Analysis of Shavkat Rakhmonov's Return

Guy you fought, Shavkat Rakhmonov. He's been out for a bit, obviously.

Looks like he's getting back. We saw some training footage.

Um, how much of a threat do you think he

is at 170?

'Cause we kind of forget about him 'cause of the injuries, but he's right up there-

Yeah

... in my opinion, with, like, Morales, Procházka, all those guys, I, I think.

Huge threat.

Yeah.

Huge threat. I mean, the guy is very skilled for, skilled for

e- everywhere, striking, wrestling, grappling.

Um, and I know, I know for a fact, and this has just been

built inside of him, just because you see this guy not,

not fighting, a lot

of people, the first thing they think of is

that they've not been training.

Mm-hmm.

This dude is a through-and-through martial artist from day one.

The g- that's all he does is train. So

don't underestimate this guy coming back.

I feel like he's gonna come back even better, a stronger mindset, a stronger

fighter spirit. He's looking to, to, to, you know...

He's looking for blood, man. Beating...

When Ian Garry beat him, he's looking for blood.

He wants to fight him again, and I think at the time, it...

Once he's, once he's back in there and works his way up, has one

or two fights,

it's gonna be Ian Garry again that he's gonna be facing off against