Belal Muhammad calls out Colby Covington, threatens hospital visit if they run into each other

Belal Muhammad had a stiff test and a close fight when he met Tim Means at UFC Fight Night 121 in Sydney, Australia, but after getting the split-decision victory, Muhammad wasted no time angling for another newsworthy name in his post-fight interview.

When asked by UFC commentator Dan Hardy if he had an opponent in mind for his next bout, Muhammad was quick to mention a fellow welterweight who’d been sent home from Sydney after a much publicized run-in with headliner Fabricio Werdum earlier in the week.

“I definitely got someone in mind,” Muhammad said. “There’s a little coward I saw earlier this week by the name of Colby Covington, out here talking trash about other people’s countries,” Muhammad said. “I don’t like that, man. I’m from Chicago, dude. We’re both 170 (pounds). Meet me in the cage. Because if I see you on the street you’re going to the ICU.”

Muhammad was referring, of course, to Covington’s remarks about Brazil both before and after his fight with Demian Maia in Sao Paulo. It seems that calling the residents “filthy animals” not only infuriated Brazilians like Werdum, who attacked Covington with a boomerang earlier in the week, but it also made him a target even for fellow Americans like Muhammad.

And because he apparently values specificity in his threats, Muhammad made sure to even name the wing of the hospital (the intensive care unit) where he plans to send Covington if they encounter one another outside the cage.

Of course, it’d probably be more profitable and less legally sticky if they confined their action to the cage, especially since Covington seems like he might be feeling a tad litigious just now.

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