Belal Muhammad trashes 'coked out' Conor McGregor

Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad captured the 170-pound title at UFC 304, defeating then-titleholder Leon Edwards via unanimous decision.  His first title defense could be against several different options, but “Remember the Name” isn’t going to let Conor McGregor take a fast track to a title shot.

McGregor and Michael Chandler were scheduled as the UFC 303 main event on June 29. That all went away when McGregor was forced out of the fight with an injury.  The two were slated to clash in a welterweight matchup.  

McGregor has fought at welterweight before.  His two fights against Nate Diaz took place in the 170-pound division, for instance.  With McGregor’s popularity and past pay-per-view numbers, the Irishman could conceivably get a title shot in either the welterweight or lightweight divisions if he has a successful return.  

Muhammad isn’t willing to let “Notorious” jump in line for a title fight and alleged that McGregor used recreational drugs.  He accused McGregor of being ‘coked out.’

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“The dude doesn’t look good in life right now.  He looks like he’s coked out.  He looks like he’s on drugs,” Muhammad told Submission Radio.  “If he beat Michael Chandler, I wouldn’t even let him skip the line because there’s guys that worked for it.  There’s guys that got here.”  

“For legacy-wide, obviously I’d like to slap Conor around, but there would be too much for it not happen,” Muhammad said.  “It took him this long to fight this fight.  It took him this long to make this fight happen with Chandler.  So for them to even think that Conor is going to fight for the welterweight belt and I’ve got to sit here and wait for two years.  Nah, it’s not going to happen.  

“I’ll give it to the guys who are actually fighting, who are actually putting the work in, the guys that deserve it.  Conor doesn’t deserve it.”