Belal Muhammad Quotes

Belal Muhammad

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : July 9, 1988

I've got a very good team behind me. We're very good at figuring puzzles out and putting our camp towards fight-specific things. We're not training just to train. We know what we're doing and we set up the camp to work toward beating this one guy and this one style.

Belal Muhammad

This is like a legend that you look up to type of guy. You can sit there and talk about it, but when you're actually in the cage with him, you're like, 'Damn, I'm fighting Demian Maia.'

Belal Muhammad

There's people here that just have that natural power and natural ability, so I need to step up my defense, step up my game.

Belal Muhammad

I'm a guy who gets stronger as rounds get deeper.

Belal Muhammad

I'm always going to watch the champion. I'm always going to look and see what I would need to do to adjust to beat the guy. I think most fighters do that.

Belal Muhammad

I love my team, love my crew. I know with our faith in ourselves and our faith in God, we can get through anything.

Belal Muhammad

For me to fight a guy like Khamzat, I study tape more than anybody in the game.

Belal Muhammad

I went backwards to fight Sean Brady - an undefeated prospect who they thought was the next big thing, and there were guys ahead of me that didn't have fights.

Belal Muhammad

I fought Demian Maia, who's - I had to stay up on my feet. I could not get taken down, so it was all defensive wrestling. Then I fought 'Wonderboy,' and I'm not going to kickbox with 'Wonderboy,' so I'm you're going to go in there and take 'Wonderboy' down.

Belal Muhammad

To me, rankings don't mean anything. It's about hype. It's about who the UFC wants to push and who's that guy?

Belal Muhammad

I have to fight for everything I've got and I'm willing to keep doing it.

Belal Muhammad

I showed that I could be a different fighter every single fight.

Belal Muhammad

I think that Gilbert Burns, we've seen him get emotional in there, we've seen him just make it a striking match, we've seen him not fight smart. I think that he does gas a lot.

Belal Muhammad

With God, I just put my trust in Him.

Belal Muhammad

I represent a whole group of people. I want to be one of those role models for kids to look up to and say I want to be like him one day.

Belal Muhammad

I'm the one that's saying yes to the toughest in the division.

Belal Muhammad

2021 showed that I am a contender.

Belal Muhammad

I'm fighting for Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians.

Belal Muhammad