Belal Muhammad eyes Madison Square Garden bout amid rumors of potential Islam Makhachev vs. Jack Della Maddalena pay-per-view

Madison Square Garden in New York City, USA, has the eye of every other fighter due to the venue’s illustrious combat sports history, with the latest desire to fight there expressed by the former welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad. The venue has seen the likes of Muhammad Ali and Conor McGregor, who have achieved significantly throughout their careers. Muhammad’s interest in the venue stems from the possibility of one of the biggest pay-per-view events being held at the venue, featuring Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev.The newly crowned welterweight champion, Jack Della Maddalena, has had much time to sit back and relish his achievement after defeating Belal Muhammad at UFC 315. Shortly after Muhammad’s debacle, UFC wasted no time in announcing a move up by Islam Makhachev to the welterweight division after vacating his lightweight title and immediately getting a title shot. Despite the lack of time to process the glorious win and prepare himself to defend the title immediately, Della Maddalena, instead, seems pretty confident and hyped up for his first title defense against Makhachev. The fighter, in a recent interview with ESPN, expressed his desire to fight in Madison Square Garden, citing the examples of Muhammad Ali and Conor McGregor, who rendered some unforgettable fight experiences for the audiences and fans at the venue. The former welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, also joins the league of players eyeing the venue while revealing his next plan of action within the division in a recent interview. In the latest Remember The Show episode, when the fighter asked about his opinion on the possibility of Makhachev fighting for the title against JDM happening at MSG, Muhammad quickly replied, “Yeah, I am excited, right! If it’s MSG for sure, I wanna be on that card. And definitely be on the same card as them.” The fighter justified how MSG as a venue would be a better option for Makhachev, “I think it makes a lot of sense. I don’t think it makes sense for Islam to go all the way to Perth. I think in MSG, they usually have a big card, a big night event. I don’t know if they are trying to do Jon Jones for it.”Muhammad reveals the next plans for himself within the Octagon, “For me now, it’s jut locking it in and making the next guy pay. I am not the type that’s gonna be like, ‘Oh Jack s*cks and ….’ I hope he wins. I hope he wins every single one of his fights and then we meet again and I get the belt back from him. Whoever he is fighting.” Muhammad seems quite fixed on redeeming himself from the title loss, and that too against Della Maddalena only.Also read: Former UFC champion Conor McGregor leaves fans in awe as he posts images and videos of his son engaged in soccer trainingUFC 315 had resulted in one of the major shakeups within the promotion. Had the situation been otherwise, with Muhammad still holding the championship belt, Makhachev wouldn’t have moved up, and there would have been a heightened possibility of Makhachev facing the former featherweight Ilia Topuria