A massive clash between two unbeaten prospects has been announced to take place at UFC 310 at T-Mobile Arena on December 7th.
Following welterweight champion Belal Muhammad’s withdrawal from his scheduled first title defense against Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0) in the main event, rumors had circulated that veterans of the division such as Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman were in the frame to face the Kazakh sensation for an interim belt.
Another fighter who has been soaring through the welterweight rankings on a similar trajectory to Rakhmonov, Ian Machado Garry, was also rumored to be in the mix and he went as far as to plead his case for taking the fight when news of Muhammad’s withdrawal initially broke.