Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Ian Garry Prediction: who will turn out to be stronger?

Prediction for the MMA match which will take place on December 8. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Shavkat Rakhmonov is the main star of Kazakhstan in MMA, a fighter without a single loss in his career and the most worthy challenger for the UFC welterweight title. Moreover, Shavkat was supposed to fight the champion, but Belal Muhammad pulled out of the fight, the other tops refused to fight him.

Rakhmonov's victories are all early and it's extremely rare for him to even make it to the third round. There are no obvious weaknesses or holes in his defense, Shavkat can fight in the stand-up, and in parterre is very good. He always chooses a plan for the fight depending on the opponent, and his arsenal and skills allow for variability. He hasn't fought yet this year, but last year he alternately choked out Jeff Neal and Stephen Thompson.

Ian Machado Garry is also undefeated so far, but it's not his fights that fans discuss more, it's his behavior (lifestyle) outside the cage, weird, stupid actions and nasty thrash-talk. In general, he is a classic object of ridicule and even contempt, a character for memes, but this does not prevent him from confidently performing in the league and moving up the rankings.

When it comes to sports, you can't get to number seven in the rankings without talent and hard work, and that's where Ian Machado Garry is right now. He is best in the standup, throwing unexpected, extremely awkward and unpredictable punches. In wrestling and physical strength, he is inferior to Rakhmonov, and very inferior at that.

Garry has fought twice this year, and both times he won by decision - Jeff Neal (split decision) and Michael Page. He clearly lost to Page in the standup, and won by controlling in the parterre, or by attacking, but again in the parterre.

It is unlikely that in this case Shavkat will stay in the standup for a long time - to move the Irishman down will not be a big problem, and in the parterre the skills of opponents to compare even simply indecent.

We don't expect a short and pleasant walk, of course, but still the victory will be early - the fight is designed for five rounds.