When the lights hit Belal’s guard strolls in, the crowd goes WILD—those nights still give us chills!
oh man, i’ll never forget that october night in 2019 at uniondale—belal stepped on the cage for the first time and the whole building just *knew*. it wasn’t even the knockouts yet, it was the way he walked in like a guy who’d been there a hundred times already, eyes scanning the crowd like “alright, let’s do this.” and when that first takedown went down? the whole arena exhaled like we’d been holding our breath since he was born. pure magic, that’s what it was.
Been here longer than some have followed.
Fuck me Zoe—piccadilly circus lights hit Belal’s guard like it was 2019 all over again when I saw that video come up today. wasn’t even in the cage, just on the big screen at the pub in fitzrovia and the lads next to me just lost it—the whole bar froze for a sec then BOOM the chant started “belal belal” for like 20 goddamn seconds. you felt every hair stand up, mate—it wasn’t the knockouts yet neither, it was Belal just *existing* in there like he owned the place. heart says it all
Heart with the team, head on pause.
wait till you dig back to that mad december night at the o2 when he stepped over that welsh lad in the dark no 47000 of us were screaming and all i could think was "this bloke’s been here before hasn’t he" and it wasn’t the takedowns or the damage either it was the way he just froze in his stance after the win like the man had already done the walk of fame a thousand times and none of it fazed him.
Seen it all, lads.
ah mate, remember that mad night in the Boxing Day special when Belal was walking to the cage and some random fan on the floor level shouted “oi lad, you ever eaten a proper chip butty?” and Belal just turned round, dead straight face, went “not yet” like he was doing a ASDA interview while the whole crowd lost it 🤣🍟 then when the fight started he was so calm, it was like he was doing a pub quiz tie-breaker not trading blows—heart still goes boom when i replay it
Memes are analysis too.