Belal Muhammad and Conor McGregor are beefing like they’ve a combat arising.
The most recent spherical of verbal volleys between the 2 occurred after information broke that Muhammad is pulling out of a welterweight title protection towards Shavkat Rakhmonov that was scheduled to headline UFC 310 on Dec. 7. Muhammad is coping with a toe an infection that has him sidelined for the foreseeable future.
McGregor, who has been out of motion for over three years, had little sympathy for Muhammad, responding with laughing emojis in a tweet reply that has since been deleted. The 2 fighters have hardly ever had a form phrase for one another, however McGregor was notably motivated to mock Muhammad after Muhammad seemingly did the identical to McGregor when he withdrew from UFC 303 this previous June as a result of a toe harm:
“My toe was a balloon “
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 21, 2024
Muhammad responded to McGregor’s emojis by accusing McGregor of being a drug addict.
“I’ve this for antibiotics,” Muhammad mentioned in a remark accompanied by an image of his arm receiving an injection. “You utilize needles as a result of you’re a junkie. We’re not the identical.”
In one other tweet that has since been deleted, McGregor responded with an invective-filled rant, calling for Muhammad to be “stripped” of the UFC welterweight title (h/t MMA On Level).
“Scutter speak similar to your preventing,” McGregor wrote. “You lambasted UFC world champions a number of instances on having to reschedule their bouts by way of harm and now it has come down on you want a bomb from the sky.
“It’s wonderful to see. No combat. No cash. However staph an infection. Bum. Stripped. Immediately. Zero knockdowns/any pleasure or site visitors or views or ticket gross sales in bout, and now additionally non-reliable to point out? Strip. Minimize. Contaminated fighter. You will have infections.”
McGregor’s “bomb” line is especially heinous given Muhammad’s Palestinian heritage and the genocide at present going down in Gaza, Palestine’s largest metropolis, by the hands of Israel.
Muhammad is but to reply to McGregor’s newest remark.
