Newly-crowned UFC welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, was anticipated to make his first 170-pound title protection towards undefeated division contender, Shavkat Rakhmonov, atop the UFC 310 pay-per-view (PPV) card final month in Las Vegas; nevertheless, a nasty bone an infection bounced “Keep in mind the Identify” from the “Sin Metropolis” lineup.
Rakhmonov remained on the cardboard to defeat prime prospect Ian Garry.
“Proper after Ramadan, I believe. Might, June, is the proper timeline for me,” Muhammad instructed MMA Junkie about his Octagon return. “I began final week coaching with these guys down in Vegas. That was a pleasant shock to the physique. It received me awoken. It let me know, ‘All proper, we’ve received to get in shape-shape. So it simply feels good to be coaching. I used to be on the PI. I used to be doing remedy on a regular basis over there, so my physique is lastly getting again to regular and eventually getting again to the place it was.”
Muhammad was lately noticed coaching with the celebrities of UFC 311.
“We take a look at our technique and what we thought earlier than the (Garry) combat was going to work, and we noticed it play out in that combat, and we expect continues to be going to work,” Muhammad continued. “I don’t assume [Shavkat’s] ever fought anyone like me. There’s not plenty of guys who ever fought a man like me, so when you get into the cage with me, it’s totally different. He’s going to get into the cage with me, understand it’s totally different, and there’s ranges to this. I’m going to point out the world why I’m the perfect welterweight on this planet.”
Muhammad, 36, has not competed since his championship victory over Leon Edwards within the UFC 304 most important occasion final July in Manchester, a five-round efficiency that pushed “Keep in mind the Identify” to 24-3 with one No Contest. The promotion will seemingly make an announcement concerning Muhammad’s return within the coming weeks.
