Kamaru Usman vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov may occur someday, but it surely received’t be held on the UFC 310 card.
Rakhmonov was scheduled to problem Belal Muhammad for the UFC Welterweight Championship on December seventh. Muhammad was pressured out of the bout on account of a bone an infection in his foot. The title struggle was going to headline UFC 310 contained in the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Whereas Muhammad has insisted that he’ll recuperate in a matter of weeks, Rakhmonov has been pounding the desk for an interim title struggle.
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Kamaru Usman Pours Chilly Water on UFC 310 Combat Rumors
Kamaru Usman, who’s a former UFC welterweight champion, threw his identify within the hat as a possible opponent for Shavkat Rakhmonov to face. Rumors had even surfaced claiming the struggle was within the works for UFC 310.
Taking to the “Pound 4 Pound” podcast, “The Nigerian Nightmare” revealed that he won’t be stepping contained in the Octagon for the UFC’s year-end pay-per-view.
“To be trustworthy, it’s a struggle that I’ve checked out and I do know it’s positively a really, very winnable struggle and I do know that I can, of all individuals, go on the market and expose what hasn’t been uncovered in a younger, hungry, streaking man in Shavkat Rakhmonov. He’s very gifted and really, superb, however I do see the holes and I feel that I can exploit that when that point is correct, however December seventh could be just a little too early for that point,” Usman stated.
It’s unclear if the UFC will discover a substitute opponent for Rakhmonov. It’s potential that the promotion may really feel assured in Belal Muhammad’s comeback trajectory and have Rakhmonov wait for an additional occasion to get his title shot.
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