Shavkat Rakhmonov made a confession about the fight with Ian Garry – Boxing/MMA

Kazakh fighter UFC Shavkat Rakhmonov said that for him there is nothing personal in the upcoming fight with the Irishman Ian Machado Garryreports Sports.kz.

“Our past training together definitely brought some interest to this fight. We were teammates and there was mutual respect between us, but that's the nature of the sport. As top welterweights, we both knew this day could come. There’s nothing personal about this – it’s just business, and we’ll see which of us is the best fighter,” the official UFC website quotes Rakhmonov as saying.

The fight between Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Harry will take place on December 7 in Las Vegas (USA) and will become the co-main event of the UFC 310 tournament.

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