“Earned It for Sure”: Belal Muhammad Receives Hero’s Welcome in Chicago Post UFC Title Win, Fans React

Allan Binoy | 12/08/2024
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Belal Muhammad received a welcome fit for a king when he returned to Chicago with UFC gold. The Palestinian-American fighter made easy work of Leon Edwards in his own backyard to dethrone him. And after parading around with the belt in the UK, he was seen enjoying the day with his fans in Chicago.

Now, while some had mixed reactions to the parade, most seemed happy to see the champ get the respect he deserves,

“The guy earned it, for sure!”

 

This fan was happy to see the Belal enjoying the fruits of his labor.

“Nice seeing him get some respect”

 

Another fan spoke about how he was not the biggest Belal fan but was happy to see him get so much love,

“I don’t like Belal at all, but this is very cool”

 

One user pointed out that the American is making more noise than when Edwards had won the belt off Kamaru Usman,

“Belal is making more noise than Leon when he became a champ”

 

This user revealed that the champion is taking his belt on a tour,

“Belal on that championship tour man!!”

 


Yet another fan welcomed the champion back home with open arms. This is the only acceptable treatment a UFC champion should get when returning to his hometown.

“Well deserved champ! Welcome home”

 

The parade was not just for show, the champion even later sat down with the fans and his fellow Muslims to talk to them.

Belal Muhammad’s message for Palestine

Belal stopped at the Muslim Community Center of Chicago so he could visit the mosque there amidst a horde of people following him around.

As he sat down to talk to them, he spoke about the cause of Palestine and refused to let the devastation in the region erase the memory of his native country.

“No matter what that can’t be erased from history. Palestine will have a champion, a world champion, that is never going to be erased. They can’t erase those colors.”

 

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Belal has been carrying out the Palestinian colors, whether with the national flag or a watermelon, a symbol of the resilience shown by the people of the region. He is of course, the first Palestinian champion in UFC history and no matter what happens from this point on, nobody can ever erase that.

Post Edited By: Smrutisnat Jena
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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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