UFC CEO Dana White recently spoke out about supposedly being furious over Belal Muhammad’s title win. White also discussed Muhammad’s social media presence.
The promotion’s most recent pay-per-view event featured a welterweight title showdown between Leon Edwards and Muhammad. The two squared off at UFC 304 in Manchester, England, and many were surprised by the outcome of the main event.
Edwards was the favorite for his title bout against Muhammad and many predicted that the British fighter would maintain the dominance he showed in their first encounter at UFC Vegas 21. However, three years later, the title challenger controlled most of the fight. Muhammad won unanimously after demonstrating superior competitiveness on the feet and dominating most of the grappling sequences.
In a recent interview with Kevin Iole, Dana White denied claims that he wasn’t pleased with Muhammad’s victory, saying:
”Let me say this to be fair, I was tired. I was in a bad mood. I was, you know, at that press conference, and you know it depends on when you catch me… Everybody thinks that I don’t like Belal, stuff posted that like Dana is going to commit suicide right now because Leon, that’s the furthest thing from the truth.”
White also praised the Palestinian-American for delivering the numbers. He threw out the stats, saying that Muhammad’s belt wrap video received 22 million views, 14 million more than the reigning heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall.
“To put it into perspective, the belt wrap for Tom Aspinall did 8.2 million views. Belal’s belt wrap did 22 million views! …so for people to think that people don’t care about Belal Muhammad, this right here proves that’s not true.”
Check out Dana White’s comments below (11:43):
Muhammad took to X in response to White’s remarks, writing:
