Belal Muhammad is coming off of a big win over Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 51 and he now finds himself in the title talk. Leon Edwards currently appears to be the next man for Kamaru Usman.

There is some beef between Belal Muhammad and Leon Edwards and things are not getting better. The new UFC contender made it clear he doesn't think Edwards should be next for Kamaru Usman.

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“I don’t think [Edwards] deserves to fight for the title,” Muhammad said at the UFC Vegas 51 post-fight press conference via MMAFighting. “I think that I do. I think he got that Dana White privilege. But whatever, I don’t expect to be handed anything. I have to fight for everything I’ve got and I’m willing to keep doing it.”

Welterweight is a bit of a complicated division in the UFC and Kamaru Usman could be out for a while because of hand surgery. Belal Muhammad believes he is on the best run in the division.

“Who’s the only one in the division with a better run than I am on?” Muhammad said after UFC Vegas 51. “I’m literally fighting [Demian] Maia, ‘Wonderboy’ [Stephen Thompson], Luque. Who’s Colby [Covington] fighting? Colby’s fighting guys off two losses in a row. Who’s Leon fighting? Leon’s fighting [155 pounders].

“None of these guys are fighting the contenders in the division. None of these guys had the guts to do that. I’m the one that’s going through 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 [in the rankings]. I’m the one that’s saying yes to the toughest in the division. Leon may have more wins than me, but he doesn’t have the quality of wins that I have.”