Belal Muhammad (24-5, 1 NC MMA, 15-5, 1 NC UFC) and Colby Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) have something in common: In addition to both of these men having ties with MMA’s No. 1 promotion, they either have already fought in Real American Freestyle or are scheduled to do so in the near future.
When it comes to the former, he last appeared in Real American Freestyle this past Saturday, Dec. 20. On the last weekend before the Christmas holiday, Muhammad went down in defeat by way of technical fall to David Carr (49-16.) Carr is a tough customer in the shop.
Back in October during RAF 2, he won the battle for the inaugural RAF Welterweight (165 lbs) Championship via decision versus Amr Reda. When it comes to Belal Muhammad’s longtime foe, Colby Covington, he’ll be appearing on the Jan. 10 RAF 5 in the main event on FOX Nation versus Luke Rockhold.
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Belal Muhammad Discusses Carr Match on YouTube Christmas Eve
On his YouTube channel Wednesday, Belal Muhammad talked about his defeat in RAF 4 last Saturday night.
“It was a great time even though it wasn’t a W,” Belal Muhammad said of his match with David Carr. “We’re going against the best guy in the world. Shoutout to RAF for putting on an amazing show. The staff, the people, honestly, the fans in Fishers, IN were great.”
Muhammad also acknowledged how challenging it was to face his most recent adversary on the mat. At the same time, however, “Remember the Name” mentioned that there’s nothing that could keep him away from the combative disciplines.
“It was definitely different,” he said. “It was definitely harder. We haven’t put a singlet on since high school, but, man, I love challenges. I love competition, I love competing. When you don’t have a fight in the book and you could still compete in either grappling or wrestling, I’m going to do it. I’m going to take any chance, and I’m going to try to go against the best guys in the world. David Carr is the best guy in the world right now, the champion, so it wasn’t an easy task and we knew that.”
Will Belal Muhammad vs. Colby Covington be Next in RAF?
While Colby Covington’s plans for the weekend of Jan. 10 are set in stone with his match against Luke Rockhold in RAF 5 in Sunrise, FL, Belal Muhammad is eager to meet up with “Chaos” on the wrestling mat at a future date.
“You live and you learn,” he continued. “Hopefully, they give me another shot. Hopefully, [next time,] we’ll get an easier guy. We’ve got, what’s his name? Colby Covington. He’s going against Rockhold in Miami in January. Maybe we’ll be there. Maybe we’ll get the winner of that one.”
When comparing Carr to Covington, Belal Muhammad fired a vicious shot.
“That was the best guy in the world,” he said of champion David Carr. “We did well against him. We’ll see what we do against the trash of the division, Colby.”
Belal Muhammad Wasted Little Time Creating Bulletin Board Material
While we’ll have to wait to see whether or not the matchmakers at RAF do, indeed, eventually book Belal Muhammad vs. Colby Covington at some point in the upcoming new year, if this does end up taking place, it’ll be a long time coming. Muhammad has been known to stir the pot when it comes to Colby Covington in the past.
Four years ago this week, for instance, he appeared on TMZ Sports and said that he wanted nothing more in the world than to defeat Colby Covington.
“If they give me the Colby fight, if Colby mans up [and] wants it, I’ll do that one, too,” he mentioned at the time. He’s fought for the title twice, lost for the title twice. I just want to keep this two-fight loss streak going for these guys.”
The battle lines for Belal Muhammad and Colby Covington have been drawn one more time. While Covington will fight on Jan. 10, will he eventually meet Muhammad? Only time will tell.
