UFC Champ Belal Says Beating From Team Khabib Nurmagomedov Helps Him: “Keeps My Ego in Check”

Life and time humble everybody. As does former UFC light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Simply ask UFC’s bantamweight champion, Belal Muhammad. ‘Bully B’ trains at American Kickboxing Academy beneath Javier Mendez alongside group Khabib and recurrently will get overwhelmed by them. However to him, it’s essential to hold ‘his ego in examine’.

In a latest YouTube interview with MMA coach Eric Nicksick, the champion spoke about how humbling it’s to roll round with ‘The Eagle’ and his group. He additionally talks about how they assist him by exploiting his weaknesses within the camp and exhibiting him what he must work on.

“I imply they assist me simply by beating me up and it simply retains my ego in examine the place there’s nonetheless stuff to work on. I’ll be on a ten battle successful streak and these guys will sit there and faucet me out prefer it’s nothing.”

After all, competitors with world champions and undefeated ones at that does make one higher and it was seen when Belal took on Leon Edwards for the welterweight title in Manchester at UFC 304, successful each spherical on his approach to UFC gold.

And since successful the gold, Belal has been like Ted Lasso’s Roy Kent. He’s right here, he’s there he’s each f***ing the place! Whereas he does spend lots of this time calling out actually each one who’s ever doubted him, the champion additionally makes it some extent to credit score his teammates for his or her performances.

Belal nearly loses voice cheering for Bahamondes at UFC Noche

The Palestinian-American champion may be very tight knit along with his group. Though he doesn’t have a really huge group, he calls them his household and speaks about how shut they’re. This was evident when he got here to nook his teammate Ignacio Bahamondes for his UFC Noche battle.

Following the battle, in an interview with Aaron Bronsteter, he expressed his pleasure on the win and received emotional whereas speaking about his group.

“We’re a small group however we’re a household and anytime any of us has a battle all of us have a battle. So, to see my brother win like that, excessive tides increase all ships. Man I’m ecstatic.”

The champ was clearly loving his function in his teammates nook as a result of he had misplaced his voice cheering him on. He didn’t need to do a lot although since Bahamondes received a fast victory within the very first spherical.

Belal then known as him the most effective striker within the UFC and spoke about how folks haven’t seen how proficient he actually is but. With age on his facet, Bahamondes is properly on his approach to turning into a star within the sport, Belal has received one thing there for certain. Now, solely time can inform if Bahamondes can really hold delivering as persistently as is predicted of him.