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According to Shavkat Rakhmonov, he was selected as the next title challenger to face Belal Muhammad and was also offered a fight which failed to materialize because Belal Muhammad declined it. Apparently, it was aimed to take place in October for UFC 307, and now the chances of it happening are looking favorable for the first quarter of 2025.
Shavkat Rakhmonov says he was offered to fight Belal Muhammad on October 5 at #UFC307, but Belal declined:
“He said he’s gonna be an active champion… but at the moment he wasn’t backing up what he said”.
Shavkat Rakhmonov on Belal Muhammad declining to fight him
In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, Shavkat Rakhmonov shed some light on getting an offer to fight Belal Muhammad.
“Yeah, actually, I’ve already been offered a fight to fight Belal and I accepted the fight against Belal,” Rakhmonov said, as quoted by mmafighting.com. “But unfortunately, he declined to fight me due to the timing issues.
He wasn’t ready to defend his belt on that time. So we’ll see what’s going to happen and when he’s going to be ready so I will be able to fight him. Before he became a champion, and after he won the belt, he said he’s going to be an active champion and he will defend his belt more often, but at the moment he wasn’t backing up what he said, you know, so let’s see what’s going to happen, when he’s going to be ready to fight me”.
Shavkat Rakhmonov on the previously targeted date for Belal Muhammad
“It was in October, The Salt Lake [City] card, [UFC 307].I don’t know what’s going on with Belal and he’s going be ready at the moment, If they say December, January, I’m going to be ready.
If they say April, May, it doesn’t matter. I already deserve to fight for the belt. I already secured the spot and I’ll just make sure I’m going to be ready for the fight. So, whenever he’s ready, I’m in”.
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