Belal Muhammad’s UFC 5 Cover Fuels Fan Theories About Losing the Belt to the ‘Curse’

Allan Binoy | 24/08/2024
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Belal Muhammad’s latest achievement may also be the one responsible for his downfall according to fans. The ‘UFC Cover Curse’ is when a fighter makes the cover of the EA-based game, they lose their very next fight. In the past, the likes of Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey, Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal, and Valentina Shevchenko have all been a victim of the so-called curse.

With Muhammad making the latest cover, fans fear for him.

The UFC welterweight champion recently posted a picture of the new UFC 5 cover on which he features.

And fans got nostalgic!

“UFC 5 Cover Curse. We’re so Back!!”

 

This fan predicts that Belal will lose his first title defense on account of the ‘Cover Curse’,

“Loses first title defense”

 

Another fan congratulated the champ on his achievement but gave him a word of warning since he was aware of the so-called curse,

“Congratulations but also…Be careful, I hear that’s a curse.”

 


This fan was confident that Belal would be the latest fighter to fall victim to the UFC cover curse,

“Cover curse incoming”

 


One fan seemed rather excited to see that Belal had made the cover, meaning he was next to face the ‘cover curse’,

“cover curse is coming belal WKWKWKW”

 


Another fan was distraught to see that the Palestinian-American fighter may be in line for the cover curse as he voiced his disappointment,

“NOOOOOOOOO BELAL THE COVER CURSE”

 

After seeing all the comments talking about the curse, the champ decided to clear the air and revealed that it was a one-of-one piece and wasn’t being sold to the public.

Besides, he has bigger things to worry about than the UFC cover right now as he looks to secure his first title defense before the end of the year.

Belal’s first title defense in December

Belal Muhammad wants to make the welterweight division great again. He has often accused Leon Edwards of picking and choosing opponents like Colby Covington when he was the champion. But the Palestinian-American fighter doesn’t want to be that kind of a champion.

He has already declared his intention to fight the best in the division and give opportunities to whoever deserves it and as such, his first title defense takes place on the last card of the year.

In a recent interview with MMA Junkie he revealed that he wants to fight in December next,

“So hopefully if I get into the last card of the year in December that’d be great for me…I doubt McGregor’s even fighting. So if they need somebody for that, I’ll be their Alex Pereira to step up.”

 

The champ has been beefing with former champion Kamaru Usman but it would seem that Shavkat Rakhmonov might have the first shot at his title since he’s currently the biggest threat in the division.

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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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