what's up everyone and welcome back to the MMA Zone today let's get started with what's next for shavod rachmanov after UFC 310 win shavod Rockman remains undefeated following UFC 310 but the welterweight Contender went to the judge's scorecard for the first time in his career against the very game Ian masado gar and before we continue make sure to leave a like on the video to help support the channel so what's next for the undefeated welterweight all signs point to the champion belal Muhammad rachmanov controlled much of the action early on in the clinch and he
also tagged Gary with a couple of nice shots the Irish fighter kept coming however and although Rock manov took him down several times Gary defended well from the bottom late in the fight after the fight hit the deck once again Gary managed to take the back of the kazak fighter Gary threatened with rear naked choke attempts but eventually rachmanov spun out after the fight Muhammad entered the cage to face off with rachmanov which makes sense given that the fight with Gary was set up as a title shot Eliminator rachmanov was originally scheduled to challenge Muhammad
at UFC 310 but after the Champion was forced to the sidelines Gary was tapped to Face Rock manov in the co-headliner now the question is will rock manov make Muhammad's Reign a short one or did Gary show that rahmanov is indeed beatable what do you think Ian Gary came out during his post fight press conference and said he believes he didn't lose the fight I wanted to come out here and talk to you guys because in Victory and defeat I'm still the same person I still want to come out here and give you guys what
you deserve the knowledge I am home humble and victory in the feat I always have been and I do not feel like I lost today my hand might have might not have got raised but I came out and I fought a giant I came out and I fought the Boogeyman and I showed that he's human I went out there in 3 weeks notice I saved this event I saved this card against the scariest man in the vision and I proved tonight on short notice that I can absolutely be a champion and I can do it
for five rounds and there's no hes in my game hamzat sends a warning to Shan Strickland plus Strickland fight announcement it wasn't that long ago really when Hamza Chimay and Shan Strickland seem to be on good terms some might even say they were buddies but as 2024 comes to a close it looks like an allout war between the two could erupt as chimaya was rising in the middleweight rankings he spent some time training with Strickland and the outspoken American acknowledged that the chin fighter was a smashing machine but now that both men are at the
top of the 185 division tensions have ratcheted up big time if you followed Strickland throughout 2024 you know that he repeatedly insisted he should be next in line for a crack at the current Champion Drake is dupy but following chaya's dominant and win inducing victory over Robert Whitaker at UFC 308 many believe that bors could be next for DDP accordingly the growing Rift between chimaya and Strickland become a Chasm especially after the latter posted this comment by a ex understand one thing I am next in line it's been said it's been written january/february me and
Drake's duplic are scrapping go back to chcha and wait a few months wait sorry UAE you're not allowed in Chia but hey crypto scams while you wait now clearly Strickland hit on a couple of pretty sensitive issues there which could very well be why bores recently posted these comments where are you Strickland and alongside a picture of him and Strickland following a training session jamv added it's okay bro hahaha that comment could be a throwback to what Chimay have maintains went down in their sparring sessions while talking about his time training with the Americans following
his big win at UFC 308 Chim claimed the following while also alluding to comment Strickland had been firing at him we sparred with Strickland and trained with him so I don't know we've been good when we've been in a gym but when I go back to Sweden he starts to tweet and do some things he didn't like when I said I tap him out yeah I tapped him out many times chokes different things you know so it's going to be interesting to see where things go from here if you know anything about Strickland it's pretty
damn rare that he doesn't respond to an insult or call out from another fighter all that aside could we see CH and Strickland throw hands in the Octagon anytime soon as it stands right now it certainly looks like a possibility on Saturday the UFC announced that Strickland is going to rematch DDP at UFC 312 in Australia on February 8th so if Strickland reclaims the title and some might argue that it's a big if one would think that chamaya will face him next but what do you think do you see Strickland defeating dupy and fighting bores
in mid to late 2025 up next Alexandre Pantoja versus Kai asakura recap Alexandre Pantoja nearly ate a massive knee early on into his bout with Kaaya Sakura but once again the Brazilian fighter demonstrated he's in a class of his own at 25 asakura threatened with a punishing knee and heavy punches early on but the champion continued to pressure and fired back big shots of his own one of which momentarily sent asak Cuda to the deck in round two Pantoja continued to pressure and after the fight went to the floor once again the champion started working
