"I see they're trying to work something out with Shawkat, but he's asking for an interim title - how is that even possible? Bro, I'm out for six weeks, not six months. It doesn't make sense, but if they want to do it to set up a main event, I don't care. I know who my next opponent will be."
As a reminder, Muhammad and Rakhmonov were scheduled to fight on December 7, but Belal pulled out of the fight due to injury.