Wikipedia: Belal MuhammadBelal Muhammad
"Remember the Name"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
Fight Plan: Belal Muhammad
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Limited finishing power in high-level striking exchanges
- Can struggle against elite counter-strikers with high defensive wrestling accuracy
- Drill takedown defense and cage-wall scrambles
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the back
Fighter fingerprint
Six-axis profile — the shape tells you the style at a glance.
Cardio and Fight IQ are the standout edges; opponents should expect their game plan to lean on these. Finishing is the lowest axis — exploit it.
- Aggression54
- Cardio95
- Wrestling92
- Fight IQ94
- Distance Control90
- Finishing25
Prep for camp: Belal Muhammad
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Utilizes constant forward pressure and rhythmic lateral movement to stifle opponent offense
- Chain-wrestles effectively by mixing single legs with cage-clinch work to exhaust opponents
- Uses a high-volume jab and feints to set up entries into grappling exchanges
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting their right-side cage exits
- Match their pace through round 2, then turn the screws in 3
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Southpaw pressure striker
- Chain-wrestling D1 partner
- High-output kickboxer with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
See it on film
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Entries, cage control, scrambles, submissions
Last 3 performances, full rounds and post-fight breakdowns
Coaches: official clip embeds per fighter are coming next — for now, deep links open searches pre-filtered to Belal Muhammad.
How Belal has changed
Trend lines across the last three years of tape.
Synthesized from recent fight tape · refresh to recompute
Stylistic neighbors
Closest matches across attributes, finish profile, and discipline — useful for sparring partner selection.
Status / Injuries
No current reported injuries.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- L2026-06-06vs Gabriel BonfimU-DEC · R5 · UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
- L2025-11-22vs Ian Machado GarryU-DEC · R3 · UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker
- L2025-05-10vs Jack Della MaddalenaU-DEC · R5 · UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
- W2024-07-27vs Leon EdwardsU-DEC · R5 · UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
- W2023-05-06vs Gilbert BurnsU-DEC · R5 · UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo
Availability
Last competed in June 2026
Attribute Profile
Scouting Summary
Belal Muhammad is a strategically disciplined pressure fighter and elite wrestler known for his relentless pace and conditioning. He excels at neutralizing specialized threats by forcing a grinding, high-volume tempo that favors his superior gas tank and cage-control skills.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Utilizes constant forward pressure and rhythmic lateral movement to stifle opponent offense
- Chain-wrestles effectively by mixing single legs with cage-clinch work to exhaust opponents
- Uses a high-volume jab and feints to set up entries into grappling exchanges
- Demonstrates elite cardio, maintaining a high pace through five rounds to win late-stage minutes
Signature Moves
- Blast Double Leg
- Cage-side Takedowns
- High-volume Jab
- Active Ground and Pound
Weaknesses
- Limited finishing power in high-level striking exchanges
- Can struggle against elite counter-strikers with high defensive wrestling accuracy