a rear naked choke and asakura defended admirably but Pantoja switched grips and the fight was stopped as it appeared the Japanese fighter went out so what's next for Pantoja it's kind of hard to say after the bout Pantoja invited the legendary Demetrius Johnson to come back to the UFC for a scrap but given that DJ is retired and likely under contract with one still that seems unlikely Dana White also reacted to the call out during the postf fight press conference is that something you would entertain even I don't know that's interesting listen we we you
know how I was the one beating the drum about Demetrius Johnson a long time ago and uh yeah I don't know panta has already defeated number one Contender Brandon royville twice and he scored three wins over former champ and current number two ranked brand in Marino the number three ranked armir albazi is coming off a loss to Marino and Kara France is ranked number four and he's coming off a stoppage victory over Steve EG but Kar France also dropped losses to albazi and Mareno prior to that could we see Pantoja move up to bantamweight he
has a well documented beef with Shaun Ali on account of their intense sparring session a while back but it's very unlikely that the UFC would move panta up for a non-title fight who do you want to see fight the flyweight King Armen cukin has a secret move for Islam makev now we finally know when the long awaited rematch between Islam makev and Arman cukin is going down and the Challenger claims he's planning a nasty surprise for the champion after months of speculation as to if and when we would see Armen and Islam run it back
recently it was confirmed that they will fight at UFC 311 on January 18th ever since zukan dropped a decision lost to makev in 2019 he's been rampaging his way back to a rematch with the lightweight King well following the UFC 311 announcement a trailer for a documentary about sirin's title shot was released in the video The Armenian fighter claimed that he has a trick up his sleeve for the rematch which will play a decisive role in the fight so at a recent press conference to promote UFC 311 Armen was asked if he could provide some
more information about what he's planning not surprisingly The Talented lightweight opted to keep his cards close to his chest how can I tell you my secret secret technique so it's going to be surprise in uh January 18th I want I want to get Bon that's why I'm uh I'm doing that SEC secret technique so what do you think the technique or surprise could be or do you think armen's just saying this as a way to get into Islam's head and do you think that will work Armen and Islam have traded verbal shots since they fought
for the first time but it is evident that the two have respect for each other after all we're talking about two of the best most well-rounded lightweights in the Galaxy case in point when makach was asked about cukin and the fact that he's facing him again the champion acknowledged how good of a fighter the contender is if you watch to the r rankings Arman is a number one Contender and all my life I told people I want to fight with the real Contender who deserve high level Fighters that's why he deserve we will fight yeah
if you watch his skills he have good skills wrestling and uh who have the wrestling skills they control you know they control light F many many years ago beginning from the khabib now it's myself and Arman have good skills that's why he's a number one right now and now it would be interesting to see if the verbal Warfare ramps up as UFC 311 approaches especially during fight week but as it stands right now it would be kind of surprising if tensions ratchet up too much Islam mentioned khabib while reflecting on his friend's Reign Over The
Division some believe the retired Legend was on hand at the presser but that he was wearing a mask and sunglasses check out this photo whether it was Habib or not the expectation is he'll be in the corner of Islam at UFC 311 who do you like in the rematch are we going to hear an still on January 18th or new lightweight champion of the world following a headliner now let's take a look at what's next for surreal G at UFC 310 sural Gan recorded his second straight win since his quick and disappointing loss to Jon
Jones but since a lot of people likely scored the fight for Alexander volov it would be interesting to see what comes next for the French heavyweight given the Striking abilities of both men not too many people were predicting the scrap would feature lengthy grappling battles on the ground but that's exactly what happened while gone had his moment moments volov had more one of which included tagging the former interim Champion with a beautifully timed spinning back fist after three rounds it seemed like volov was on the verge of avenging his 2021 decision loss to Gan but
two of the judges scored the fight for Gan who had already started heading out of the cage when the decision was announced while talking to Joe Rogan after Gan reported that he broke a couple of toes moments into the fight but even though his performance was likely compromised by the injuries it would be kind of shocking if the UFC ta gone to face the winner of Jon Jones versus Tom aspal assuming and praying that fight happens you would think the UFC will want gone to fight in the interim and try to generate some Buzz with
