Belal Muhammad Interview: Fighting Vicente Luque, breaking down Burns vs. Chimaev | ESPN MMA
2024 ж. 25 Сәу.
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ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto chats with Belal Muhammad about his upcoming rematch against Vicente Luque, the state of the UFC welterweight division and more.
0:00 He was initially offered fights with Khamzat Chimaev and Gilbert Burns
4:04 Will he finish more fights thaT are five rounds?
8:08 This is the final bout on his contract
10:10 Scouting Luque
12:50 Looking back at their first fight
17:34 Thoughts on Burns vs. Chimaev
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Belal Muhammad has landed 750 significant strikes without scoring a single knockdown in his UFC career. Only one other man in the UFC (Aljamain Sterling) currently has more than even 900 landed with 0 knockdowns.
At least aljo is entertaining and tries to finish. Belal just lays there.
Doesn't he land most of his strikes on the ground?
Weak genes, no power Belal
Hmm wait was this before the wonderboy fight? I’m so confused.
All that matters is Ws and Ls
This guy is one of the only guys that's called out Chimaev I think. Along with Magny.
Because he knew the fight would never take place
Yea I don’t believe they signed on the dotted line it’s all fun and games to talk about fighting him but until we see them locked in the cage with Khamzat they don’t want that smoke
Meerschaert got ko'd by Khamzat and he trains with Belal, so that's why he wants revenge against Khamzat...
Magny, Burns, Edwards and Rockhold (yes, even good old Luke) all called out Chimaev. And all of them have tweeted back and forth with him. The UFC marketing machine make it seem nobody calls Chimaev out, which is complete BS. I believe all of them would genuinely fight Khamzat, but I don't think Bilal wants that smoke.
@@PyroCham 💯
#1 PFP, undisputed, never lost a round at being uninteresting.
lmao
10-1 ! Against Nobody! (Wonderboy don’t count.)
Thankfully this isn’t WWE
@@jasiahperez9547 he beat wb Deal with it
Remember The Eyepoke
This guy's fighting style is barely any less exciting than Colby's, but everyone hates on him because he acts like a normal human being rather than an intellectually incapacitated sixteen year old.
Colby king
I agree
it's crazy how much hate he has, mma fans are brainlets
InA our brother Belal wins next Saturday 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@F A why's your comment blank? 🤔🤔
Such a humble guy , very intelligent and big potential , everything he says is interesting , i could listen to him for hours and not get bored all the best in your next fight brother im cheering for you
Easy to say he “wanted” the Chimaev fight when it’s not actually happening. Like, did he REALLY want it? Lol
He did lol, he was asking for it a plethora of times.
@@muhammadzariff7075 what I said clearly went over your head…….that’s sad. Do better kiddo.
@@chief8976 bruh, he asked for the fight prior to the signing of Burns vs Khamzat, so i dunno what you are on about🤣 but regardless, your condescending attitude towards me says a lot about yourself, thus i will just leave you be.
Good point! 🤣😂😅
@@muhammadzariff7075 smart man, dont argue with idiots. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. These new Khamzat fans are mostly 12 year old fanboys, they'll be gone soon enough.
Seeing Belal act like he ever had a chance against khamzat is comical
Why not? Burns just exposed khamzat and got robbed
@@canelo1728 19/20 media outlets scored it for khamzat bruv. It’s okay, you can admit that you were cheering for Gilbert and you’re upset he didn’t win
@@canelo1728 L + Ratio
Belal will surprise everyone by winning against Luque inshallah. Let's go brother💪
InshAlah belal will loose. And InshAlah hamza will win ... because Bella wished hamza loose .thats why I wish Bellal loose and hamza win
@@borzcha8381 its better for them both to win their respective matches.
Inshallah
Belal Mohamed is a nice gentleman. In his fights, he's a chameleon. The best tactic in any human endeavour. For that, we need to gather lots of experience with different people.
