UFC fans kinda suck compared to WWE fans, according to welterweight contender Belal Muhammad.
Belal Muhammad is set to fight for the UFC welterweight title at UFC 304 in Manchester, but that doesn’t mean he’s a big fan of the common fans UFC draws these days.
In a recent interview with the Money Loyalty Respect podcast, “Remember The Name” gushed about how WWE fans support their superstars no matter what. UFC fans? Not so much.
“Being at [WWE] events is funner,” Muhammad said. “It’s like the complete opposite of UFC because those people are so into it. No matter what you’re doing, like, you could literally throw a punch or run into the ropes and the fans are going crazy no matter what, because they’re real, true, fans.”
“UFC fans, it’s just like you said, 90% of them are just drunks that don’t care about anybody else unless they’re bleeding and standing in front of each other just banging it out … A lot of these people are just waiting for that viral moment, that viral knockout, that viral power slap or something nowadays that could go on TikTok.”
MMA fans can’t seem to go a week without being denigrated by the fighters. Don’t worry, though — I’m sure you, dear reader, are part of the elevated 10%.
Rather than cater to the drunks and TikTok view chasers, Muhammad concentrates on setting a good example for his fellow Muslim fans.
“I hold myself to higher standards because I do have those younger Muslim kids out there that are looking up to me,” he explained. “When they see me praying or something, it motivates them. And I’d rather have that more so than the drunk guy at the bar that’s, like, ‘Oh, Bully B’s a beast.’”
“Because those guys, once you lose, they’re gonna be the same ones that are saying, ‘Oh, you suck.’”
Muhammad will have his chance to prove the haters and the doubters wrong when he faces Leon Edwards in the wee hours of the morning on July 27th in Manchester, England.