There’s no love lost between Belal
Muhammad and Sean
Strickland.
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The
Ultimate Fighting Championship standouts haven’t been shy about
trading barbs on social media in recent months. While they belong
to different weight classes, Muhammad has even expressed interest
in moving up to middleweight to fight Strickland. Responding to
“Remember the Name,” Strickland went on a profanity-filled rant in
a recent interview with The Schmo.
“Listen about Belal Muhammad,” Strickland said. “F—ing where is
he from, Miami, Detroit (Chicago)… Belal do me a favor, s–t the
f–k up. Go get on a boat, go back to f—ing Palestine. Go pick up
a rock and go f—ing do something. I’m so sick of you f—ing on
the Twitter and just talking s–t. Every time I f—ing see you
bro, you have your head down like a f—ing little girl… You wanna
f—ing fight me and try to dry hump me?”
Sean Strickland reacts to Belal Muhammad
saying he’d move up to 185 to fight him:“Belal, do me a favour, shut the f*** up. Go get on a boat, go back
to f***ing Palestine, go pick up a rock and go do something.”🎥 @TheSchmo312pic.twitter.com/nzXluohkzd
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS)
January 30, 2025
Meanwhile, Strickland gets a chance to reclaim the middleweight
title against Dricus Du
Plessis in the main event of UFC 312
on Saturday at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. However,
Muhammad believes other middleweight contenders have a more
legitimate claim to the next gold bid. The welterweight champ
praised Khamzat
Chimaev’s recent win over Robert
Whittaker and Muhammad Nassourdine’s triumph over Israel
Adesanya while mocking Strickland’s last performance.
“Crazy that Chimaev finished Whittaker and Imavov finished Izzy,
but the guy that teeped Costa 150 times is getting the title shot
..but we all know he’s good at crying and using his mouth. No diddy
I just heard it from his dad,” Muhammad wrote.
Crazy that chimaev finished Whittaker and
imavov finished Izzy but the guy that teeped costa 150 times is
getting the title shot ..but we all know he’s good at crying and
using his mouth no diddy I just heard it from his dad— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170)
February 2, 2025
Strickland lost his strap via decision against Du Plessis at UFC
297 in January 2024. He rebounded with a split-decision win over
Paulo
Costa and has since been insistent on fighting for the title,
which ultimately worked out well for him. Meanwhile, Chimaev is
most likely in line for the next title shot even as Imavov made a
case with his win over “The Last Stylebender” at UFC
Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, Muhammad is riding a 11-fight winning streak topped off
by his title win over Leon
Edwards via a dominant unanimous decision last year. The
36-year-old has since been teasing a move up to middleweight,
citing a lack of fresh contenders at 170 pounds