Muhammad argued that the middleweight division lacks difficult challenges, excluding top contender Khamzat Chimaev. The welterweight champ dispariged UFC 313's main event title fight between Du Plessis and Sean Strickland as a prime example of the weight class' shallowness.

Dricus Du Plessis doesn't see a fight with fellow UFC champion Belal Muhammad being competitive. Welterweight champ Muhammad discussed the possibility of moving up to 185 pounds, dubbing champ Du Plessis and former champ Sean Strickland easy matchups.

Muhammad wasn’t impressed by Strickland’s performance as he blasted the UFC middleweight division in a recent podcast appearance with Barstool Sports. Muhammad claimed du Plessis and the rest of the middleweights make it the ‘easiest weight class’ in the UFC and claimed the middleweight titleholder ‘sucks’.