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My Take
Belal Muhammad is my favorite kind of fighter: the one nobody wanted to celebrate until the results became impossible to ignore. A law school graduate from Chicago who chose the cage over the courtroom, he built his career on volume, pace, and a stubborn refusal to be finished. There was no hype machine behind him, just a long winning run that forced the UFC to give him the welterweight title shot he kept demanding. I respect athletes who win arguments with performances rather than press conferences, and Muhammad did exactly that. His story remains a rebuke to everyone who mistook flash for substance.
Overview
Belal Muhammad (born July 9, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Welterweight Champion. As of June 9, 2026, he is #7 in the UFC welterweight rankings. A professional since 2012, he has also competed for Bellator and Titan FC.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Belal Muhammad
- Name (Japanese)
- ベラル・ムハマッド
- Reading
- べらる・むはまっど
- Born
- July 9, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bogan High School
- University
- University of Illinois College of Law
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.