As reported by MMA Junkie, UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad is already starting the year targeting Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was expected to face Rakhmonov (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in UFC 310 last month, but a bone infection kept him out of competition.
Muhammad has been spending time training with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Training has renewed his interest in fighting again.
Ali Abdelaziz, Muhammad’s manager, told MMA Junkie that Muhammad should be back in the Octagon in May.
“Right after Ramadan, I think. May, June, is the perfect timeline for me.