Belal Muhammad looks to Georges St-Pierre’s UFC welterweight title reign for inspiration

UFC champion Belal Muhammad has spoken of his admiration for former welterweight king Georges St-Pierre ahead of UFC 315.

This Saturday night, Belal Muhammad will defend his UFC welterweight championship against Jack Della Maddalena. He’ll do so in the main event of UFC 315 which is set to go down in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. While a lot of people believe that JDM has a chance at pulling off the upset, the popular opinion seems to be that Belal will successfully retain the belt that he won from Leon Edwards.

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Of course, that’s going to be easier said than done. Muhammad has worked incredibly hard to get to this point in his career and in order to have a long reign as champion, he’ll have to go through some absolute monsters in his next few fights. One man who knows a thing or two about defending the welterweight belt is Georges St-Pierre, who most consider to be the greatest of all time at 170 pounds.

In a recent interview, Muhammad opened up about his admiration for St-Pierre and what he accomplished in his career.

“GOAT is the goal”@BullyB170 is looking ahead to GSP’s reign as inspiration for his next title fight in Canada! 🇨🇦

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Muhammad praises St-Pierre

“It’s surreal, kind of, fighting in GSP’s stadium [Montreal] in front of GSP, I’m assuming he’s gonna be there. Before I was in the UFC, I drove all the way down to Montreal, Canada to train at Tristar, hoping GSP would be there.

“I got to train under Firas Zahabi, pick his mind, pick his brain a little bit. So, that was always epic. That’s [GSP] the guy that’s considered the GOAT of your weight class, somebody you always looked up to, you watched, tried to mimic. So, it’s gonna be cool to fight in his stadium with the belt of his division. I plan on putting on a show for them, the same way GSP always did.”

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