During dinner, he told me that he needed to go back to the mountains at four o'clock to train.
Shavkat Rakhmonov called himself an inconvenient opponent for UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev.
"Perhaps Islam is looking for a more suitable, more convenient opponent. I am the most inconvenient and challenging opponent for him in the division. The fact that I am undefeated is not for nothing. I will not miss this opportunity.
Our fight with Makhachev will be competitive. As always, Islam will try to take the fight to the ground and grapple. But I will be ready for his takedowns and everything he offers me. I am a serious opponent for Makhachev because I can fight in any plane—standing, on the ground, in the clinch. I think Islam understands this as well."