InshAlah belal will lose and Khmazat will finish burns first round
I agree 💯
I can't agree that being a chameleon is the best in ANY human endeavour, such as cultivating true friendship f.x that would make you a bad person, morally
@@HansenFT I didn't mean that. Only competitions.
@@AxmedBahjad yeah, I was nitpicking.. sometimes I can't help myself
I knew he gonna root for Burns. He hates Khamzat so much (a.k.a jealousy) that he can't see the inevitable..
Absolutely no way belal asked for chimaev in London 😂
He did though
this guy asks for fights all the time, and looked like a monster against wonderboy, he's done more than khamzat
@@Rujewitblood obviously he has dummy. Khamzat just got into the ufc. But khamzat is a far better fighter. You’ll see
@@isaiahnoll201 he might have said those words. But there was no meaning behind them
@@Rujewitblood everybody that has decent grappling looks like a monster against Wonderboy
Dude said burns by ko 2rd. Burns got dropped by a jab
He rocked khamzat multiple times
@@canelo1728 although burns lost, belal's prediction was actually surprisingly accurate, aside from the very start there was no wrestling and it was all on the feet, burns was actually winning in the second round and dropping/clipping khamzat with things like overhand rights in the exact same way he described, the only thing belal didn't consider is khamzat's chin being really good, because if it wasn't it would have played out exactly how he predicted
I don't get why belal gets so much hate. Sure he's not the most interesting personality, but neither is leon for example. Or is there another reason that i just don't know about?
Cause his surname is Muhammad
I LOVE BELAL👍🏼👍🏽👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏽👍🏽😘🥰😍
If he was dagestani he would be getting so much love
I'm not a Bilal hater, but I don't like him. The reason he gets so much hate, is because he says a lot of things that make no sense at all. On top of that, he's super delusional. Vettori level delusional. I think Vettori had more haters, but he has won over more fans after the Costa fight. Bilal just needs a reality check and I think Luque is going to give it to him.
Its because he is Palestinian and Muslim, the west are against his nation and his religion. Khamzat only famous because he swedish not because he is muslim fighter. The west are corrupt and senile
If I ever contemplate suicide, Ill be sure to watch this interview for reassurance
🤣🤣 lmao
Belal “Forget the Name” Mohamed
I swear everytime I want to talk about him I forget his name and I'm not even joking. It's so ironic lol
This interview gave me crippling depression.
All the racists typing away it’s hilarious.
it's near impossible for him to win, there is no lucky punch with Luke's titanium chin, he will not outwrestle him, or outstrike him during 5 rounds. Pull out the fight my dude
Titanium but Wonderboy dropped him. And Wonderboy ain't no heavy-handed striker. His chin can be cracked it seems.
Do you remember Felder vs Charles Oliveira or Tsarukyan vs Yoel Alvarez fights? I think it is the way Belal can win by taking down, control and ground and pound. Charles and Alvarez both have good bjj and a lot of submission wins but control and ground and pound by elbows was superior to thier bjj. But I think most probably Luque is gonna win tho
Point fighting, grinding a decision
@@eugeniusbenediktusX isn't impressive? Hes on a 4 fight win streak all by finish. Finished every fight except for one in Mike Perry and he left him permanently damaged with that nose. Luques name is fitting, he's a silent assassin
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu yea just need to inflict a beating on him for 2 rounds, then a perfect counter and you might stun him for some time 😂
It is very easy to say that you want to fight someone but don't actually do it. But Belal is a stud, let's not forget that. Those are all tough fights but you're in a stacked division and therefore you're going to be facingp nothing but the best in the world. God speed and Good bless brother.
The most interesting man in MMA
😂 haha
@@Jiggy609 you=Iame
Win or lose, i hope he fights Colby next. wrestler vs wrestler. They're style is similar so why have them make 2 separate fights lay & pray boring when you can get it over with in 1 fight, or maybe they'll strike eachother and make it exciting. The trash talk would be good too
I'm a Huge Belal Fan But ain't No Way he was Finishing Wonderboy With a Xtra Round. Lmfao
@Biased UFC Shill 😂
I like Belal
said no one ever
Look at those huge eyes, how could Leon NOT poke those?
