Belal Muhammad and Conor McGregor are beefing like they have a fight coming up.
The latest round of verbal volleys between the two occurred after news broke that Muhammad is pulling out of a welterweight title defense against Shavkat Rakhmonov that was scheduled to headline UFC 310 on Dec. 7. Muhammad is dealing with a toe infection that has him sidelined for the foreseeable future.
McGregor, who has been out of action for over three years, had little sympathy for Muhammad, responding with laughing emojis in a tweet reply that has since been deleted. The two fighters have rarely had a kind word for each other, but McGregor was particularly motivated to mock Muhammad after Muhammad seemingly did the same to McGregor when he withdrew from UFC 303 this past June due to a toe injury:
“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 have this for antibiotics.. you use needles because you are junkie .. we are not the same https://t.co/IYCGpaXI7S pic.twitter.com/uZ6zDethl8
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) October 31, 2024
“I have this for antibiotics,” Muhammad said in a comment accompanied by a picture of his arm receiving an injection. “You use needles because you are a junkie. We are not the same.”
In another 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 Point).
Conor McGregor went off on Belal Muhammad and his toe pic.twitter.com/wVODh2iPh8
— MMA On Point (@OnPointMMA) November 1, 2024
“Scutter talk just like your fighting,” McGregor wrote. “You lambasted UFC world champions multiple times on having to reschedule their bouts through injury and now it has come down on you like a bomb from the sky.
“It is glorious to see. No fight. No money. But staph infection. Bum. Stripped. Instantly. Zero knockdowns/any excitement or traffic or views or ticket sales in bout, and now also non-reliable to show? Strip. Cut. Infected fighter. You have infections.”
McGregor’s “bomb” line is particularly heinous given Muhammad’s Palestinian heritage and the genocide currently taking place in Gaza, Palestine’s largest city, at the hands of Israel’s military forces.
Muhammad is yet to respond to McGregor’s latest comment.
