UFC welterweight fighter Belal Muhammad discusses why he is fighting and why his training will remain the same during the holy month of Ramadan.
During the holy month of Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam and the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims fast. They abstain from food, water and sexual intercourse typically from dawn until dusk. As Karim Zidan put it in his recent story on Ramadan and its connections to MMA, Ramadan “is considered a period of spiritual enlightenment, where Muslims are expected to hold themselves to the highest standards.