UFC 304 witnessed 36-year-old Belal Muhammad win the welterweight title against Leon Edwards. ‘Remember the Name’ dominated the former champion and was unstoppable on the night. But how highly does the UFC CEO Dana White rate the champion? Is there something going on between the two? An Instagram video has gone viral on social media where the UFC CEO seems to claim that he hates Belal Muhammad.

White took out time to respond to the video and end all such claims surrounding him and Muhammad. Let us find out what the 55-year-old had to say about it.

Dana White finally opens up on his relationship with Belal Muhammad

In today’s age and time social media plays a massive role in everyone’s life. However, it does have its share of drawbacks as well. One of its biggest disadvantages is it can be used to spread fake news on the internet. This is exactly what happened in the case of Dana White. During an old GQ Sports Q&A session, the UFC head was asked by one of the users on X, “If you had to cut 1 champion who would you choose? ” The 55-year-old never shies away from controversial questions, however this time he chose a different path.

In the original video White said, ‘This is a dirty question, dirty question. And I told these guys at GQ, there isn’t any question that I won’t answer. Except this one.” However, the video which is going viral on the internet is fake as Dana White could be heard taking the name of Belal Muhammad. White took notice of the video and took time to end all the controversy surrounding him and the new champion.

The UFC head honcho commented, “Fake like most of the BS on social media. The was like 3 years ago.” The whole controversy began after White had nothing much to say about the performance of the new champion. On most occasions, the UFC head is excited about crowning a new champion.

However, this time he was a bit subdued inside the Octagon. His behavior raised a lot of questions among the fans but White cleared it all recently. 

Dana White says he was caught at the wrong moment while speaking about Muhammad

When Belal Muhammad entered the Octagon in Manchester he seemed to be a man on a mission. After their previous outing ended as a no-contest, Muhammad was desperate for a win. ‘Rocky’ was the favorite for the contest and also had a massive fan following behind him. As a British champion, Edwards had high hopes on his shoulders but failed to deliver on that night.

What followed was a tiring night for the former champion as Muhammad’s relentless pressure proved too much to handle for him. But was Dana White more upset with Edwards losing the fight? “It wasn’t a barnburner” This was all the UFC head honcho could muster up about Muhammad’s performance at UFC 304.

Speculations began to creep in as to why White wasn’t rooting for the Palestinian-American in the fight. However, he gave his reasons for such a response while speaking to Kevin Iole on his YouTube show. He said, “Well, let me say this, to be fair, I tried, I was in a bad mood, I was, you know, at that press conference. And, you know, it depends on when you catch me. Yeah, um, Belal went out there, implemented his game, fought his game, and did his thing.”

He then went on to clarify that he has no ill feelings for the champion and is happy that he won the belt. The UFC CEO has time and again found himself under multiple controversies but never seems to get bothered about it. What are your thoughts about the latest controversy surrounding White? Let us know in the comments below.