However, when Shavkat Rakhmonov lost out on his title fight against welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in Saturday’s UFC 310 event at T-Mobile Arena, Machado Garry stepped in to face “Nomad” in a five-round co-main event. According to Machado Garry, a potential fight with Usman (20-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) was previously in discussion.

Eyeing the 18-0 Shavkat Rakhmonov and 15-0 Ian Machado Garry, Belal Muhammad sits on the throne of the welterweight division unbeaten in his last 11 UFC fights. Decision after decision (and one TKO of Sean Brady), nobody's been able to crack the code of Muhammad in almost six years.

Shakat Rakhmonov discusses sparring footage with Ian Machado Garry, says Garry left out the part where Shavkat taps him.