Muhammad would slap Strickland during the fight

UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad has spoken out about a possible bout with the promotion's former middleweight champion Sean Strickland.

"I was slapping him. Literally the fight starts and I slapped him. When I have to reflect on the tough fights for me, a fight against Shawn is not one of them. It would be an easy fight for me. He beats a lot of people due to cardio. I have a better gas tank than he does. He beats a lot of people on the jab, but they just don't know how to fight him and adjust. Costa kept pivoting and taking them on. Even Izzy was backing off most of the time...".