Nina-Marie Daniele (left) made a hilarious remark on Belal Muhammad’s Ryan Gosling (right) remark. [Images courtesy: @ninamariedaniele on Instagram and @RyanGosling on X]

Recently, Nina Marie-Daniele, who is known for her unique and often humorous skits and videos, quizzed UFC 304 fighters and asked if people have told them they resemble anyone. Hilariously, welterweight title challenger Belal Muhammad answered:

“They usually say that I look close to Ryan Gosling.”

Daniele didn’t break character, and replied:

“I can see it.”

Muhammad tried to justify his statement and added:

“If you look at it from a different angle…”

“Like with your eyes closed.”

Muhammad jokingly added that he resembles Gosling’s “depressed” look in the movie ‘The Notebook’ the most.

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Sean Strickland reacts to Nina-Marie Daniele and Belal Muhammad’s Ryan Gosling discussion

Former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland has had a tense relationship with Belal Muhammad. The duo have heated social media interactions in the past due to their conflicting political views and have also taken stinging verbal jabs at each other on several other occasions.

Strickland took to the comments section of Nina-Marie Daniele’s Instagram post and reacted to Daniele’s statement:

“Like with your eyes closed” lol.

Sean Strickland’s reaction

Muhammad will challenge welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the main event of the UFC 304 pay-per-view event scheduled to take place on July 27 in Manchester, England. The fight will mark the rematch of their March 2021 fight that resulted in a no-contest after an accidental eye poke from Edwards rendered Muhammad unable to continue.

Since then, Muhammad has amassed an impressive winning streak. In his most recent trip to the octagon, ‘Remember The Name’ defeated former title challenger Gilbert Burns by unanimous decision.

Meanwhile, the UFC 304 rematch fight will mark Edwards’ third title defense. After capturing the belt from Kamaru Usman with a stunning head kick, he went on to earn decision wins against both Usman and Colby Covington. He is a -250 favorite heading into the fight while Muhammad is a +205 underdog.