Shavkat Rakhmonov was warned before his fight with Ian Garry in the UFC – Boxing/MMA

Famous Russian MMA commentator Roman Mazurov shared his opinion with Sports.kz about the upcoming fight between the Kazakh Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0) and the Irish Ian Machado Garry (15-0).

— Shavkat was given Ian Machado Garry as his opponent, and that’s good. The opponent is quite passable. We know very well that they conducted joint training and sparring. And judging by persistent rumors, Rakhmonov won them. It seems he even choked the Irishman in the standing position and forced him to give up in other ways. That is, on paper the Kazakhstani is stronger. But sparring is one thing, and fighting is completely different. This needs to be understood. I wouldn’t want Shavkat to fall into unnecessary euphoria because of this, but just go out and do his job,” the specialist said.

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