Following the co-main event of UFC 310 this past weekend, in which Shavkat Rakhmonov snagged Ian Garry’s undefeated record via unanimous decision over five rounds, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad entered the cage to face off against Rakhmonov.
Everything seemed fine until former two-division champion Conor McGregor hopped on social media to clown Muhammad in an intoxicated rant (again).
A day later, Muhammad responded to McGregor’s rant and cut deep.
‘He was definitely coked out of his mind last night,” Muhammad told Jake Shields. “When you look at how far he’s fallen off, you know, he’s lost Proper 12, which was his baby. Think about your future and how your kids are going to look at you. Now you’re a convicted rapist. You’re showing yourself. You’re showing the next generation- the people who look up to you, that see you as a star and have you on a pedestal – and you’re showing this side of yourself; it’s kind of pathetic.”
“And now, as a fighter, he always wants to put his name in the mix whenever there is a big fight…You have all the money in the world, but he wants that stardom, and he’s losing it,” Muhammad continued. “No one cares about him. Now he wants that so bad. They say that money doesn’t buy you happiness; I don’t think he’s happy. You can just tell he’s not happy. He’s that guy that is embarrassing.”
“Obviously, he built up the sport to another level, but now he’s bringing it down. You’re the stereotype that people think fighters are – drunks, addicts. You have young kids, and you should look at yourself in the mirror and think, ‘I need to make changes.’ You gotta go to rehab, bro,” Muhammad concluded. “People are only going to know him because of this rape case. I don’t really care. I’ll go back and forth with him all day. He would never fight me, so he puts those tweets out there to act like he would.”
“Remember the Name” and McGregor have a history of talking trash to each other. Most recently, McGregor made fun of Muhammad’s toe, which caused UFC 310 to change course.
“Notorious” lost his highly-publicized sexual assault civil case recently (details here ) and has been losing collaborations with the video game series Hitman and any ties he had with Proper 12.