Muslim athletes now dominate top ranks of MMA and boxing

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When he fought, he extended that elusive hand of hope to nearly 2 billion Muslims when they tune in to one of his bouts. Since he has retired, he has paved the way for the emergence of other Muslim fighters to continue his legacy, including Palestinian American Belal Mohammed, the Chechen phenom Khamzat Chimaev, and Khabib’s own prodigy, Islam Makhachev in the world of MMA. And in boxing, champions like Julian Williams and Devin Haney carry Ali’s torch forward, These names represent the tip of the Muslim iceberg taking MMA and boxing by storm, deepening Islam’s imprint on the world of combat sports deepened by Khabib. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1097

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