Dricus Du Plessis is riding high after his thrilling victory over Sean Strickland at UFC 312, and the South African star isn’t shying away from bold challenges. Fresh off his championship win, DDP has set his sights on Alex Pereira, confidently claiming he has what it takes to defeat the Brazilian powerhouse. But Pereira isn’t the only fighter on Du Plessis’ radar—he also took a jab at reigning welterweight kingpin Belal Muhammad.
Speaking with Ariel Helwani, Du Plessis didn’t hold back.“If I fight Belal Muhammad, it would be unfair. He’d need someone else to help him,” he declared. But the verbal jabs didn’t stop there. DDP also dismissed the idea of Muhammad ever moving up to middleweight, adding, “I step on his head, and it’s over.”
But what prompted such a response from the South African juggernaut? Well, it was Muhammad who fired scathing remarks about the UFC 312 main event. Appearing on The Stretch podcast, he downplayed the level of competition at 185 pounds. “I think 185 is probably the easiest weight class [to fight in], besides Khamzat [Chimaev],” Muhammad said. “If you look at that UFC 312 main event, you’re like, ‘Bro, Strickland and Du Plessis suck.’”
All of this came at a point when both the respective champs at 170lbs and 185lbs were looking to move up and claim double champ glory! In the same interview however, Muhammad clarified that he had no interest in fighting his friend Islam Makhachev. He mentioned that if he needed to challenge himself then 185 lbs would be an easy category, especially against divisional title holder DDP.
However, surging UFC welterweight fighter Joaquin Buckley thinks that moving to a higher weight class would not be a wise move by ‘Remember the Name’. Since ‘New Mansa’ has competed in the middleweight division he warned Muhammad that the latter does not have the skillset to fight combatants in a heavier division. Buckley said on his YouTube channel, “Belal Muhammad talking about he wants to move up, he could be a double champ. Belal, I’m just going to warn you right now that you don’t have the tools nor the weapons to beat a person like Dricus. You’re not going to be able to take buddy down. ” However even after incessant warnings, Muhammad is confident that he can beat DDP. But how? Here’s his strategy.
Belal Muhammad exposed his tactics to beat Dricus Du Plessis
According to Belal Muhammad, his speed and technical ability will give him an advantage over ‘Stillknocks,’ who is known for his awkward but efficient striking. The welterweight champ explained his tactic in a social media upload and even gave a detailed round-by-round fight prediction. He wrote, “He can’t hit me, he can’t take me down… He lets me under chin out of frustration then I put him to sleep… and new double champ.”
He explained that he would exhaust and control DDP with takedowns, and swift movement and then submit him in Round 3.
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