Shavkat Rakhmonov revealed why he gained’t be the primary fighter to problem Belal Muhammad for the UFC welterweight world title.
On Wednesday, Dana White dropped a collection of big-fight bombshells on social media, together with the reveal that Muhammad can be placing his 170-pound title on the road for the very first time on Saturday, Might 10 when the promotion heads again to the Bell Centre in Montreal for UFC 315.
There, ‘Keep in mind The Title’ will sq. off with the No. 4 ranked contender, Jack Della Maddalena.
The information got here as a little bit of a shock to struggle followers as everybody anticipated Shavkat Rakhmonov to be first up for Muhammad. In actual fact, ‘Nomad’ was even scheduled to problem the champ in December, however Muhammad suffered an harm that compelled him to bow out of the bout.
Shavkat Rakhmonov reveals why he’s not combating Muhammad at UFC 315
Because it seems, Rakhmonov was supplied the spot in Might, however an harm compelled him to show it down.
“Huge because of the UFC for providing me the shot on the belt first,” Rakhmonov wrote on X. “Sadly, because of harm, I gained’t be prepared for Might. I’ll be going through the winner later this 12 months.”
Happily, it sounds just like the UFC isn’t giving Rakhmanov the Arman Tsarukyan remedy. However contemplating that ‘Nomad’ stayed on UFC 310 regardless of struggling a critical pre-fight knee harm, they do kinda owe him the chance.
It’s unclear if it’s the identical harm that’s preserving Rakhmonov off of UFC 315, however relying on the severity of an MCL harm, it may take just a few weeks to a number of months to completely heal.
