muhammad vs. Dricus Du Plessis contributes to intriguing potential superfights
Muhammad won the UFC Welterweight title by beating Leon Edwards on UFC 304 last July. He was supposed to make his first title defense against Shavkat Rakhmonov on UFC 310 before he withdrew from the competition due to a health problem.
Before he defeated Strickland on UFC 312, Du Plessis successfully defended the Riem by finishing Adesanya on UFC 305 in August. He remains unbeaten in his UFC official period.
If Mohammed is serious about a switch to middleweight, it seems that he has a game plan in mind for attacking Du Plessis. Depending on how things take place in their respective departments, Mohammed and Du Plessis can be on a collision course.
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