It wasn’t even a poke, his fingers weren’t even extended
People seem to co fuse Tony Ferguson losing to his chin being gone. He has still never been clipped to the point of anything relating to losing his chin. He took bombs like no other against Gaethje and never left his feet. Since then when has he shown a weaker chin? I don’t know what Muhammad is talking about here
This is gonna be a really interesting rematch. Whoever wins this one might get the next title shot since I would imagine that Khamzat wants a better contract fighting for the belt or else he is gonna get paid little throughout the years like Francis and etc. Anyway, Belal has looked really good lately, no need to mention the weird Edwards fight...
Judging by what Khamzat says it's hard to see what he wants business wise lol. He just always repeats he wants to smash them and doesn't care.
Leon was starching him
Khamzat is gonna eat bilal💯
Better to have a Palestinian Champion than a Chenchen Champion, to be honest. But yeah, the likelihood of Belal winning against Khamzat is quite slim.
Incoming casuals who think Belal is boring because they've only watched his last two fights.
That doesn't make any sense. I saw all of his fights in the UFC. Let's be real here for a second. He's a decision fighter. Yes, he has had finishes. 3 if I'm not mistaken. But those were against low level competitors. Which was a long time ago as well. Bilal has the talk, but he never shows it inside the octagon. Which is why he has so many haters, because you can't take him seriously. The guy has a winning streak against washed guys and is already talking about a title shot. In my opinion, he has no chance against Luque. In fact, I think Luque will finish him.
@@PyroCham I think Luque will finish him too but Belal's haters only appeared after the Maia fight. Before that he was doing his usual pressure boxing, stand and bang. Always entertaining
How you not asking him about fighting while fasting in Ramadan?!?!?
Good point. I didn't even think of that.
While Luque could end it with a single shot like in the first fight, I think Belal finishes what Chiesa started with Luque and grinds him out.
of all fighters in the welterweight division Belal is the one i dislike the most. Even Leon has a more fun personality than him
Right? He and Leon are just really unlikeable imo
Belal just had 5 fights in 14 months. Edwards had 3 fights in like 5 years. By the way, Edwards is considered one of the most boring personalities right now.
I will never forget the face he made when he stared down Leon Scissorhands.
Can you send a video of that? I remember the eye pokes but I don't remember his reactions, that sounds hilarious
Great fighter, very excited for this fight!
Excited 😭🧢
@@Shorthen maybe excited to see Luque KO him
Thats Bratt jokamoto and whos that other guy?
Belal is underrated
10:10 reading Inbetween the lines I think his gamelan is gonna be clinch work
He should drop to 155
He's built like a tank. He'd probably kill himself cutting to 155.
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu and that would be ok.😐 I'm joking that was inappropriate lol
I like Bellal solid fighter
All these grapplers trying to take over the division. Should be a fun 2-3 years.
Belal is wrong about his analysis for this weekend's bout.
look at belals beak
🤣🤣😂😂
Belal thinks burns is going to finish khamzat in the second round… 🤡😂
What do you expect Belal thinks he could beat Khamzat
Tbf he wasn't far off lol
If this winner don't get next title fight, I don't know what tf ufc is doing
I feel like I’m watching remember the name
just here to read the comments clowning him lol
Anyone know the name of this guy? (Left)
My favourite fighter in ufc ..said no one ever
That hurt my feeling☹️
Lol
This is a close fight belal remind me of blahovich he fight with a game plan
Pero Carlos 1:06 dejate de eso y ponte a ejercer como abogada 🤵
If Luque wins this he either deserves title shot or 1st contender fight against winner Khamzat vs Burns. If Khamzat wins I think he will not wait till winter for Usman and will probably fight Luque/Colby. If Burns wins he waits title shot since he is friends with Luque. Either way Belal loses.
brett asking some veird question
He’s probably the least interesting contender in any division. Like I’ve never seen a die hard Belal fan
He should get a fake WWE character like Colby. I mean Colby's been in the UFC back in 2014 and no one knew who he was let alone cared about him until he went WWE
I'm a fan of his. I like him alot, I have clear bias cause were both from Chicago and he trains like 25 minutes from where I live.
