Nonetheless hoping to stay on the UFC 310 card on the finish of the annum, unbeaten welterweight contender, Shavkat Rakhmonov has laughed off a possible future problem from former coaching accomplice, Ian Garry — as he eyes an interim conflict with Kamaru Usman in December.
Rakhmonov, the present quantity 4 ranked welterweight challenger, has been sidelined since final 12 months, most lately enhancing to 18-0 with a rear-naked choke submission win in opposition to former two-time championship chaser, Stephen Thompson.
And scheduled to headline UFC 310 on the finish of the 12 months, Uzbekistan native, Rakhmonov noticed a matchup with the undisputed champion, Belal Muhammad fall to the wayside final week, with the Illinois native withdrawing from the matchup citing a bone an infection in his foot.
Shavkat Rakhmonov not sure of future battle with Ian Garry
Welcoming the possibility to stay on the UFC 310 card by the tip of the 12 months, Rakhmonov can be open to taking up former pound-for-pound primary, Usman for an interim title.
“Yeah, proper now negotiations are happening [to keep him at UFC 310],” Shavkat Rakhmonov’s supervisor informed Ariel Helwani. “I don’t know in the event that they’re speaking to another person [but] I’m positive they provided Kamaru (Usman), too.”
Moreover, so far as a pairing with the undefeated, Garry is anxious — who has been booked to function subsequent month in a UFC Combat Evening Tampa foremost occasion with Joaquin Buckley, Rakhmonov shouldn’t be so positive.
“To be sincere, I don’t care.” Shavkat Rakhmonov mentioned of Ian Garry’s latest feedback. “I’m prepared if it’s going to be him after he wins his subsequent battle. Whether it is, it could possibly be good for each of us, we are able to do it. He can attempt to take my zero, however I do know the identical factor goes to occur, that’s occurred within the coaching. I’m simply going to maintain it the identical means, and I’m fairly assured that I might beat him.”
