The UFC welterweight division is hyping up in recent times. The championship bout between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman saw Colby Covington as a backup for the two. ‘Chaos’ was seen making weight in the recent event. Additionally, fans are also excited to see the American fighter go up against rising undefeated welterweights or other top-ranked fighters.

In the midst of all this, Belal Muhammad’s manager Ali Abdelaziz threw a name into the pool of fighters that the former interim champion could face. The controversial manager suggested a fight between ‘Chaos’ and ‘Bully’ Belal Muhammad. Furthermore, Dana White has responded to Ali Abdelaziz’s latest complaints regarding his client’s next fight.

Dana White opens up about Colby Covington and Belal Muhammad’s potential fight

While speaking ahead of UFC 287, the UFC President was asked about the rumors of the fight between the two welterweights. A reporter asked White in an interview, “Belal’s manager had mentioned that there were talks of Colby coaching The Ultimate Fighter with Belal, was there any truth to that and is that one of the fights that was offered to Colby?”

Dana White revealed, “What’s hilarious is you know there’s all this talk about The Ultimate Fighter and people coaching. Obviously, you know, when we’re thinking about you know who’s going to be coach a season whatever, there are multiple calls that are made to different people to see who’s interested. Is there interest this and that. So we reach out to a lot of different people and talk to people about it and then we make out final decision.”

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This comes after Ali Abdelaziz was trying to hype up the potential fight between the top-ranked welterweights in an Instagram story.

Ali Abdelaziz commented on Covington ‘running away’ from Belal Muhammad

The controversial tried to make a fight happen between ‘Chaos’ and ‘Remember The Name’. Abdelaziz even started to complain about the same in a tweet sent earlier this month. The sports manager said, “@ColbyCovMMA keeps running away from @bullyb170 like he ran in the buffet line. If Colby doesn’t wanna fight then Belal 100% deserves the next title shot.”

However, with White’s latest comments, things are a little clear as to what UFC thinks of this welterweight fight. What do you think will happen if ‘Bully’ and ‘Chaos’ meet each other in the octagon? Let us know in the comments.

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