a big win could the UFC look at having him fight Curtis blades who's ranked number five gone has already defeated the number four ranked Sergey pavlovich or could the UFC call on Gan to face the winner of the jalon almana versus Sergey spivac scrap which is expected to go down at UFC 311 what do you think and who would you like to see gone fight next what's next for alamain Sterling after UFC 3 10 Aline Sterling was unable to hand moar evv his first defeat at UFC 310 but the former banway Champion certainly has no
reason to hang his head following the fight Sterling who was a significant Underdog on the betting lines heading into the contest pushed avv early with his wrestling and grappling for a few moments in the opening round it actually looked like Sterling might score a submission win after he took evlo of's back the massive featherweight however scrambled out of the precarious position and did so several more times in the fight as as about waron IV worked his way into dominant position several times and had Sterling on the defensive after three rounds IV was awarded the unanimous
decision win so where does aljo go from here that's a good question the bout was Sterling second at featherweight since he dropped the bantamweight title to sha Ali in August 2023 after moving up to featherweight Sterling recorded a decision win over Calvin Kar this past April given that aljo more than held his own against the rising Contender IV one would think that he'd be tapped for a fight with another top Tech Contender next after all heading into UFC 311 ELO was ranked number five in the UFC's featherweight Division and now he's w n straight in
the UFC so one would think the Russian is definitely in the title shot mix could we see Sterling face someone like Arnold Allen who's also lost to evloev and is ranked number seven Brian Ortega is ranked number six but the expectation is that t city is headed to 155 or what about yay Rodriguez who hasn't fought since he was submitted by Ortega the musty fighter is currently ranked number four Josh EMT who's ranked number eight has not competed since he torched Brian Mitchell last December so the heavy-handed fighter could get the call to fight Sterling
Alain Sterling reacted to his fight on social media by writing tough fight I thought I might have edged it out against a tough opponent but we came up short thank you all for the love and support and I hope the performance was a fun one for you all to watch moar is a beast I showed where I belong in this division for now we decompress and heal up then get ready to climb the ladder again the dream doesn't stop unless you give up I'll be back he also shared this video with the Tweet tough one
Heartbreaker for sure but uh just want to let everybody know I'm all right really good fight I hope that performance did not disappoint you guys I hope you guys had a fun time watching that mostar as a beast um hats off no excuses that's exactly what I wanted want to give the best of me have the best of him and really see where we're at see if I can make this quest to fight for gold again at a new weight class just constantly chasing new goals new dreams so thank you guys for supporting me um
if you guys want to come out tonight we'll be at excess hanging out with my friends and my family we'll be there show some love if you want to if not stay safe uh again sorry for letting you guys down uh and hope you guys enjoy the performance thank you for all the love and support and we'll be back baby we'll be back a fan reacted by saying gave him his toughest fight for sure amazing performance I thought you had it that third round was all you but you bounced back very excited for your next
fight to which Alo responded by saying appreciate all you guys man I really do I need to go watch that third round that was the deciding round and I thought I did slightly more early in the round but I have to see the last 1 and A2 minutes to really know if it was the right call or not nonetheless it was a good scrap the MMA Community goes off on shaa Rock manof after he allegedly cheated against Ian Gary by grabbing the fence and grabbing into his cup fans speculated that this could be why Ian
shorts ripped in the back and needed to be replaced in a few screenshots we can see shock clearly grabbing Ian under his shorts by his cup which is against MMA rules that states no touching external gear like the gloves shorts or cup what do you think of this situation here's what the MMA Community had to say well if shot wasn't literally cheating maybe something could have happened there every time shop cot cups the balls I'm waiting for him to ask Gary to cough sha cot just bantly cheating by grabbing Ian's balls multiple times Against the
Cage there's a rule for no grabbing external gear for a reason or else everyone would grab the gloves cups shorts Etc this is probably why Ian shorts ripped why was sha cot grabbing his balls sha cot non-stop grabbing Ian's crotch what a weirdo sha cot out here ripping shorts and grabbing junk like he trained with Diddy shot has no Chin I didn't think he'd get sub there but bro so clearly kept grabbing gloves if someone can go back watch how many times shot was grabbing the fence in the first 2 three minutes of the first
round trying to get better positioning Against the Cage shot is such a cheater first Ian Gary complains to the ref about him grabbing his gloves and then he starts grabbing his cup how the did this cheater win I feel bad for Ian sadik YF said did anyone else see him grabbing balls on the fence fans replied by saying multiple times too the second time he was legit trying to crush his balls it seemed like
