Shavkat Rakhmonov may be very assured his subsequent struggle will probably be for UFC gold.
Though not formally booked or reported as within the works, Rakhmonov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) expects the promotion to offer him the primary crack at not too long ago topped UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC).
“UFC thinks I’m the No. 1 contender and that I needs to be subsequent as a result of there’s no clear contender anyway,” Rakhmonov instructed Submission Radio via an interpreter. “I’ve one hundred pc finishes within the UFC, so I really needs to be subsequent. Everybody else can be very shut, however I feel they want one or a few wins to get this title shot, so I needs to be subsequent.”
Rakhmonov stays unbeaten in his MMA profession and has completed all six opponents he’s confronted since becoming a member of the UFC in 2020. His most up-to-date win got here in December, when he submitted former UFC title challenger Stephen Thompson.
Though Rakhmonov has run via all of his opposition, the Kazakh fighter expects a tricky battle in opposition to Muhammad, ought to he get the following title shot.
“I feel will probably be a really aggressive struggle,” Rakhmonov stated. “I don’t give it some thought as a simple struggle. It’s going to be a tough struggle and whoever forces their very own model on their opponent goes to win. Regardless that it’s not going to be straightforward, I imagine I’m going to win in the long run.”
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