Image credit: Belal Muhammad's Twitter account
UFC welterweight fighter Belal Muhammad will face off against UFC welterweight champion Leon “Rocky” Edwards for championship gold at the highly anticipated UFC 304 pay-per-view event.
Ahead of his fight against Leon Edwards for the 170-pound crown, the 35-year-old No. 1 contender is training with a team that includes UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and retired former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Recently, while speaking with MMA Junkie, Belal Muhammad described Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev as the LeBron James and Michael Jordan of mixed martial arts.
“One day of training with Khabib is like 100 days of training with another player. The knowledge and energy I get from them is priceless. I'm training with the Michael Jordan of sports in Khabib and Islam is basically the LeBron James of sports,” Belal Muhammad said.
Belal Muhammad reveals why he hates Sean Strickland
Shortly after Dana White announced the fight card for UFC 304, specifically the main event, which would be Belal Muhammad's chance to establish himself as one of the best fighters in the sport by defeating UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards, well-known MMA journalist Nina Maria played a prank on Belal during an Instagram Live session where Belal was answering fans' questions. Nina later shared footage of her teasing Belal and his reaction.
Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland mocked Muhammad in the comments section, writing, “If you told him that in person he'd bow his head, walk away and then try to fight you on Twitter, lol.”
Belal Muhammad later explained his feelings towards Sean Strickland during an appearance on the YouTube channel Money Royalty Legacy: “When I posted about Palestine he commented, 'They should give up.' Someone who can watch people die and laugh and make jokes about it just shows the kind of person he is,” Muhammad said.
He continued: “Recently he was crying to Theo Fong about his father and saying, 'Don't talk about my father,' while he was talking about the kids who had just been bombed. But when it came to himself, suddenly it was all an act.”
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