Shavkat Rakhmonov outworked Ian Machado Garry all through their five-round co-main occasion at UFC 310, scoring a unanimous choice victory and transferring to 19-0 in his combined martial arts profession.
A lot of the primary spherical was spent clinch-fighting alongside the cage — most of which was initiated by Rakhmonov. With 30 seconds to go, the fighters lastly separated and Rakhmonov popped Garry’s head again with an enormous proper hand. Rakhmonov instantly re-initiated the clinch and maintained his maintain on Garry till the top of the spherical.
The second spherical noticed each fighters open up a little bit extra with their placing, the benefit clearly going to Rakhmonov who landed a few stable jabs and a proper hand that clipped the Irishman whereas he was circling away from the fence. Rakhmonov tried to comply with it up with a left that prompted Garry to clinch up and put Rakhmonov’s again towards the fence.
Rakhmonov reverses the place and as soon as once more fails to get Garry to the mat. Rakhmonov finally relinquishes the maintain and returns to the middle of the cage the place they change just a few blows earlier than heading to their respective corners.
Garry undoubtedly had his greatest spherical within the third, opening up extra with the kicks and catching Rakhmonov with some slick jabs, nevertheless it was ‘Nomad’ who made the most important assertion within the spherical with a booming proper hand proper earlier than the horn.
With Garry beginning to get off on his ft, Rakhmonov switches issues up and assaults Garry’s legs, touchdown the primary takedown of the struggle in spherical 4. Garry scrambled his method out of the place, however as an alternative of disengaging, he tried to grapple with Rakhmonov and finally gave up his again towards the fence. Nonetheless, Garry was capable of fend off Rakhmonov, however that solely inspired ‘Nomad’ to shoot in and land one other double-leg takedown, placing him in a dominant place to finish the penultimate spherical.
With Garry possible behind on the scorecards and in want of a end, ‘The Future’ got here out swinging, however that opened him up for one more takedown try. Rakhmonov shot in and seemed to land a single leg, however Garry defended and ended up taking Rakhmonov’s again. With a physique triangle locked in, Garry fought onerous to land a rear-naked choke. Rakhmonov saved his chin down and fought the palms earlier than reversing the place and getting on prime of Garry.
Garry wall-walked his method again up, however Rakhmonov maintained management towards the cage and basically rode out the rest of the struggle within the clinch.
Official End result: Shavkat Rakhmonov def. Ian Machado Garry by way of unanimous choice (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
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