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Belal Muhammad
15W · 6L
Orthodox
Welterweight
20% finish rate89% as favorite64% as underdog
1480
ELO Rating
Fighter overview
ELO RatingHow is ELO calculated?18-month recency decay · streak amplification · activity velocity · career-death penalty. Old champions can't hide behind past glory.Understanding our ELO →
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Recency-weighted skill · finish-adjusted · streak-amplified
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#64of 85 active
Age
38
Jul 9, 1988
Height
5'11" (180.34 cm)
Reach
182.88 cm
Win Rate
71.4%
Output & Defense
Rate-normalized career statistics (per 15 minutes, except strike rates which are per-minute)
Strikes landed / min
4.43
SLpM
Strikes absorbed / min
3.82
SApM (lower is better)
Net striking
+0.61
SLpM − SApM
Strike defense
55%
Opponent strikes evaded
Takedowns / 15 min
2.14
TD_Avg
Takedown defense
90%
Opponent TDs stuffed
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.10
Sub_Avg
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Head-to-Head Comparison
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Career statistics
Career Averages (per fight)
28.0
Sig. Strikes
2.1
Takedowns
0.1
Sub Attempts
How They Win
KO/TKO2 (13%)
Submission1 (7%)
Decision0 (0%)
Loss Vulnerability
KO/TKO1 (17%)
Submission0 (0%)
Decision1 (17%)
Betting Profile
Win rate when fighting as favorite vs underdog
As Favorite
89%
8W – 1L in 9 fights
As Underdog
64%
7W – 4L in 11 fights
ELO analysis
ELO Trajectory
Skill rating evolution — hover dots for fight details
Elo Changes
Rating gained or lost in each fight
lost to Gabriel Bonfim
-17.01480
lost to Ian Machado Garry
-10.31497
lost to Jack Della Maddalena
-6.91507
def. Leon Edwards
+5.21514
def. Gilbert Burns
+2.51509
def. Sean Brady
+2.21507
def. Vicente Luque
+1.31505
def. Stephen Thompson
+1.11503
def. Demian Maia
+0.81502
def. Dhiego Lima
+0.61501
def. Lyman Good
+0.31501
def. Takashi Sato
+0.21501
def. Curtis Millender
+0.11500
lost to Geoff Neal
-0.11500
def. Chance Rencountre
+0.11500
def. Tim Means
+0.11500
def. Jordan Mein
+0.11500
def. Randy Brown
+0.11500
lost to Vicente Luque
0.01500
def. Augusto Montano
0.01500
lost to Alan Jouban
0.01500
Division ELO Rankings
Welterweight · Active fighters ranked by recency-weighted skill
Uros Medic
1566
Carlos Prates
1565
Islam Makhachev
1564
Gabriel Bonfim
1562
Daniil Donchenko
1559
Mike Malott
1550
Sam Patterson
1549
Michael Morales
1548
Ty Miller
1546
Professional fight history
Fight History (21 fights)
UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Jun 6, 2026
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Hooker · Nov 22, 2025
Loss
View Analysis →UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena · May 10, 2025
Loss
View Analysis →vs Leon Edwards
UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 27, 2024
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo · May 6, 2023
vs Sean Brady
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Oct 22, 2022
UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · Apr 16, 2022
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus · Dec 18, 2021
vs Demian Maia
UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 · Jun 12, 2021
vs Dhiego Lima
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns · Feb 13, 2021
vs Lyman Good
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov · Jun 20, 2020
vs Takashi Sato
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier · Sep 7, 2019
UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 · Apr 13, 2019
vs Geoff Neal
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw · Jan 19, 2019
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes · Jun 1, 2018
vs Tim Means
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura · Nov 18, 2017
vs Jordan Mein
UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker · Jul 8, 2017
vs Randy Brown
UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie · Feb 11, 2017
UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor · Nov 12, 2016
Loss
View Analysis →UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson · Sep 17, 2016
vs Alan Jouban
UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez · Jul 7, 2016
Loss
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