Surging UFC welterweight Khamzat Chimaev has been called out by Belal Muhammad after the American's recent win.
Muhammad won a one-sided decision against former title challenger Stephen Thompson at UFC Vegas 45 last weekend.
The win marked Muhammad's sixth win in his last seven fights as the welterweight jumped to No. 5 in the rankings.
Chimaev has been trying to book his next fight since submitting Li Jingliang at UFC 267 in October and it now seems he may have found his next opponent.
"Send me location," Muhammad wrote to UFC president Dana White regarding a fight with Chimaev.
And Chimaev responded to Muhammad's call-out: "Let's gooooo to kill somebody".
The undefeated Chimaev has taken the UFC by storm since making his debut for the promotion last year.
'Borz' had a successful 2020 campaign having set records for the fastest consecutive wins and fastest three-fight winning streak in modern UFC history.
The Chechen was then plagued by a long battle with Covid-19 that forced him out three bookings with Leon Edwards and almost retired him from the sport.
And White thinks Chimaev is one of the "baddest" fighters he was ever worked with despite having fought just four times in the UFC.
"Khamzat Chimaev is one of the baddest dudes that I've ever come across and is literally willing to fight anyway, doesn't care what the timeframe is or any of that stuff," he told Jim Rome.
"We're working on something for him. Nobody wants to fight this guy. Everybody wants to get out on social media and say this or say that.
"But when it really comes down to it, nobody’s trying to fight Khamzat Chimaev. I don’t blame them.
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"But at the end of the day when you’re a professional fighter – this is what you do – you should look at a guy with as much hype and as much bravado as Chimaev has, as a huge opportunity.”
Chimaev has also been called out by No.4 ranked welterweight Vicente Luque, who has won all four of his last fights by stoppage.
Muhammad has fought four times this year, winning decisions against Dhiego Lima, Demain Maia and Thompson.
The 33-year-old was on the receiving end of a horror eye poke from Edwards in March that caused their fight to be called a no-contest.
Muhammad has called for a rematch with Edwards since that fight, but the Brit has been pursuing a title fight with Kamaru Usman since outpointing Nate Diaz in May.
