Tonight’s UFC Vegas event 45 was co-headlined by a welterweight bout featuring Stephen Thompson taking on Belal Muhammad.<\/p>\n
Thompson (16-6-1 MMA), a former two-time UFC title challenger, was looking to get back in the win column on Saturday night, this after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Gilbert Burns in his last fight<\/a>. Prior to that setback, \u2018Wonderboy\u2019 had earned back-to-back unanimous decision victories over Geoff Neal and Vicente Luque<\/a>.<\/p>\n As for Belal Muhammad (22-4 MMA), \u00a0\u2018Remember The Name\u2019 had most previously competed in June, where he earned a unanimous decision victory over Demian Maia. Muhammad had not tasted defeat since January of 2019, when he dropped a decision to Geoff Neal.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC Vegas 45 co-headliner proved to be a one-sided beatdown. Belal Muhammad was able to utilize his strong wrestling pedigree to smother and frustrate Stephen Thompson for three straight rounds on route to a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n Official UFC Vegas 45 Result: Belal Muhammad def. Stephen Thompson by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26 x2)<\/p>\n Check out the pros reacted to ‘Thompson vs. Muhammad’ below:<\/p>\n Not used to not seeing @bullyb170<\/a> tweets all over the screen on fight nights!<\/p>\n — Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n