{"id":303761,"date":"2025-11-23T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/303761\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:56:07","slug":"belal-muhammad-issues-statement-after-garry-loss-at-ufc-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/303761\/","title":{"rendered":"Belal Muhammad issues statement after Garry loss at UFC Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cRemember The Name\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/5\/11\/24427877\/belal-muhammad-releases-quick-statement-following-ufc-315-title-loss-been-here-before\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still<\/a>) wants to get better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad, suffered a unanimous decision loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-mma-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 6<\/a>-ranked Ian Garry in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/403986\/ufc-qatar-live-results-highlights-play-by-play-tsarukyan-vs-hooker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Qatar<\/a>\u2019s main event last night (Sat., Nov. 22, 2025) inside ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Following the defeat, Muhammad addressed his fans, sharing his post-mortem thoughts via social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWe couldn\u2019t get it done,\u201d Muhammad wrote. \u201cThank you Doha for the memories Thank you to my team and family and friends that are with me no matter what, and Thank you to anyone that\u2019s with me \u2026 Alhamdillah for everything I\u2019m blessed to be here \u2026we have work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Muhammad (24-5) has now dropped back-to-back fights for the first time in his career. However, both losses came against top-tier competition: Garry and Jack Della Maddalena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/13\/24384847\/belal-canelo-hands-muhammad-vows-outbox-jack-della-maddalena-ufc-315-im-not-gonna-shoot-one-takedown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in his first Welterweight title defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As a result, he finishes 2025 winless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 37-year-old had hoped a victory over the undefeated Garry would put him back into title contention, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/404347\/dana-whites-dream-scenario-ufc-qatars-belal-muhammad-has-no-fighting-future-under-islam-title-reign\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">but now the path forward seems even more complicated<\/a>. A move to another division (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/10\/22\/24276671\/bad-news-bums-middleweight-belal-muhammad-one-or-two-more-fights-becoming-ufc-double-champ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like this<\/a>) or reconsidering his future in mixed martial arts (MMA) may soon enter the conversation. That said, his losses have come against some of the division\u2019s elite, so his credentials remain strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cRemember The Name\u201d (still) wants to get better. 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