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Muhammad took on Gabriel Bonfim in a welterweight matchup in the main event at UFC Fight Night 278 on Saturday. Bonfim delivered a master class on the feet, never letting Muhammad get his wrestling game going. While “Remember the Name” put on a display of heart and chin, Bonfim beat him down for five rounds to earn the win by dominant unanimous decision.
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Muhammad’s former opponent Brady believes the former champ failed to use a few weapons at his disposal. Namely, when Bonfim kicked, Brady expected Muhammad to either catch the limb or counter it more effectively. Brady noted that Muhammad fought on his back foot for most of the fight, which significantly hampered his wrestling. However, Brady also gave the victor Bonfim credit for placing himself in the best place to win the fight. Brady said on the UFC post-fight show:
“I think [Muhammad] could have worked on catching the kicks a lot more. Gabriel was throwing them low; he was throwing them to the body. So, I think that’s something that Belal could have scored some takedowns off of. If you watch my fight with Buckley, whenever someone kicks at me, I’m looking to catch a leg. And it’s usually one of the easiest ways to score takedowns… I think Belal also didn’t do himself any favors by getting backed up the whole time. It’s hard to shoot off your back foot, especially if you’re trying to be explosive with a double leg. If he had started to go forward, trying to catch those kicks, it would have did him wonders. But Gabriel did a good job of just not letting it happen.”
Brady suffered his first professional loss against Muhammad via knockout in 2022. Brady then rebounded with a three-fight winning streak before falling short against Michael Morales at UFC 322 last year. Brady has since returned to the win column with a dominant decision over Joaquin Buckley in May. Brady revealed that he has already been studying Bonfim as he thought they could be on a collision course. Brady will be open to fighting “Marretinha” if he can break into the top five at welterweight after his win over Muhammad.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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