@@stonecold316339 you so hurt and upset about Colby what did he ever do to you 😂😂
true, i really wouldnt mind if they send him to bellator or pfl, 0 interested in his personality and in the fight vs Edwards he was losing aswell till the eyepoke. I dont think he can hang with the top guys
@@lookherelooklisten3078 Facts hurt u?
Belal "Remember the name. What name?" Muhammad
Help I forgot the name !
Luque by second round ko and khamzat by third round tko
I want to see all the little things strickland had planned for him...
Bailey guy- Colby!
Belal 'Remember the Decision' Muhammad
Sorry but I just can't watch this... my brain is refusing to listen I read a few comments, that's enough
INSHALAH BELAL WILL LOOSE . AND IN SHALAH HAZMAT WIL WIN ..
When are they gonna fire Bret? Does his dad own ESPN or something?
I can't wait for vicente to knock him out
Every Walterweight is praying or lighting candles whatever they believe in that burns wins. I never seen anything like it. No wonder division so mediocre and Marty looks good. Respect for burns for doing what these clowns hope won't have to face
Khamzat is gonna maul burns. 🐺
forgot the name
He’s gonna get smoked Gilbert burns finished Maia in 2020 idk what he means by when was the last time he got finished mans is a dead man walking
Completely forgot this dude was even a fighter lmao
Belal go ahead and get KO’d bro
Lmao
Hes just got a creepy vibe
I think Luque wins this fight even without putting in 100%. On the other hand, WB destroyed Luque not so long ago and Belal won easy against Thompson.
Styles make fights and WB is an excellent example of that. People that beat WB have good takedowns and ground game. Luque had a great ground game, but didn't have the offensive wrestling to take it to the mat and he chose to fight mostly on the feet. Meanwhile, Belal had the offensive wrestling he needed, but that doesn't mean he can beat Luque.
@@dustingaethje1332 I like your nickname for a while now and your post too!
17:38
not a Chimaev cause u got rocked ur first fight, chimav beat his opponet and fought a week later lol and most belal fights been deiscions
I think this will be boring if Belal wins. Probably fun if luque wins
How does Brett even have this job anymore??? 🙄 Seriously.
this guy is so full of it
You’ll never make it to a title fight. You won’t fight an up and comer “If” you win
Lol luque is gonna starch him again
Belal getting knocked out again
Another guy praying khamzat isnt the real deal 😂
2 can Sam
Belal is straight up delusional. He speaks so quickly and you can see he's trying to talk himself into it. He doesn't actually take on what he did wrong in his setbacks. He's good, but without that reflection, he hasn't really been getting any better...
Once luque touches belals chin, he's gonna drop like a sack of potato's.
lol its wallmart Chimaev.
He’s not going to beat the top guys in the division.
Bully!
How?
@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu bully b
If he had a fake WWE gimmick like Colby people would like him more but he rather keep it real 💯
Awh it’s the 🤡 who always leaves hate comments about Colby I guess he lives rent free in ya useless head. Get his nuts out ya mouth 🤷🏿
He’s boring like you nobody likes him or you lol
@Ю Г Yes that's his name... goof
Okamoto. The Most boring reporter on the planet
have you seen kevin iole & john morgan or the other dude on ariel helwani show who eats his mic
Dudes so boring. If there was a flavor more basic than Vanilla, it would be called Belal
Pound for Pound the most boring interview duo.
bumlal
Nah dude you will get to lose
U have no power
Belal is average at best.
Nobody asked for this interview
The most average, boring fighter in the ufc
This guy is very boring..