Colby Covington has confirmed that his proposed wrestling match with Belal Muhammad will no longer go ahead, ending weeks of talk about a possible showdown. The matchup had gained attention after the pair’s heated run-in at Real American Freestyle 11, where tensions escalated and Covington kicked Muhammad.
The cancellation closes the door, at least for now, on a crossover-style bout that had drawn interest from fight fans following their public confrontation. While the planned wrestling contest appeared to build momentum after RAF 11, Covington has now made it clear that the meeting with Muhammad is off.
Attention has quickly shifted to what comes next for Covington. According to the report, he is now setting his sights on a former UFC middleweight champion as a potential next opponent, signaling that he wants to move on from the Muhammad storyline and pursue a different high-profile matchup.
The change keeps Covington in the headlines even as the Belal Muhammad wrestling match falls apart. With the original idea scrapped and a new target identified, the focus now turns to whether this next proposed fight can develop into something more concrete.
