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With all due respect to Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura, the most anticipated match at UFC 310 was the welterweight co-main event between Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Garry. Both men entered their highly anticipated contest unbeaten, and the winner was likely to stake a claim as the top contender to Belal Muhammad’s title.