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UFC welterweight champion and proud Chicago native Belal Muhammad recently received the honor of having a day named after him. 'Remember the Name' will now have everyone remember Sept. 20 as "Belal Muhammad Day" in Chicago.
Here's what Muhammad shared on Instagram:
"REMEMBER THE DATE Honored and blessed Chicago we got our own day …love my city 🙏🙏🙏"
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Championship Rounds reposted the news on X, and fans are giving Muhammad the praise he deserves, with @quan_eth saying:
"Happy for him. Dude gets meme’d a lot but he’s a solid guy"
Meanwhile, @brax_moore_more said:
"My dude got a UD against the entire city. Gg Belal."
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Belal Muhammad tells Joe Rogan a Chicago reporter called him a "champion of street fighting"
Interestingly, it seems the Chicago press isn't fully aware of who Belal Muhammad is - or even the sport of MMA in general. In a guest appearance in the popular podcast Joe Rogan Experience, 'Remember the Name' revealed that a Chicago news anchor called him something that's so primeval Rogan couldn't help but find it ridiculous.
Muhammad said:
"I did an interview with Chicago news, and the lady was like, she had no idea who I was. She was like 'You’re the champion of street fighting, right?"
Rogan replied:
"For you [Muhammad] to reach the pinnacle in the greatest combat sport ever, and for this lady to go, 'You're the champion of street fighting", and you're on f*cking TV? That's so crazy. Why can't they bring in an expert. There's so many people who could have interviewed you... Call in [veteran MMA journalist] Ariel Helwani. Call in somebody. There's somebody out there that can do this. This is crazy."
With the sport of MMA being one of the most profitable sports today and the UFC at the forefront of it, it's quite unacceptable for any media person to not be aware of who Muhammad is.
Perhaps with "Belal Muhammad Day" becoming official, they will now know who he is.
Watch the conversation here (18:23):
