American welterweight Joaquin Buckley announced his desire to fight Shavkat Rakhmonov, who was left without an opponent.
"Look, it doesn't matter what Shawkat and Harry's track records are. Their fight will be disgustingly boring for the fans and people will be left disappointed, I'm sure of it. What Shawkat needs in an opponent is a real natural puncher who will put on a real spectacle in the cage, and I'm the man who can do that. He has 18 knockout wins, I have 14, and I recently knocked out Stephen Thompson.
UFC management should make our fight and they won't regret it. I'm here to take the crown. I'm talking about it seriously."
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