Muhammad made a categorical statement about the fight with Makhachev

UFC welterweight title challenger Belal Muhammad has spoken out about a possible bout with the organization's lightweight champion Belal Muhammad.

"I'll never fight him, one hundred percent. Honestly, he can go up to middleweight right now and beat Dricus Du Plessis - he's good enough to do that. I think he can move up to 185 pounds, become a double champion. Hopefully he'll forget about the welterweight division for a while and let me beat some young guys there and then I'll move up to middleweight," MMAFighting quoted the fighter as saying.