Ian Machado Garry stumps for Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad next

Ian Machado Garry thinks it’s a no brainer that Belal Muhammad ought to get the subsequent UFC welterweight title shot.

Unbeaten in his previous 10 fights, most just lately defeating former title challenger Gilbert Burns at UFC 288, Muhammad (23-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) has been campaigning for a title shot however to no avail. Garry (14-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) took an enormous step towards the higher echelon of the division when he defeated Geoff Neal at UFC 298. He’s eyeing Colby Covington subsequent and needs to see welterweight champion Leon Edwards defend his title in opposition to Muhammad so the division can transfer ahead.

“I don’t perceive this, I actually don’t,” Garry stated on “The MMA Hour.” “I see it like, for the UFC – Dana at all times speaks about how he desires to maneuver the division, he desires to maintain the champions energetic, and he desires to get the subsequent man in movement. I perceive that the build-up for Belal and Leon won’t be essentially the most entertaining on the planet. They’re not essentially the most entertaining to take heed to, or the press convention isn’t going to be that huge of a build-up.

“However like all the things that’s occurring in my life in the meanwhile, if the combat goes to stay up and be ok stylistically, why not make it occur? Why not simply discuss in regards to the combating? Leon is an exceptional fighter. Belal is an exceptional fighter. So allow them to go at one another and allow them to see who’s the perfect within the welterweight division in the meanwhile. I consider they completely ought to make that combat.”

UFC CEO Dana White praised Edwards for accepting each combat provide, however Muhammad seems to imply that he wasn’t one of them – regardless of constantly being one among few fighters prepared to combat throughout Ramadan, which finishes simply days earlier than UFC 300 on April 13.