Belal Muhammad stunned the world when he dominated Leon Edwards to clinch the welterweight belt at UFC 304. Muhammad was the absolute underdog in that clash but he made sure everyone remembers his name. Becoming ͏a world ch͏ampion e͏quat͏͏es͏͏ t͏o wor͏ldw͏id͏e fa͏me,͏ r͏ight? W͏rong! Why͏? Becaus͏e du͏ring one͏ of Muhammad͏’s i͏nterviews͏ ͏wit͏͏h the ͏me͏͏dia, t͏hi͏n͏gs ͏didn’t ͏go as p͏lann͏͏ed—͏the͏ host wasn͏’t͏͏ even aware͏ o͏f ͏t͏h͏e͏ ͏U͏F͏C. ͏Regardless, Joe Rogan couldn’t believe it when Muhammad shared his story with him.

The multi-million dollar podcaster recently had a conversation with the welterweight champ, Belal Muhammad on his ‘JRE MMAShow #162. And amid the conversation, Muhammad shared about the time when a ‘Chicago ͏TV’ interview took him off-guard, to say the least.

Joe Rogan stunned as Belal Muhammad termed as ‘Street Fighting ‘ champion

Asking a question to Muhammad, the host of the show rather made a peculiar statement. She stated that Muhammad is not actually the UFC champion but more like a street champion. The͏ host ͏clearly didn’t͏ have ͏even a speck of knowledge about the vast r͏each͏ ͏of ͏the UFC. ‘Remember The Name’ was utterly shocked by the incident as he shared this with Joe Rogan.

While in conversation about MMA, Muhammad narrated the incident, “I did an interview with Chicago news, and the lady was like, she had no idea who I was. You’re the champion of street fighting, right?” At this point, the 56-year-old podcaster had a very alarming face as he was not expecting someone from the USA to not know about UFC. In a shocked face, Rogan said, “You’re literally the world champion, and this person hasn’t even done 5 minutes of research on the sport you do.”

Rogan further joked, “I think I should start making shit up. We made it in alleyways, you know. It’s not even, so you gotta get in the dark web. I fight with rolled nickels in my hand. I don’t give a f**k. I hear you’re the champion of street fighting.”  It͏ was qu͏it͏e͏ ͏surpri͏s͏ing that the media outlet did not͏ have an expert conduct ͏t͏he i͏nter͏view.͏͏ Muha͏mmad also further added hurt to the injury when he p͏ointed out that th͏ey only re͏ad͏ f͏rom t͏h͏e teleprompter.͏

In the end, Muhammad was straight out disappointed by the way both the host and the channel had done zero research on him: “I didn’t realize there were still people out there that have that mindset…I’m looking at the teleprompter, and I feel like that’s all they do, just read the teleprompter…I was like don’t you have a sports anchor that could interview me? Or do a second of research.”

Well, despite the rising popularity of combat sports, fighters like Muhammad face a generalization because of the faults of ignorance. Interestingly, the late U.S. Senator John McCain once notoriously labeled MMA as “human co**fighting” during its early years when it struggled to find mainstream acceptance. Years have passed since then and UFC is at a level that no one could touch. Regardless, Rogan was glad that Muhammad made a name for himself as he praised the fighter for shutting his critique down.

Rogan is happy that Belal Muhammad shut down his critics

The multi-million dollar podcaster was in a happy mood when Belal Muhammad shut his critics with his performance. The undisputed UFC welterweight champ received massive criticism due to wrestling-heavy fighting style without employing any remarkable striking prowess. Muhammad was a heavy underdog in that fight but he made sure that everyone lost their money as he stunned to clinch the victory by way of a unanimous decision.

In his escapade with Rogan, Muhammad fetched appreciation from the million-dollar podcaster, “The champ is here. Everybody has to shut the f**k up now…There were so many doubters. So many naysayers, so many people didn’t want you to get that title shot, it was so unfair, dude. It was really wild. It was wild to see…Cause I’m like, ‘Are you guys not watching his fight? Like, what the fu** are you guys seeing?’ I do not understand when people don’t appreciate excellence.”

Belal Muhammad’s next fight was in the making by the promotion. Muhammad would likely be fighting against Shavkat Rakhmonov to defend his title. But that bout according to Rakhmonov, has been dodged by the new champ, citing scheduling issues. What comes out of their ongoing verbal onslaught of each other, remains to be seen. Regardless, what’s your take on Muhammad’s confession? State your thoughts in the comments below.