JRE MMA Show #162 with Belal Muhammad

Joe sits down with Belal Muhammad, a mixed martial artist and current UFC Welterweight Champion. https://www.ufc.com/athlete/belal-muhammad

Joe RoganhostBelal Muhammadguest

Sep 3, 20242h 42mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: September 3, 2024
Duration: 2h 42m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
Watch on YouTube: ▶ Open ↗

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Joe sits down with Belal Muhammad, a mixed martial artist and current UFC Welterweight Champion. https://www.ufc.com/athlete/belal-muhammad

SPEAKERS

Narrator
other
Joe Rogan
host
Belal Muhammad
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Joe Rogan, JRE MMA Show #162 with Belal Muhammad explores belal Muhammad Breaks Down Beating Leon Edwards, Legacy, And MMA Reality Joe Rogan and new UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad dissect Belal’s title-winning performance over Leon Edwards, going deep on game planning, cardio preparation, and the mental side of fighting. Belal explains how he nullified Leon’s distance control with nonstop pressure, diversified looks, and a “no steps backward” camp built around body-kick tolerance and relentless sparring. They broaden out into systemic topics: unfair matchmaking politics, bad refereeing and standups, weight cutting damage, and how careers pivot on a single moment or decision. The conversation also explores training philosophies (plyometrics vs constant sparring), examples of greats who stayed too long or left on time, and what Belal’s legacy path looks like next—whether Kamaru Usman, Shavkat Rakhmonov, or even a future run at middleweight.

RELATED EPISODES