Brady Names Factor That Will Decide Muhammad Fight

Sean Brady seems to have a pretty good idea of what Belal Muhammad’s gameplan will be at UFC 280, and the 29-year-old is confident things won’t work out the way Muhammad is expecting. The two welterweights are scheduled to meet in the featured prelim o…

Sean Brady seems to have a pretty good idea of what Belal Muhammad’s gameplan will be at UFC 280, and the 29-year-old is confident things won’t work out the way Muhammad is expecting. The two welterweights are scheduled to meet in the featured prelim of UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, and a win for either…

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Muhammad Says Edwards “Broke” In Second Usman Fight

Despite the fact that Leon Edwards walked away from UFC 278 as the promotion’s welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad wasn’t especially impressed by the 31-year-old’s title-winning performance. “Remember The Name” is scheduled to face fellow…

Despite the fact that Leon Edwards walked away from UFC 278 as the promotion’s welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad wasn’t especially impressed by the 31-year-old’s title-winning performance. “Remember The Name” is scheduled to face fellow top welterweight contender Sean Brady in the featured prelim of UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. Currently the UFC’s #5-ranked welterweight, Muhammad…

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Sean Brady Will Train With Khamzat Chimaev On One Condition

Sean Brady has indicated he’d be open to training with top welterweight Khamzat Chimaev, but only if Chimaev decides to vacate his current weight class. Brady is set to meet Belal Muhammad in the featured prelim of UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. The event is ar…

Sean Brady has indicated he’d be open to training with top welterweight Khamzat Chimaev, but only if Chimaev decides to vacate his current weight class. Brady is set to meet Belal Muhammad in the featured prelim of UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. The event is arguably the most stacked one the UFC has put on…

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Muhammad On Chimaev: “Stop Being Fat, Stop Acting Stupid”

Belal Muhammad shared his thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev, telling him to “stop being fat and stop acting stupid”. Belal Muhammad (#5) takes on undefeated Sean Brady (#8) at UFC 280. However, Muhammad has some very strong opinions on #3-ranked …

Belal Muhammad shared his thoughts on Khamzat Chimaev, telling him to “stop being fat and stop acting stupid”. Belal Muhammad (#5) takes on undefeated Sean Brady (#8) at UFC 280. However, Muhammad has some very strong opinions on #3-ranked Khamzat Chimaev. After his back-and-forth war with Gilbert Burns, Chimaev was struggling to find a match….

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Belal Muhammad on Leon Edwards’ mentality after Kamaru Usman fight: “He broke in there … you could be broken”

Belal Muhammad Leon Edwards vs Kamaru UsmanUFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is looking to put himself one step closer to a title shot with a win at UFC 280. The welterweight throne will likely be tied up by a trilogy showdown between Leon Edwards and the former champion Kamaru Usman. ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ earned a decision win against the English-Jamaican Edwards in […]

Belal Muhammad Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman

UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is looking to put himself one step closer to a title shot with a win at UFC 280. The welterweight throne will likely be tied up by a trilogy showdown between Leon Edwards and the former champion Kamaru Usman.

‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ earned a decision win against the English-Jamaican Edwards in 2015. They rematched in 2022 in which Usman controlled much of the fight until ‘Rocky’ won the bout in the final round with a head kick knockout. It appears that these two are heading for a trilogy fight with the welterweight crown on the line.

The top five ranked Belal Muhammad recently commented on the trilogy bout between Edwards and Usman, ahead of his fight this weekend. Speaking in the UFC pre-fight press conference, he said:

“Kamaru was on his way to victory but it’s the fight game and anything can happen in the fight game. One Zig when you should have zagged and you go to sleep. I think that for Leon Edwards he’s gonna have to mentally go through the trenches right now in camp because he broke in there. He showed it, he had his head down, wasn’t looking at his coaches. And when you when the world sees it, it shows us something that you could be broken.”

‘Remember the Name’ also advised the Nigerian-born Usman that he should take a step back to recover after his knockout loss. Muhammad continued:

“So if I’m Kamaru, you’re gonna go in there right away take him down, right away. Do the same thing you did in there and I think that he’ll do that. But you just never know how somebody comes out comes back from a knockout … It all depends on the people he has around them in training … Especially because you’re dominating that fight, you’re on your way to victory mentally.”

The 34-year-old Belal Muhammad will be looking closer to UFC gold, but standing in his way is the undefeated Sean Brady.

See the full press conference with Belal Muhammad below:

Belal Muhammad vs Sean Brady at UFC 280

Belal Muhammad is on an impressive seven-fight win streak and will look to add another W to record when he faces Sean Brady this weekend at UFC 280. Sean Brady is undefeated in MMA and has a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under the Gracie’s. Muhammad feels that Brady is just another person on his way to a title shot. He said:

“I just feel like emotionally it’s just another hurdle I gotta get over. Another guy that I get to prove to the doubters that I’m the best guy in the division. Saturday night I get to prove it.”

The US-born Sean Brady even picked this fight and called out Muhammad on Twitter. That callout and trash talk coming from Brady only motivated ‘Remember the Name.’ He added:

“He probably has all the confidence in the world. He’s just coming off a big win against a top-six guy. So the way that he tried to call it out on Twitter, acting like he could beat me and all this other stuff, that’s what motivates me.”

Belal Muhammad and Sean Brady will get to battle for a top-ranked spot in the competitive UFC welterweight division. The UFC 280 showdown is booked for this Saturday live from Abu Dhabi, on October 22.

Belal Muhammad opens up about ‘harder’ training sessions with Khabib for UFC 280

Khabib Nurmagomedov, Belal MuhammadBelal Muhammad has been training with former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for his upcoming fight with Sean Brady. Muhammad will take on the rising prospect in a highly-anticipated matchup at UFC 280. on Oct. 22 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He linked up with the retired unbeaten Dagestani fighter […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov, Belal Muhammad

Belal Muhammad has been training with former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for his upcoming fight with Sean Brady.

Muhammad will take on the rising prospect in a highly-anticipated matchup at UFC 280. on Oct. 22 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He linked up with the retired unbeaten Dagestani fighter and Islam Makhachev, who will headline the card, for the first time in preparations for a bout.

Belal Muhammad opens up about training with Khabib for UFC 280

In a recent appearance on the Jibber with Jaber podcast, Belal Muhammad opened up about the experience of working with Khabib and his team.

“I’ve been in many different gyms and when they say they train different, they’re different,” he said (transcribed by Middle Easy). “These guys, they’ve been doing it since they were kids, and their level of strength or level of grappling, the level of just, when Khabib walks into the room, it’s like an army there’s no joking around. There’s discipline, like no other. And then also just to be being a Muslim, and being around all those guys, like we’re training killing each other and then right after we’re praying at the mosque right there.

So just being embraced more into the culture, into the religion has been another amazing thing about being here so early, because it just brings you closer to God in general. It gets your mind off of the stresses of the daily life in America.”

Muhammad found the training to be more difficult

‘Remember The Name’ found the practice sessions to be more intense than he was used to. He heaped praises on the technique he learned and pushed through the taxing workouts.

“You had those days where it’s like I’m sore today or I’m tired today I know what guys to go with that are gonna be a lighter round or a round that I know I can control myself and be alright with that day. Here there’s not one easy round in the room. Every single one of these guys is a monster and I don’t care what weight class they are,” he said. “Their technique is just flawless with all these guys. So that’s one of the crazy things that also it’s the training is just a lot harder.