{"id":40418,"date":"2026-09-11T08:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Islam-Makhachev-fires-Back-at-Shavkat-Rakhmonov-over-UFC-title-snub-202752"},"modified":"2026-09-11T08:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:52:22","slug":"islam-makhachev-fires-back-at-shavkat-rakhmonov-over-ufc-title-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/islam-makhachev-fires-back-at-shavkat-rakhmonov-over-ufc-title-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev fires Back at Shavkat Rakhmonov over UFC title snub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> has fired back at Shavkat
\nRakhmonov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Makhachev has repeatedly acknowledged Carlos
\nPrates<\/a> and Michael
\nMorales<\/a> as the top two contenders for the next welterweight
\ntitle shot in the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>. Rakhmonov, in a recent
\ninterview with ALF Global, expressed disappointment about not being
\nmentioned by Makhachev, who has now issued a response.<\/p>\n

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Islam Makhachev questions Shavkat Rakhmonov\u2019s timetable for a
\nUFC title fight<\/h2>\n

Makhachev took a dig at the undefeated Kazakh\u2019s lingering health
\nissues. The UFC welterweight champ questions whether he should wait
\na year and a half to fight Rakhmonov. However, Makhachev clarifies
\nthat he won\u2019t turn down a fight against Rakhmonov once \u201cNomad\u201d
\nrecovers and cements his status as a contender.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, Rakhmonov gave an interview recently with a huge brace on
\nhis knee and he says he wants to fight; I want to respond to his
\ninterview,\u201d Makhachev told Match TV. \u201cHe says I should have chosen
\nhim. Choose him and wait for 1.5 years? Let him recover and he will
\nbecome one of the contenders. I never said that I will not fight
\nhim.\u201d<\/p>\n

Makhachev (29-1) won the welterweight title against Jack
\nDella Maddalena<\/a> last year and defended it in August against
\nIan
\nGarry<\/a>, whose only career loss before facing Makhachev was to
\nRakhmonov. However, Rakhmonov (19-0) hasn\u2019t fought since defeating
\nGarry in December 2024. He underwent knee surgery after the fight
\nand injured it again during recovery, leading to another
\nsurgery.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\ude05\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddff Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> responds to Shavkat
\nRakhmonov<\/a> who wasn’t happy with him not being mentioned as the
\nnext contender:<\/p>\n

“He gave an interview with a huge brace on his knee. He wants me to
\nchoose him and then wait for 1.5 years for him to recover?”<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5 MATCH TV pic.twitter.com\/u5ayP5D7zz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight)
\nSeptember 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Islam Makhachev has fired back at Shavkat Rakhmonov. Makhachev has repeatedly acknowledged Carlos Prates and Michael Morales as the top two contenders for the next welterweight title shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Rakhmonov, in a recent interview with ALF Global, expressed disappointment about not being mentioned by Makhachev, who has now issued a response. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}