Based off recent runs, Ben Askren thinks Belal Muhammad should be next in line for UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards . Muhammad (22-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) is unbeaten in his past nine fights, with wins over the likes of ranked fighters Stephen Thompson, Vicente Luque, and formerly unbeaten Sean Brady at UFC 280. The lone asterisk in that run is a no contest against Edwards (21-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) in March 2021 – a fight where Muhammad was inadvertently poked in the eye in Round 2 and rendered unable to continue . “The one I think should get the title shot is Belal,” Askren said on Daniel Cormier’s YouTube channel. “Belal is now – I think he’s 8-0. He’s won eight in a row, maybe, and he has the no contest against Leon, right? They were already supposed to fight. They were in the cage together. They were fighting, and there was an eye poke, so he’s the one that I think should get it.” It appears the UFC has other plans for Muhammad. In the UFC 286 post-fight news conference, U...
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