Shavkat Rakhmonov revealed why he received’t be the primary fighter to problem Belal Muhammad for the UFC welterweight world title.
On Wednesday, Dana White dropped a sequence 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 Identify’ will sq. off with the No. 4 ranked contender, Jack Della Maddalena.
The information got here as a little bit of a shock to battle 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 damage that pressured him to bow out of the bout.
Shavkat Rakhmonov reveals why he’s not preventing Muhammad at UFC 315
Because it seems, Rakhmonov was supplied the spot in Might, however an damage pressured him to show it down.
“Huge due to the UFC for providing me the shot on the belt first,” Rakhmonov wrote on X. “Sadly, as a consequence of damage, I received’t be prepared for Might. I’ll be dealing with the winner later this yr.”
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 damage, they do kinda owe him the chance.
It’s unclear if it’s the identical damage that’s maintaining Rakhmonov off of UFC 315, however relying on the severity of an MCL damage, it might take a number of weeks to a number of months to completely heal.
