Unbeaten Kazakh fighter Shavkaht Rakhmonov believes he’s the subsequent rightful challenger at 170-kilos.
Rakhmonov, who is 18-0 in his knowledgeable profession with a 100% trace charge, has long been heralded as a future title contender within the UFC’s skill-rich welterweight division — and after Belal Muhammad efficiently seized the enviornment title from Leon Edwards on the UFC’s match in Manchester several weeks ago, he believes the time has draw for his first opportunity at UFC gold.
“UFC thinks I’m the No. 1 contender and that I wants to be next on story of there’s no definite contender anyway,” Rakhmonov stated via his interpreter at some point of a recent interview with Submission Radio, as famend by MMA Junkie. “I in spite of all the issues agree with 100% finishes within the UFC, so I in spite of all the issues wants to be next. All people else is also very discontinuance, but I ponder they need one or a few wins to rating this title shot, so I wants to be next.”
Rakhmonov used to be final considered within the cage final December where he scored a 2nd-spherical rear-naked choke submission against the weak title contender Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson.
But no subject only coming into a third spherical factual twice in his 18 knowledgeable fights, Rakhmonov forecasts a cosmopolitan advise against the novel champion Muhammad.
“I ponder this could occasionally perhaps well also be a truly aggressive fight,” he outlined. “I don’t ponder about it as an straightforward fight. It’s going to be a hard fight and whoever forces their very receive trend on their opponent goes to amass. Even supposing it’s now not going to be straightforward, I imagine I’m going to amass within the pause.”
