News Rakhmonov vs Usman NOT happening at UFC 310

[svmr_db]

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Good and fair decision.
Usman is an ATG and deserves a full camp for such a fight

 

[Bubzeh]

Must be cold inside that house of his.

 

[svmr_db]

That feeling when they announce Pantoja vs Asukara as the main event:

 

[BigTruck]

That feeling when they announce Pantoja vs Asukara as the main event:

Smith vs Reyes is the true main event!

 

[Raymundo Alvarado Guevara]

Good move

 

[svmr_db]

They should just pull Garry out of the fight vs Buckley set for Dec 14th & have him fight Shavkat for an interim on Dec 7th instead.

 

[payton]

Might be too early aka you have to pay me

 

[usernamee]

prolly shouldn't go on a rant talking about how you can expose a dude and whatnot then finish it off with "BUT, I'm not gonna fight him" lol

 

[blaseblase]

Good and fair decision.
Usman is an ATG and deserves a full camp for such a fight

He doesn't deserve an interim title shot period

 

[Luthien]

Somewhere Belal cried out in despair.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

They should just pull Garry out of the fight vs Buckley set for Dec 14th & have him fight Shavkat for an interim on Dec 7th instead.

I think the UFC just finds another fight entirely now outside of WW. Not a chance in hell they are going to have Ian Garry fight Shavkat and have it headline. They want to save the card, not sink it.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Might be too early aka you have to pay me

Also I haven't seen a single source from the UFC say they're actually willing to do an interim title. I agree with you that Usman probably wants a lot more money for saving the event, and an interim title on the line.

 

[svmr_db]

I think the UFC just finds another fight entirely now outside of WW. Not a chance in hell they are going to have Ian Garry fight Shavkat and have it headline. They want to save the card, not sink it.

It's asking way too much to put an entirely new fight together on 3 weeks notice. Situations like Pereira vs Prochazka 2 being made on short notice are incredibly rare.

Garry is in camp to fight Buckley & Rakhmonov stayed training for the possibility of staying on 310, that's the easiest fight to put together. Also neither guy would be compromising on a training camp like any other new fighters would be if they were fighting in a few weeks when they weren't expecting to.

 

[Thesnake101]

That feeling when they announce Pantoja vs Asukara as the main event:

At the very least that's an entertaining fight.

As an Usman fan I wasn't looking forward to him getting mauled by Shavkat. Yeah he arguably beat Chimaev but Shavkat is a whole different fighter, better on the feet though not a phenomenal wrestler, and Usman's offensive wrestling has fallen off a cliff due to age and injuries.

It's pretty hard for me not to look at the Usman who fought Leon in the third fight, and has only gotten older, and think he gets torched.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Good and fair decision.
Usman is an ATG and deserves a full camp for such a fight

On a 3 fight losing streak? He was being gifted a shot at Shavkat.

He can fight with a full camp.. but not against the #1 contender.

 

[13Seconds]

Can't they find ANYONE?

Brady? Morales? Colby?

 

[octagonation]

We could get the most stacked Aussie card of all time..

Dricus vs Khamzat
Belal vs Shavkat

On the same card

 

[Soggust]

Bro if they offer a title shot on a 3 fight losing streak, it shouldn't matter if they pull you out of the crowd to fight that night.

I was expecting a "They never offered it to me". Usman saying "It's too soon" is a wtf to me.

This is an egregious duck imo.

 

[Koala]

Bring Carlos Prates to fight Buckley in Tampa and have Garry fight Rakhmonov one week earlier