Report: Belal Muhammad Faces Lyman Good At UFC 249
A welterweight division attraction has been added to UFC 249 as Belal Muhammad is in action against Lyman Good.
MMA Junkie first reported the bout, who’s placement on the card isn’t known at this time.
Muhammad (16-3-0) enters the contest riding a two fight winning streak, defeating the duo of Curtis Millender and Takashi Sato. Muhammad has a 4-1-0 record when competing on UFC pay-per-view cards, with that lone loss coming to Vicente Luque at UFC 205. Muhammad has suffered three losses as a professional MMA fighter and all of them came under the UFC banner.
Good (21-5-0-1NC) has rotated wins and losses in the UFC, with the latest bout being a third round TKO win over Chance Rencountre at UFC 244. Good is a former Bellator MMA Welterweight Champion, defeating Omar De La Cruz to win the gold at Bellator 11. Good also competed on the UFC Ultimate Fighter 19, losing in the opening round of the reality show to Ian Stephens.
UFC 249 takes place on Saturday, April 18 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.