Bilal Muhammad

There's no need to be nervous, right? Allah's plan is the best plan. If God wants you to lose, it's meant to lose. There's a reason for it. And you just say, Alhamdulillah, that means thank God. So even when you win, you thank God. When you lose, you thank God because it's protecting you from something. Or it's putting you somewhere in a spot where you can do something else.

Even when I look back at my losses, it felt like the worst thing that could happen to me at the time. I'm like, bro, I did everything. I worked hard. I trained hard. Why did I lose? Why was I meant to lose that fight? Why did it happen like this? But then hindsight is 20-20. When you're looking back, it made me change. It made me grow. It made me learn.

Even when I look back at my losses, it felt like the worst thing that could happen to me at the time. I'm like, bro, I did everything. I worked hard. I trained hard. Why did I lose? Why was I meant to lose that fight? Why did it happen like this? But then hindsight is 20-20. When you're looking back, it made me change. It made me grow. It made me learn.

Even when I look back at my losses, it felt like the worst thing that could happen to me at the time. I'm like, bro, I did everything. I worked hard. I trained hard. Why did I lose? Why was I meant to lose that fight? Why did it happen like this? But then hindsight is 20-20. When you're looking back, it made me change. It made me grow. It made me learn.

It made me want to get better here, here, and here. And then I'm like, oh, so that was the reason for it. Those were the tests for it. So when he said that to me, it just like clicked because you're always like, you know, you get the nerves in the back room, you're like this, but you have like a freedom about yourself when you're like, the result doesn't matter.

It made me want to get better here, here, and here. And then I'm like, oh, so that was the reason for it. Those were the tests for it. So when he said that to me, it just like clicked because you're always like, you know, you get the nerves in the back room, you're like this, but you have like a freedom about yourself when you're like, the result doesn't matter.

It made me want to get better here, here, and here. And then I'm like, oh, so that was the reason for it. Those were the tests for it. So when he said that to me, it just like clicked because you're always like, you know, you get the nerves in the back room, you're like this, but you have like a freedom about yourself when you're like, the result doesn't matter.

Whatever happens in these 25 minutes, 15 minutes, it's meant to happen. It's just a small window. And at the end of the day, tomorrow, a week later, it's going to be forgotten no matter what. What do you think drives you to fight? Is it legacy or is there people around you? Like I said, the people around me that have been with me since the beginning. But also for myself, it's just like...

Whatever happens in these 25 minutes, 15 minutes, it's meant to happen. It's just a small window. And at the end of the day, tomorrow, a week later, it's going to be forgotten no matter what. What do you think drives you to fight? Is it legacy or is there people around you? Like I said, the people around me that have been with me since the beginning. But also for myself, it's just like...

Whatever happens in these 25 minutes, 15 minutes, it's meant to happen. It's just a small window. And at the end of the day, tomorrow, a week later, it's going to be forgotten no matter what. What do you think drives you to fight? Is it legacy or is there people around you? Like I said, the people around me that have been with me since the beginning. But also for myself, it's just like...

just proving everybody who's thought that i couldn't make it here like i've had so many people that oh you can't do it you're not gonna make the ufc oh he says he's gonna be a champion you're not gonna make a chance you're not gonna be a champion like who people in real life or just online people in real life yeah yeah i've had people i had family members that when i had my first uh win in the ufc like well at least you got one win in the ufc so if you lose the rest of them at least you could say you had one

just proving everybody who's thought that i couldn't make it here like i've had so many people that oh you can't do it you're not gonna make the ufc oh he says he's gonna be a champion you're not gonna make a chance you're not gonna be a champion like who people in real life or just online people in real life yeah yeah i've had people i had family members that when i had my first uh win in the ufc like well at least you got one win in the ufc so if you lose the rest of them at least you could say you had one

just proving everybody who's thought that i couldn't make it here like i've had so many people that oh you can't do it you're not gonna make the ufc oh he says he's gonna be a champion you're not gonna make a chance you're not gonna be a champion like who people in real life or just online people in real life yeah yeah i've had people i had family members that when i had my first uh win in the ufc like well at least you got one win in the ufc so if you lose the rest of them at least you could say you had one

And I was just like, is that what you really think? Like, you don't think I'm good enough? But it just made me like, all right, cool. Like, you don't believe me, but watch me do it. Watch me prove you wrong. Watch me show you. The people online doesn't really matter, right? Like, the people that really matter are the people that are in your circle.

And I was just like, is that what you really think? Like, you don't think I'm good enough? But it just made me like, all right, cool. Like, you don't believe me, but watch me do it. Watch me prove you wrong. Watch me show you. The people online doesn't really matter, right? Like, the people that really matter are the people that are in your circle.

And I was just like, is that what you really think? Like, you don't think I'm good enough? But it just made me like, all right, cool. Like, you don't believe me, but watch me do it. Watch me prove you wrong. Watch me show you. The people online doesn't really matter, right? Like, the people that really matter are the people that are in your circle.

The people that, like, see me every day, see how hard I work. Like, I've had coaches that will tell you, like, when I first met Coach Mike, he saw me train one time. He said, you could be a champion. And I was just like, no, I don't believe him. But he like stuck with me. He helped me grow. He helped me get better.

The people that, like, see me every day, see how hard I work. Like, I've had coaches that will tell you, like, when I first met Coach Mike, he saw me train one time. He said, you could be a champion. And I was just like, no, I don't believe him. But he like stuck with me. He helped me grow. He helped me get better.

The people that, like, see me every day, see how hard I work. Like, I've had coaches that will tell you, like, when I first met Coach Mike, he saw me train one time. He said, you could be a champion. And I was just like, no, I don't believe him. But he like stuck with me. He helped me grow. He helped me get better.

He kept telling you that.